2021 Copa Sudamericana

2021 Copa Sudamericana

Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2021
Tournament details
Dates	16 March – 20 November 2021
Teams	44+12 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Athletico Paranaense (2nd title)
Runners-up	Red Bull Bragantino
Tournament statistics
Matches played	157
Goals scored	389 (2.48 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Agustín Álvarez Martínez (10 goals)
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The 2021 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 20th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana, or Portuguese : Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. ^[1]

Starting from this season, teams must be in the top division of their member association to play in South American club competitions, ^[2] except for teams which are champions of the qualifying tournaments or cups. ^[3]

On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced the candidate venues for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 club competition finals. ^{[4] [5]} On 13 May 2021, CONMEBOL announced that the final would be played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay on 6 November 2021, ^[6] but on 27 July 2021 the final was eventually confirmed to have been rescheduled to 20 November 2021. ^[7]

Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense defeated fellow Brazilian club Red Bull Bragantino by a 1–0 score in the final to win their second tournament title. ^[8] As winners of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana, Athletico Paranaense earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021 Copa Libertadores in the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Defensa y Justicia were the defending champions, but did not play this edition since they qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions and later advanced to the knockout stage.

Format changes

On 2 October 2020, CONMEBOL's Council approved the implementation of format changes to the Copa Sudamericana starting from this edition, aimed at ensuring that each of the countries is better represented in the different stages of the competition. The following changes were implemented: ^{[9] [10]}

• The tournament was expanded from 54 to 56 teams, with all four Copa Libertadores third stage losers entering the competition instead of the two best teams eliminated.
• In the first stage, teams from all associations other than Argentina and Brazil played against a team from their same association in double-legged ties with the winners qualifying for a 32-team group stage, ensuring that at least two teams from each association will take part in the group stage.
• A group stage was included, with teams from Argentina and Brazil directly entering the Copa Sudamericana entering the competition at this stage, joining the 16 first stage winners and the four teams eliminated in the Copa Libertadores third stage. The winners of each group qualified for the round of 16.
• The eight third-placed teams of the Copa Libertadores group stage entered the competition at the round of 16.

Teams

The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament: ^[11]

• Argentina and Brazil: 6 berths each
• All other associations: 4 berths each

The entry stage is determined as follows: ^[9]

• Group stage: 12 teams (teams from Argentina and Brazil)
• First stage: 32 teams (teams from all other associations)

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina (6 berths)	Newell's Old Boys (Argentina 1)	Group stage	2019–20 Superliga Argentina and 2020 Copa de la Superliga aggregate table best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [12] [13] [Note ARG]
	Talleres (Argentina 2)		2019–20 Superliga Argentina and 2020 Copa de la Superliga aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [12] [13] [Note ARG]
	Lanús (Argentina 3)		2019–20 Superliga Argentina and 2020 Copa de la Superliga aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [12] [13] [Note ARG]
	Rosario Central (Argentina 4)		2019–20 Superliga Argentina and 2020 Copa de la Superliga aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [12] [13] [Note ARG]
	Arsenal (Argentina 5)		2019–20 Superliga Argentina and 2020 Copa de la Superliga aggregate table 5th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [12] [13] [Note ARG]
	Independiente (Argentina 6)		2019–20 Superliga Argentina and 2020 Copa de la Superliga aggregate table 6th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [12] [13] [Note ARG]
Bolivia (4 berths)	Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia 1)	First stage	2020 Apertura best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [Note BOL]
	Guabirá (Bolivia 2)		2020 Apertura 2nd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [Note BOL]
	Nacional Potosí (Bolivia 3)		2020 Apertura 3rd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [Note BOL]
	Atlético Palmaflor (Bolivia 4)		2020 Apertura 4th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [Note BOL]
Brazil (6 berths)	Athletico Paranaense (Brazil 1)	Group stage	2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Red Bull Bragantino (Brazil 2)		2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Ceará (Brazil 3)		2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Corinthians (Brazil 4)		2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Atlético Goianiense (Brazil 5)		2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Bahia (Brazil 6)		2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
Chile (4 berths)	Palestino (Chile 1)	First stage	2020 Primera División best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Deportes Antofagasta (Chile 2)		2020 Primera División 2nd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Cobresal (Chile 3)		2020 Primera División 3rd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Huachipato (Chile 4)		2020 Primera División 4th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
Colombia (4 berths)	Deportes Tolima (Colombia 1)	First stage	2020 Primera A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	La Equidad (Colombia 2)		2020 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Deportivo Pasto (Colombia 3)		2020 Primera A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Deportivo Cali (Colombia 4)		2020 Primera A Copa Sudamericana play-off winners [Note COL]
Ecuador (4 berths)	Emelec (Ecuador 1)	First stage	2020 Serie A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Guayaquil City (Ecuador 2)		2020 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Macará (Ecuador 3)		2020 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Aucas (Ecuador 4)		2020 Serie A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [Note ECU]
Paraguay (4 berths)	Nacional (Paraguay 1)	First stage	2020 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Guaireña (Paraguay 2)		2020 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	12 de Octubre (Paraguay 3)		2020 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	River Plate (Paraguay 4)		2020 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [Note PAR]
Peru (4 berths)	Carlos A. Mannucci (Peru 1)	First stage	2020 Liga 1 aggregate table best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Sport Huancayo (Peru 2)		2020 Liga 1 aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	UTC (Peru 3)		2020 Liga 1 aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Melgar (Peru 4)		2020 Liga 1 aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [Note PER]
Uruguay (4 berths)	Peñarol (Uruguay 1)	First stage	2020 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Montevideo City Torque (Uruguay 2)		2020 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Cerro Largo (Uruguay 3)		2020 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
	Fénix (Uruguay 4)		2020 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores
Venezuela (4 berths)	Academia Puerto Cabello (Venezuela 1)	First stage	2020 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [Note VEN]
	Aragua (Venezuela 2)		2020 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [Note VEN]
	Metropolitanos (Venezuela 3)		2020 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [Note VEN]
	Mineros de Guayana (Venezuela 4)		2020 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2021 Copa Libertadores [Note VEN]

