The 2024 Copa Sudamericana group stage was played from 2 April to 8 June 2024. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide 16 of the 24 places in the final stages of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana.
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 18 March 2024, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 18 December 2023 (shown in parentheses), taking into account the following three factors: Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2014–2023. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2013 and 2002–2013 respectively. 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. The four losers of the Copa Libertadores third stage were seeded into Pot 4. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
+Group stage drawPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 Notes
The following were the four losers of the third stage of the 2024 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages which joined the 12 direct entrants and the 16 Copa Sudamericana first stage winners in the group stage.
MatchThird stage losersG1 Red Bull BragantinoG2 NacionalG3 Always ReadyG4 Sportivo Trinidense
Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were 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 2.4.2).
The winners of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages, whilst the runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout round play-offs of the final stages.
Schedule The schedule of each matchday was as follows (Regulations Article 2.2.2).
MatchdayDatesMatchesMatchday 12–4 April 2024Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 1Matchday 29–11 April 2024Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 4Matchday 323–25 April 2024Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3Matchday 47–9 May 2024Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 4 vs. Team 1Matchday 514–16 May 2024Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4Matchday 628–30 May 2024Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4
Groups Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Notes
References
External links CONMEBOL Sudamericana CONMEBOL.com