2017 Copa Sudamericana final stages

The 2017 Copa Sudamericana final stages was played from 22 August to 13 December 2017. ^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2017 Copa Sudamericana. ^[2]

Qualified teams

The 16 winners of the second stage advanced to the round of 16. Starting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to the second stage draw, with each team assigned a "seed" 1–16 corresponding to the tie they won (O1–O16). ^{[3] [4]}

Seed	Match	Second stage winners
1	O1	Racing
2	O2	Junior
3	O3	Flamengo
4	O4	Estudiantes
5	O5	Independiente
6	O6	LDU Quito
7	O7	Ponte Preta
8	O8	Santa Fe
9	O9	Libertad
10	O10	Sport Recife
11	O11	Fluminense
12	O12	Atlético Tucumán
13	O13	Nacional
14	O14	Chapecoense
15	O15	Cerro Porteño
16	O16	Corinthians

Format

Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: ^[2]

• Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 4.12).
• In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 6.1).
• In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 6.2).

Bracket

The bracket starting from the round of 16 was determined as follows: ^[3]

Round	Matchups
Round of 16	(Higher-seeded team host second leg) Match A: Winner O1 vs. Winner O16 Match B: Winner O2 vs. Winner O15 Match C: Winner O3 vs. Winner O14 Match D: Winner O4 vs. Winner O13 Match E: Winner O5 vs. Winner O12 Match F: Winner O6 vs. Winner O11 Match G: Winner O7 vs. Winner O10 Match H: Winner O8 vs. Winner O9
Quarterfinals	(Higher-seeded team host second leg) Match S1: Winner A vs. Winner H Match S2: Winner B vs. Winner G Match S3: Winner C vs. Winner F Match S4: Winner D vs. Winner E
Semifinals	(Higher-seeded team host second leg) Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S4 Match F2: Winner S2 vs. Winner S3
Finals	(Higher-seeded team host second leg) Winner F1 vs. Winner F2

The bracket was decided based on the second stage draw, which was held on 14 June 2017. ^[4]

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	9	Libertad	1	1	2
	8	Santa Fe	0	1	1
								9	Libertad	1	0	1
								1	Racing	0	0	0
	16	Corinthians	1	0	1
	1	Racing (a)	1	0	1
															9	Libertad	1	1	2
															5	Independiente	0	3	3
	13	Nacional	1	1	2
	4	Estudiantes	0	0	0
								13	Nacional	1	0	1
								5	Independiente	4	2	6
	12	Atlético Tucumán	1	0	1
	5	Independiente	0	2	2
																						5	Independiente	2	1	3
																						3	Flamengo	1	1	2
	11	Fluminense (a)	1	1	2
	6	LDU Quito	0	2	2
								11	Fluminense	0	3	3
								3	Flamengo	1	3	4
	14	Chapecoense	0	0	0
	3	Flamengo	0	4	4
															3	Flamengo	2	2	4
															2	Junior	1	0	1
	10	Sport Recife	3	0	3
	7	Ponte Preta	1	1	2
								10	Sport Recife	0	0	0
								2	Junior	2	0	2
	15	Cerro Porteño	0	1	1
	2	Junior	0	3	3

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 22–24 August and 12–14 September, and the second legs were played on 12, 14 and 19–21 September 2017. ^[5]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Corinthians	1–1 (a)	Racing	1–1	0–0
Cerro Porteño	1–3	Junior	0–0	1–3
Chapecoense	0–4	Flamengo	0–0	0–4
Nacional	2–0	Estudiantes	1–0	1–0
Atlético Tucumán	1–2	Independiente	1–0	0–2
Fluminense	2–2 (a)	LDU Quito	1–0	1–2
Sport Recife	3–2	Ponte Preta	3–1	0–1
Libertad	2–1	Santa Fe	1–0	1–1

Match A

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13)

21:45  UTC−3

Corinthians	1–1	Racing
Maycon 29'	Report	Triverio 73'

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 25,451

Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)

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20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)

21:45  UTC−3

Racing	0–0	Corinthians
	Report

Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Racing won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).

Match B

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12)

20:45  UTC−4

Cerro Porteño	0–0	Junior
	Report

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

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19 September 2017 (2017-09-19)

19:45  UTC−5

Junior	3–1	Cerro Porteño
Díaz 40' T. Gutiérrez 51' Chará 80'	Report	Ruiz 90+2'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 30,416

Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Junior won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).

Match C

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13)

19:15  UTC−3

Chapecoense	0–0	Flamengo
	Report

Arena Condá, Chapecó

Attendance: 9,702

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

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20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)

19:15  UTC−3

Flamengo	4–0	Chapecoense
Cuéllar 6' Willian Arão 21' Juan 62' Lucas Paquetá 88'	Report

Estádio Ilha do Urubu, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 12,039

Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

Flamengo won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).

Match D

23 August 2017 (2017-08-23)

20:45  UTC−4

Nacional	1–0	Estudiantes
Caballero 59'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

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19 September 2017 (2017-09-19)

19:15  UTC−3

Estudiantes	0–1	Nacional
	Report	Jacquet 64'

Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Nacional won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).

Match E

22 August 2017 (2017-08-22)

21:45  UTC−3

Atlético Tucumán	1–0	Independiente
Rodríguez 42'	Report

Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

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12 September 2017 (2017-09-12)

21:45  UTC−3

Independiente	2–0	Atlético Tucumán
Fernández 16' Benítez 82'	Report

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Independiente won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).