A further 12 teams eliminated from the 2021 Copa Libertadores were transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the group stage (four teams) and the round of 16 (eight teams).

Teams eliminated in third stage	Entry stage
Libertad	Group stage
Grêmio
Bolívar
San Lorenzo
Third-placed teams in group stage	Entry stage
Independiente del Valle	Round of 16
Deportivo Táchira
Santos
Junior
Sporting Cristal
Nacional
LDU Quito
América de Cali

Notes

1. Argentina (ARG): On 28 April 2020, the Argentine Football Association announced the abandonment of the 2020 Copa de la Superliga and the culmination of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. The six Argentina berths of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana were awarded to the six best teams of the 2019–20 Superliga Argentina and 2020 Copa de la Superliga aggregate table not qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores. ^[14]
2. Bolivia (BOL): The 2020 Clausura tournament was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia, therefore the four Bolivia berths of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana were reallocated to the four best teams of the 2020 Apertura not qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores.
3. Colombia (COL): On 25 July 2020, DIMAYOR decided that the Colombia 4 berth, which was originally allocated to the 2020 Primera A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores, would be awarded to the winners of a play-off tournament between said team and the 12 teams that failed to qualify for the 2020 Primera A knockout stage. ^{[15] [16]}
4. Ecuador (ECU): The 2020 Copa Ecuador was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador, therefore the Ecuador 4 berth which was originally allocated to the winners of said competition passed over to the 2020 Serie A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores.
5. Paraguay (PAR): The 2020 Copa Paraguay was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Paraguay, therefore the Paraguay 4 berth which was originally allocated to the winners of said competition passed over to the 2020 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores. ^[17]
6. Peru (PER): The 2020 Copa Bicentenario was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, therefore the Peru 4 berth which was originally allocated to the winners of said competition passed over to the 2020 Liga 1 aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores. ^[18]
7. Venezuela (VEN): On 15 May 2020, the Venezuelan Football Federation decided the permanent suspension of the 2020 Venezuelan Primera División season and the voiding of the standings and results recorded due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela. ^{[19] [20]} The allocation of the four Venezuela berths of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana would be announced at a later time, with the FVF confirming a will to organize a new tournament in which sporting merit, club licensing requirements, and medical protocols were applied. ^[21] The definitive berth allocations were confirmed by the FVF on 18 September 2020. ^[22]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows: ^{[9] [23]}

Stage	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage	5 February 2021 [24]	16–18 March 2021 6–7 April 2021	6–8 April 2021 13–14 April 2021
Group stage	9 April 2021 [25]	Matchday 1: 20–22 April 2021 Matchday 2: 27–29 April 2021 Matchday 3: 4–6 May 2021 Matchday 4: 11–13 May 2021 Matchday 5: 18–20 May 2021 Matchday 6: 25–27 May 2021
Round of 16	1 June 2021 [26]	13–15 July 2021	20–22 July 2021
Quarter-finals		10–12 August 2021	17–19 August 2021
Semi-finals		22–23 September 2021	29–30 September 2021
Final		20 November 2021 at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Draws

