The 2023 Copa Sudamericana final stages were played from 11 July to 28 October 2023. A total of 24 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana, with the final played in Maldonado, Uruguay at Estadio Domingo Burgueño.
Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the Copa Sudamericana group stage as well as the third-placed teams of each of the eight groups in the Copa Libertadores group stage advanced to the final stages. The eight Copa Sudamericana group runners-up faced the eight Copa Libertadores group third-placed teams in the knockout round play-offs, whilst the eight Copa Sudamericana group winners directly advanced to the round of 16.
Copa Sudamericana group stage winners and runners-up GroupWinnersRunners-upA LDU Quito BotafogoB Guaraní EmelecC Red Bull Bragantino EstudiantesD São Paulo TigreE Newell's Old Boys Audax ItalianoF Defensa y Justicia América MineiroG Goiás UniversitarioH Fortaleza San Lorenzo
Copa Libertadores group stage third-placed teams GroupThird-placed teamsA ÑublenseB Independiente MedellínC BarcelonaD Sporting CristalE CorinthiansF Colo-ColoG LibertadH Patronato
Seeding
For the final stages, the teams are seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the Copa Sudamericana group winners seeded 1–8, the Copa Sudamericana group runners-up seeded 9–16, and the Copa Libertadores group third-placed teams seeded 17–24. For the round of 16 draw, the seeds 1–8 made up Pot 1, and the eight knockout round play-offs winners (seeds 9–24) made up Pot 2, keeping their seed. Teams from the same association may play each other from the knockout round play-offs onwards.
Format
Starting from the knockout round play-offs, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: In the knockout round play-offs, round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was 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, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.4). The final was 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 were played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.5).
Draw
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 5 July 2023, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4) at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay. 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 knockout round play-offs winner (Pot 2), with the 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).
Bracket The bracket starting from the knockout round play-offs was determined as follows:
RoundMatchupsKnockout round play-offs(Group runners-up host second leg, matchups pre-determined)
Play-offs Match A: Seed 9 vs. Seed 24 Play-offs Match B: Seed 10 vs. Seed 23 Play-offs Match C: Seed 11 vs. Seed 22 Play-offs Match D: Seed 12 vs. Seed 21
Play-offs Match E: Seed 13 vs. Seed 20 Play-offs Match F: Seed 14 vs. Seed 19
Play-offs Match H: Seed 16 vs. Seed 17Round of 16(Group winners host second leg, matchups decided by draw)
Match A Match B Match C Match D
Match E Match F Match G Match HQuarter-finals(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 ESemi-finals(Higher-seeded team host second leg)
Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S4
Match F2: Winner S2 vs. Winner S3Finals(Higher-seeded team designated as "home" team) Winner F1 vs. Winner F2
The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 5 July 2023.
Knockout round play-offs Summary The first legs were played on 11–13 July, and the second legs were played on 18–21 July 2023.
Matches
Estudiantes won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match B).
Ñublense won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match E).
Botafogo won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match H).
América Mineiro won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match C).
Libertad won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match F).
Corinthians won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match G).
Emelec won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match A).
San Lorenzo won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match D).
Round of 16 Summary The first legs were played on 1–3 August, and the second legs were played on 8–10 August 2023.
Matches
Defensa y Justicia won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).
Estudiantes won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).
Tied 4–4 on aggregate, América Mineiro won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).
São Paulo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, LDU Quito won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).
Fortaleza won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).
Corinthians won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).
Botafogo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).
Quarter-finals Summary The first legs were played on 22–24 August, and the second legs were played on 29–31 August 2023.
Matches
Defensa y Justicia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Corinthians won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).
Fortaleza won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, LDU Quito won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).
Semi-finals Summary The first legs were played on 26 and 27 September, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 October 2023.
Matches
LDU Quito won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
Fortaleza won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
Final
The final was played on 28 October 2023 at Estadio Domingo Burgueño in Maldonado.
Notes
References
External links CONMEBOL Sudamericana, CONMEBOL.com CONMEBOL Sudamericana