2022 Copa Sudamericana

The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 21st edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced the candidate venues for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 club competition finals. On 13 May 2021, CONMEBOL's Council decided that the final would be played at the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília, Brazil on 1 October 2022. However, on 23 June 2022 the confederation announced that a change of venue was requested by the Brazilian Football Confederation due to the 2022 Brazilian general election taking place one day after the date of the final, and confirmed Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba, Argentina as the new host for the match.

On 25 November 2021, CONMEBOL announced the abolition of the away goals rule in all of its club competitions including the Copa Sudamericana, which had been used since 2005. Accordingly, if in a two-legged tie two teams score the same number of aggregate goals, the winner of the tie would not be decided by the number of away goals scored by each team but by a penalty shoot-out.

Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle won their second title in the competition after defeating Brazilian side São Paulo by a 2–0 score in the final. As winners of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana, they earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores in the 2023 Recopa Sudamericana and they also automatically qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage. Furthermore, in their condition of Copa Sudamericana champions, Independiente del Valle were later invited to play the 2023 UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge against the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League champions. Athletico Paranaense were the previous champions, but did not defend their title since they qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions and later advanced to the knockout stage.

Teams The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament: Argentina and Brazil: 6 berths each All other associations: 4 berths each

The entry stage was determined as follows: Group stage: 12 teams (teams from Argentina and Brazil) First stage: 32 teams (teams from all other associations)

AssociationTeam Entry stageQualification methodBanfield Group stage2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional Copa Sudamericana qualifying play-off winnersDefensa y Justicia 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresIndependiente 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresLanús 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresRacing 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresUnión 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 5th best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresRoyal Pari First stage2021 Primera División 5th placeOriente Petrolero 2021 Primera División 6th placeJorge Wilstermann 2021 Primera División 7th placeGuabirá 2021 Primera División 8th placeAtlético Goianiense Group stage2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresSantos 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresCeará 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresInternacional 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresSão Paulo 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresCuiabá 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresUnión La Calera First stage2021 Primera División best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresUnión Española 2021 Primera División 2nd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresDeportes Antofagasta 2021 Primera División 3rd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresÑublense 2021 Primera División 4th best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresJunior First stage2021 Primera A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresAmérica de Cali 2021 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresLa Equidad 2021 Primera A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresIndependiente Medellín 2020 Copa Colombia champions9 de Octubre First stage2021 Serie A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresLDU Quito 2021 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresMushuc Runa 2021 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresDelfín 2021 Serie A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresNacional First stage2021 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresGuaireña 2021 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresSol de América 2021 Copa Paraguay runners-upGeneral Caballero (JLM) 2021 División Intermedia championsMelgar First stage2021 Liga 1 aggregate table best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresCienciano 2021 Liga 1 aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresSport Boys 2021 Liga 1 aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresAyacucho 2021 Liga 1 aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresCerro Largo First stage2021 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresMontevideo Wanderers 2021 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresLiverpool 2021 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresRiver Plate 2021 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2022 Copa LibertadoresDeportivo La Guaira First stage2021 Primera División Fase Final A 5th placeEstudiantes de Mérida 2021 Primera División Fase Final A 6th placeMetropolitanos 2021 Primera División Fase Final B winnersHermanos Colmenarez 2021 Primera División Fase Final B runners-up

Notes

A further 12 teams eliminated from the 2022 Copa Libertadores were transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the group stage and the round of 16.

Teams eliminated in third stageEntry stage FluminenseGroup stage Everton Universidad Católica BarcelonaThird-placed teams in group stageEntry stage Deportivo TáchiraRound of 16 The Strongest Nacional Independiente del Valle Deportivo Cali Colo-Colo Olimpia Universidad Católica

Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows:

StageDraw dateFirst legSecond legFirst stage20 December 20218–10 March 202215–17 March 2022Group stage25 March 2022Round of 1627 May 202228–30 June 20225–7 July 2022Quarter-finals2–4 August 20229–11 August 2022Semi-finals31 August – 1 September 20227–8 September 2022Final1 October 2022 at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Draws

First stage

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Final stages

Seeding

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerTeam  Total1 Bernardo Cuesta Melgar11 211 2 82 Stiven Mendoza Ceará 1 121 163 Miguel Borja Junior 1 1 12 5 Lautaro Díaz Independiente del Valle 1121 Luciano São Paulo 1 21 1 Mario Otazú Guaireña 11 12 7 Lucas Albertengo Defensa y Justicia 112 4 Alexander Alvarado LDU Quito11 2 Mauro Méndez Montevideo Wanderers 11 11 Sebastián Sáez Unión La Calera 1 1 1 1 Cristian Techera Ayacucho 1111

See also 2022 Copa Libertadores

References

External links

CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2022, CONMEBOL.com CONMEBOL Sudamericana