Buenos Aires

Rosario

Talleres

Bolívar (L)

Cochabamba

Guabirá

Nacional Potosí

Athletico Paranaense

Atlético Goianiense

Bahia

Ceará

Grêmio (L)

RB Bragantino

Santos (L)

Corinthians

Cobresal

Dep. Antofagasta

Huachipato

Palestino

Dep. Tolima

Cali

Dep. Pasto

Junior (L)

La Equidad

Guayaquil

Macará

Quito

Asunción

Guaireña

Carlos A. Mannucci

Melgar

Sport Huancayo

Sporting Cristal (L)

UTC

Montevideo

Cerro Largo

Pto. Cabello

Aragua

Metropolitanos

Mineros

Dep. Táchira (L)

Cali teams
América de Cali (L)
Deportivo Cali
Quito Metro Area teams
Aucas
Indep. del Valle (L)
LDU Quito (L)
Guayaquil teams
Emelec
Guayaquil City
Metro Cochabamba teams
Atl. Palmaflor
J. Wilstermann

Gran Asunción teams
12 de Octubre
Libertad (L)
Nacional
River Plate
Montevideo teams
Fénix
Montevideo City Torque
Nacional (L)
Peñarol
Rosario teams
Newell's Old Boys
Rosario Central
Gran Buenos Aires teams
Arsenal
Independiente
Lanús
San Lorenzo (L)

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Location of teams of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C;
Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F;
Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H; White: First stage;
Turquoise: Round of 16 entrants.
(L) Teams transferred from the 2021 Copa Libertadores.

The draw for the first stage was held on 5 February 2021, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. ^{[24] [27]} For the first stage, the 32 teams involved were divided into eight pots according to their national association.

The 32 teams were drawn into 16 ties, with the four teams from each national association drawn against each other into two ties per association (e.g., the four teams from Bolivia were drawn into ties BOL 1 and BOL 2), and the first team drawn in each tie hosting the second leg. The draw for the group stage was held on 9 April 2021, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. ^{[25] [28]}

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 1 February 2021 (shown in parentheses), ^{[29] [30]} taking into account the following three factors: ^[31]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2011–2020.
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2010 and 2002–2010 respectively.
3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.

For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the four losers of the Copa Libertadores third stage, which were seeded in Pot 4 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

Group stage draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Independiente (10) Lanús (17) Corinthians (23) Athletico Paranaense (24) Emelec (25) Jorge Wilstermann (38) Rosario Central (43) Newell's Old Boys (56)	Palestino (62) Deportes Tolima (63) Arsenal (65) Bahia (67) Melgar (71) La Equidad (99) Huachipato (116) Sport Huancayo (122)	Guabirá (172) Talleres (178) 12 de Octubre (180) Aucas (195) Atlético Goianiense (199) Aragua (217) River Plate (217) Ceará (262)	Red Bull Bragantino (no rank) Metropolitanos (no rank) Montevideo City Torque [URU] (no rank) Peñarol [URU] (8) Copa Libertadores Third stage loser G1 Copa Libertadores Third stage loser G2 Copa Libertadores Third stage loser G3 Copa Libertadores Third stage loser G4

Notes

1. ^
   ^URU The identity of the two first stage winners from Uruguay was not known at the time of the draw, and they were seeded in Pot 4.

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 June 2021, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. ^[26] For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a Copa Sudamericana group winner (Pot 1) and a Copa Libertadores group third-placed (Pot 2), with the Copa Sudamericana group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie (Regulations Article 2.2.3.2). ^[1]

First stage

Main article: 2021 Copa Sudamericana first stage

In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.2). ^[1]

The 16 winners of the first stage advanced to the group stage to join the 12 teams directly qualified for that stage (six from Argentina and six from Brazil), and four teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores (the four teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying).