Match F

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14)

19:15  UTC−3

Fluminense	1–0	LDU Quito
Gustavo Scarpa 6'	Report

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 45,977

Referee: Julio Quintana (Paraguay)

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21 September 2017 (2017-09-21)

17:15  UTC−5

LDU Quito	2–1	Fluminense
Barcos 57' Cevallos 60'	Report	Pedro 86'

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Fluminense won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).

Match G

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13)

19:15  UTC−3

Sport Recife	3–1	Ponte Preta
Ronaldo Alves 7' Rithely 44' André 75'	Report	Felipe Saraiva 82'

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Attendance: 6,254

Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)

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20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)

19:15  UTC−3

Ponte Preta	1–0	Sport Recife
Lucca 16'	Report

Estádio Moisés Lucarelli, Campinas

Attendance: 3,890

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Sport Recife won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).

Match H

24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)

20:45  UTC−4

Libertad	1–0	Santa Fe
Medina 59'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

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14 September 2017 (2017-09-14)

19:45  UTC−5

Santa Fe	1–1	Libertad
Tesillo 87'	Report	Ó. Cardozo 25'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 11,578

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Libertad won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 24–26 October, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 November 2017. ^[6]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Libertad	1–0	Racing	1–0	0–0
Sport Recife	0–2	Junior	0–2	0–0
Fluminense	3–4	Flamengo	0–1	3–3
Nacional	1–6	Independiente	1–4	0–2

Match S1

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)

21:45  UTC−3

Libertad	1–0	Racing
Salcedo 25'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

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1 November 2017 (2017-11-01)

19:15  UTC−3

Racing	0–0	Libertad
	Report

Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

Libertad won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).

Match S2

26 October 2017 (2017-10-26)

20:45  UTC−3

Sport Recife	0–2	Junior
	Report	González 70', 85'

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Attendance: 27,014

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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2 November 2017 (2017-11-02)

19:45  UTC−5

Junior	0–0	Sport Recife
	Report

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 32,354

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

Junior won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).

Match S3

25 October 2017 (2017-10-25)

21:45  UTC−2

Fluminense	0–1	Flamengo
	Report	Éverton 26'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 30,945

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

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1 November 2017 (2017-11-01)

21:45  UTC−2

Flamengo	3–3	Fluminense
Diego 9' Felipe Vizeu 67' Willian Arão 83'	Report	Lucas 2' Renato Chaves 40', 54'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 41,087

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Flamengo won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).

Match S4

25 October 2017 (2017-10-25)

19:15  UTC−3

Nacional	1–4	Independiente
Caballero 33'	Report	Meza 27' Fernández 48', 70' Albertengo 76'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

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2 November 2017 (2017-11-02)

19:15  UTC−3

Independiente	2–0	Nacional
Martínez 51' Gigliotti 66'	Report

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Attendance: 34,408

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Independiente won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 21 and 23 November, and the second legs will be played on 28 and 30 November 2017. ^[7]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Libertad	2–3	Independiente	1–0	1–3
Flamengo	4–1	Junior	2–1	2–0

Match F1

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21)

21:15  UTC−3

Libertad	1–0	Independiente
Ó. Cardozo 1'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

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28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)

21:15  UTC−3

Independiente	3–1	Libertad
Barco 16' (pen.) Gigliotti 18', 30'	Report	Lucena 24'

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Attendance: 44,350

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Independiente won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Match F2

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23)

21:45  UTC−2

Flamengo	2–1	Junior
Juan 75' Felipe Vizeu 81'	Report	T. Gutiérrez 20'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 41,804

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

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30 November 2017 (2017-11-30)

19:30  UTC−5

Junior	0–2	Flamengo
	Report	Felipe Vizeu 51', 90+1'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 38,808

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Flamengo won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Main article: 2017 Copa Sudamericana Finals

In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 6.2).

The first leg was played on 6 December, and the second leg was played on 13 December 2017. ^[8]

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06)

20:45  UTC−3

Independiente	2–1	Flamengo
Gigliotti 28' Meza 52'	Report	Réver 8'

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay) ^[9]

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13 December 2017 (2017-12-13)

21:45  UTC−2

Flamengo	1–1	Independiente
Lucas Paquetá 29'	Report	Barco 39' (pen.)

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 62,567

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) ^[9]

Independiente won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

1. "La CONMEBOL dio a conocer los calendarios oficiales de las copas Bridgestone Libertadores y Sudamericana". CONMEBOL.com. 21 December 2016.
2. "Reglamento Conmebol Sudamericana 2017" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
3. "CONMEBOL SUDAMERICANA: se sortea la Segunda Fase". CONMEBOL.com. 14 June 2017.
4. "Se conocen los emparejamientos de la Segunda Fase de la CONMEBOL SUDAMERICANA". CONMEBOL.com. 14 June 2017.
5. "Fechas y Horarios de los Octavos de Final de la CONMEBOL SUDAMERICANA 2017". CONMEBOL.com. 11 August 2017.
6. "Confirmado el programa de partidos de cuartos de final". CONMEBOL.com. 22 September 2017.
7. "Programación de los encuentros semifinales". CONMEBOL.com. 3 November 2017.
8. "Finales de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana con horarios confirmados" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 1 December 2017.
9. "Árbitros para las finales de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 1 December 2017.

External links

• CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2017, CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)