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guabirá	6–2	Nacional Potosí	4–1	2–1
Jorge Wilstermann	4–2	Atlético Palmaflor	2–1	2–1
Deportes Antofagasta	0–4	Huachipato	0–1	0–3
Cobresal	1–2	Palestino	0–0	1–2
Deportes Tolima	3–0	Deportivo Cali	3–0	0–0
La Equidad	3–2	Deportivo Pasto	1–2	2–0
Macará	2–4	Emelec	2–2	0–2
Aucas	5–1	Guayaquil City	2–1	3–0
12 de Octubre	0–0 (5–4 p)	Nacional	0–0	0–0
Guaireña	3–6	River Plate	1–2	2–4
UTC	0–5	Sport Huancayo	0–1	0–4
Carlos A. Mannucci	3–5	Melgar	1–2	2–3
Montevideo City Torque	2–0	Fénix	0–0	2–0
Cerro Largo	3–6	Peñarol	2–2	1–4
Metropolitanos	3–0	Academia Puerto Cabello	2–0	1–0
Aragua	2–2 (a)	Mineros de Guayana	0–1	2–1

Group stage

Main article: 2021 Copa Sudamericana group stage

In the group stage, each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams are ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.3). ^[1]

The winners of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	HUA	SLO	12O
1	Rosario Central	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	11	Round of 16		—	5–0	2–0	0–0
2	Huachipato	6	2	2	2	4	10	−6	8			1–1	—	0–3	0–0
3	San Lorenzo	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	7			1–2	0–1	—	1–1
4	12 de Octubre	6	1	3	2	3	5	−2	6			1–0	1–2	0–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IND	MCT	BAH	GUA
1	Independiente	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Round of 16		—	3–1	1–0	1–0
2	Montevideo City Torque	6	3	2	1	15	7	+8	11			1–1	—	1–1	4–0
3	Bahia	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	8			2–2	2–4	—	5–0
4	Guabirá	6	0	0	6	1	18	−17	0			1–3	0–4	0–1	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	CEA	BOL	WIL
1	Arsenal	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Round of 16		—	0–0	3–1	3–0
2	Ceará	6	2	3	1	5	2	+3	9			0–0	—	2–0	3–1
3	Bolívar	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6			2–1	0–0	—	2–2
4	Jorge Wilstermann	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5			1–2	1–0	0–0	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAP	MEL	AUC	MET
1	Athletico Paranaense	6	5	0	1	8	1	+7	15	Round of 16		—	1–0	4–0	1–0
2	Melgar	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10			1–0	—	2–0	0–0
3	Aucas	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	6			0–1	2–1	—	3–0
4	Metropolitanos	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4			0–1	2–3	3–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PEÑ	COR	RIV	SHU
1	Peñarol	6	4	1	1	15	3	+12	13	Round of 16		—	4–0	3–0	5–1
2	Corinthians	6	3	1	2	12	6	+6	10			0–2	—	4–0	5–0
3	River Plate	6	3	1	2	6	10	−4	10			2–1	0–0	—	2–1
4	Sport Huancayo	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1			0–0	0–3	1–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIB	ACG	NOB	PAL
1	Libertad	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Round of 16		—	1–2	1–0	2–0
2	Atlético Goianiense	6	2	4	0	4	2	+2	10			0–0	—	0–0	0–0
3	Newell's Old Boys	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8			1–3	1–1	—	3–1
4	Palestino	6	0	1	5	2	9	−7	1			1–2	0–1	0–1	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RBB	EME	TAL	TOL
1	Red Bull Bragantino	6	4	0	2	7	6	+1	12	Round of 16		—	2–0	0–1	2–1
2	Emelec	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10			3–0	—	1–4	2–0
3	Talleres	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8			0–1	1–2	—	0–0
4	Deportes Tolima	6	0	3	3	4	8	−4	3			1–2	1–1	1–1	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GRE	LAN	EQU	ARA
1	Grêmio	6	5	1	0	21	5	+16	16	Round of 16		—	3–1	2–1	8–0
2	Lanús	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10			1–2	—	4–1	0–0
3	La Equidad	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7			0–0	0–1	—	2–1
4	Aragua	6	0	1	5	4	19	−15	1			2–6	0–1	1–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Final stages

Main article: 2021 Copa Sudamericana final stages

Starting from the round of 16, the teams play a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: ^[1]

• In the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 2.2.3). If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule will be used. If still tied, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.4).
• The final is played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CONMEBOL, with the higher-seeded team designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes (Regulations Article 2.2.6). If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.5).

Seeding

Starting from the round of 16, the teams are seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the Copa Sudamericana group winners (Pot 1) seeded 1–8, and the Copa Libertadores group third-placed teams (Pot 2) seeded 9–16.

Seed	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Round of 16 draw
1	SH	Grêmio	6	5	1	0	21	5	+16	16	Pot 1
2	SD	Athletico Paranaense	6	5	0	1	8	1	+7	15
3	SB	Independiente	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14
4	SE	Peñarol	6	4	1	1	15	3	+12	13
5	SF	Libertad	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13
6	SG	Red Bull Bragantino	6	4	0	2	7	6	+1	12
7	SA	Rosario Central	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	11
8	SC	Arsenal	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11
9	LB	Deportivo Táchira	6	3	0	3	14	17	−3	9	Pot 2
10	LG	LDU Quito	6	2	2	2	15	13	+2	8
11	LF	Nacional	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8
12	LD	Junior	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7
13	LC	Santos	6	2	0	4	8	9	−1	6
14	LA	Independiente del Valle	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5
15	LH	América de Cali	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4
16	LE	Sporting Cristal	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.3). ^[1]

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 1 June 2021.

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final (20 November 2021 – Montevideo)
	16	Sporting Cristal	2	1	3
	8	Arsenal	1	1	2
								16	Sporting Cristal	1	0	1
								4	Peñarol	3	1	4
	11	Nacional	1	1	2
	4	Peñarol (a)	2	0	2
															4	Peñarol	1	0	1
															2	Athletico Paranaense	2	2	4
	10	LDU Quito (a)	0	2	2
	1	Grêmio	1	1	2
								10	LDU Quito	1	2	3
								2	Athletico Paranaense	0	4	4
	15	América de Cali	0	1	1
	2	Athletico Paranaense	1	4	5
																						2	Athletico Paranaense	1
																						6	Red Bull Bragantino	0
	9	Deportivo Táchira	2	0	2
	7	Rosario Central	2	1	3
								7	Rosario Central	3	0	3
								6	Red Bull Bragantino	4	1	5
	14	Independiente del Valle	0	1	1
	6	Red Bull Bragantino	2	1	3
															6	Red Bull Bragantino	2	3	5
															5	Libertad	0	1	1
	13	Santos	1	1	2
	3	Independiente	0	1	1
								13	Santos	2	0	2
								5	Libertad (a)	1	1	2
	12	Junior	3	1	4
	5	Libertad (a)	4	0	4

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nacional	2–2 (a)	Peñarol	1–2	1–0
Independiente del Valle	1–3	Red Bull Bragantino	0–2	1–1
Santos	2–1	Independiente	1–0	1–1
América de Cali	1–5	Athletico Paranaense	0–1	1–4
LDU Quito	2–2 (a)	Grêmio	0–1	2–1
Junior	4–4 (a)	Libertad	3–4	1–0
Deportivo Táchira	2–3	Rosario Central	2–2	0–1
Sporting Cristal	3–2	Arsenal	2–1	1–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Cristal	1–4	Peñarol	1–3	0–1
Rosario Central	3–5	Red Bull Bragantino	3–4	0–1
Santos	2–2 (a)	Libertad	2–1	0–1
LDU Quito	3–4	Athletico Paranaense	1–0	2–4

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Peñarol	1–4	Athletico Paranaense	1–2	0–2
Red Bull Bragantino	5–1	Libertad	2–0	3–1

Final

Main article: 2021 Copa Sudamericana Final

20 November 2021 (2021-11-20)

17:00  UTC−3

Athletico Paranaense	1–0	Red Bull Bragantino
Nikão 29'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay) ^[32]

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	1S1	1S2	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	⅛F1	⅛F2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F	Total
1	Agustín Álvarez Martínez	Peñarol		2	2			3	1				1		1			10
2	Artur	Red Bull Bragantino						1					3	1	1	1		7
3	Gustavo Del Prete	Montevideo City Torque		1		1	2	1	1									6
	Jonathan Herrera	Independiente			3	1	1	1
5	Lucas Albertengo	Arsenal					1		1	2		1						5
	Bernardo Cuesta	Melgar		1	1	2		1
	Ferreira	Grêmio				1	2	2
	Humberto Osorio	Jorge Wilstermann	1	1	1			1	1
9	Marcelo González	River Plate		1		2		1										4
	Nikão	Athletico Paranaense									1	1				1	1
	David Terans	Peñarol Athletico Paranaense	1		1	1									1
	Facundo Torres	Peñarol		1	1		1						1
	Vitinho	Athletico Paranaense						1		1		2

Source: CONMEBOL.com

See also

• 2021 Copa Libertadores

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External links

• CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2021, CONMEBOL.com