2022 Copa Sudamericana final stages

The 2022 Copa Sudamericana final stages were played from 28 June to 1 October 2022.^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana,^[2] with the final played in Córdoba, Argentina at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes.^[3]

Qualified teams

The winners 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 round of 16.

Copa Sudamericana group stage winners

Group	Winners
A	Lanús
B	Melgar
C	Santos
D	São Paulo
E	Internacional
F	Atlético Goianiense
G	Ceará
H	Unión

Copa Libertadores group stage third-placed teams

Group	Third-placed teams
A	Deportivo Táchira
B	The Strongest
C	Nacional
D	Independiente del Valle
E	Deportivo Cali
F	Colo-Colo
G	Olimpia
H	Universidad Católica

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Round of 16 draw
1	SG	Ceará	6	6	0	0	17	1	+16	18	Pot 1
2	SD	São Paulo	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16
3	SF	Atlético Goianiense	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
4	SH	Unión	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8	12
5	SE	Internacional	6	3	3	0	12	5	+7	12
6	SB	Melgar	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12
7	SA	Lanús	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11
8	SC	Santos	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11

9	LE	Deportivo Cali	6	2	2	2	7	4	+3	8	Pot 2
10	LD	Independiente del Valle	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8
11	LG	Olimpia	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8
12	LC	Nacional	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7
13	LF	Colo-Colo	6	2	1	3	9	13	−4	7
14	LA	Deportivo Táchira	6	2	1	3	8	14	−6	7
15	LB	The Strongest	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	6
16	LH	Universidad Católica	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	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).^[2]

Format

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

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, 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).

Draw

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 27 May 2022, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4) at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay.^[4]^[5] 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 team (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).^[2]

Bracket

The bracket starting from the round of 16 is determined as follows:

Round

Matchups

Round 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 H

Quarter-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 E

Semi-finals

(Higher-seeded team host second leg)

Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S4

Match F2: Winner S2 vs. Winner S3

Finals

(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 27 May 2022.

Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final (1 October 2022 – Córdoba)

12	Nacional	2	2	4

4	Unión	0	1	1
					12	Nacional	0	0	0

					3	Atlético Goianiense	1	3	4
11	Olimpia	2	0	2 (3)

3	Atlético Goianiense (p)	0	2	2 (5)
										3	Atlético Goianiense	3	0	3 (2)

										2	São Paulo (p)	1	2	3 (4)
16	Universidad Católica	2	1	3

2	São Paulo	4	4	8
					2	São Paulo (p)	1	1	2 (4)

					1	Ceará	0	2	2 (3)
15	The Strongest	1	0	1

1	Ceará	2	3	5
															2	São Paulo	0

															10	Independiente del Valle	2
14	Deportivo Táchira (p)	1	1	2 (4)

8	Santos	1	1	2 (2)
					14	Deportivo Táchira	0	1	1

					10	Independiente del Valle	1	4	5
10	Independiente del Valle	2	0	2

7	Lanús	1	0	1
										10	Independiente del Valle	3	3	6

										6	Melgar	0	0	0
9	Deportivo Cali	0	1	1

6	Melgar	0	2	2
					6	Melgar (p)	0	0	0 (3)

					5	Internacional	0	0	0 (1)
13	Colo-Colo	2	1	3

5	Internacional	0	4	4

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 28–30 June, and the second legs were played on 5–7 July 2022.^[6]^[7]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Táchira	2–2 (4–2 p)	Santos	1–1	1–1
Nacional	4–1	Unión	2–0	2–1
Universidad Católica	3–8	São Paulo	2–4	1–4
Colo-Colo	3–4	Internacional	2–0	1–4
Deportivo Cali	1–2	Melgar	0–0	1–2
The Strongest	1–5	Ceará	1–2	0–3
Olimpia	2–2 (3–5 p)	Atlético Goianiense	2–0	0–2
Independiente del Valle	2–1	Lanús	2–1	0–0

Match A

29 June 2022 (2022-06-29)

20:30 UTC−4

Deportivo Táchira	1–1	Santos
Zanocelo 30' (o.g.)	Report	Angulo 86'

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

6 July 2022 (2022-07-06)

21:30 UTC−3

Santos	1–1	Deportivo Táchira
Marcos Leonardo 69'	Report	Uribe 27'
Penalties
Goulart Sandry Sánchez Barbosa	2–4	Farías Simisterra Arace Fernández

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 11,081^[9]

Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Deportivo Táchira won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Match B

28 June 2022 (2022-06-28)

19:15 UTC−3

Nacional	2–0	Unión
Fagúndez 4' Lozano 21'	Report

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

5 July 2022 (2022-07-05)

19:15 UTC−3

Unión	1–2	Nacional
Brítez 70'	Report	I. Ramírez 78' J. Rodríguez 83'

Estadio 15 de Abril, Santa Fe

Attendance: 19,569^[10]

Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

Nacional won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match C

30 June 2022 (2022-06-30)

20:30 UTC−4

Universidad Católica	2–4	São Paulo
Zampedri 47' Valencia 85'	Report	Reinaldo 15' (pen.) Luciano 28', 39' Calleri 63'

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago^{[note 2]}

Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)

7 July 2022 (2022-07-07)

21:30 UTC−3

São Paulo	4–1	Universidad Católica
Luciano 14' Éder 45+5' (pen.) João Moreira 59' Rodrigo 81'	Report	Fuenzalida 89'

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 47,097^[12]

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

São Paulo won 8–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match D

28 June 2022 (2022-06-28)

20:30 UTC−4

Colo-Colo	2–0	Internacional
Lucero 12' Solari 55'	Report

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago

Attendance: 8,444^[13]

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

5 July 2022 (2022-07-05)

21:30 UTC−3

Internacional	4–1	Colo-Colo
Alan Patrick 29' Edenílson 32' Alemão 60' Pedro Henrique 74'	Report	Costa 15' (pen.)

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 40,598^[14]

Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Internacional won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match E

29 June 2022 (2022-06-29)

19:30 UTC−5

Deportivo Cali	0–0	Melgar
	Report

Estadio Deportivo Cali, Palmira

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

6 July 2022 (2022-07-06)

19:30 UTC−5

Melgar	2–1	Deportivo Cali
Cuesta 58' (pen.), 73'	Report	Mosquera 90+7'

Estadio Monumental de la UNSA, Arequipa

Attendance: 30,863^[15]

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Melgar won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match F

29 June 2022 (2022-06-29)

18:15 UTC−4

The Strongest	1–2	Ceará
Ursino 5'	Report	Erick 76' Zé Roberto 90+3'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

6 July 2022 (2022-07-06)

19:15 UTC−3

Ceará	3–0	The Strongest
Richardson 23' Victor Luis 26' Lima 52'	Report

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 46,231^[16]

Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)

Ceará won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match G

30 June 2022 (2022-06-30)

20:30 UTC−4

Olimpia	2–0	Atlético Goianiense
D. González 36' Silva 56'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 3]}

Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

7 July 2022 (2022-07-07)

21:30 UTC−3

Atlético Goianiense	2–0	Olimpia
Churín 4' Airton 8'	Report
Penalties
Wellington Rato Baralhas Shaylon Rickson Marlon Freitas	5–3	Silva Quintana Ortiz Cardozo

Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 17,148^[17]

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Goianiense won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match H

30 June 2022 (2022-06-30)

17:15 UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	2–1	Lanús
Schunke 45+2' Ayoví 90+3'	Report	Belmonte 60'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito^{[note 5]}

Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

7 July 2022 (2022-07-07)

19:15 UTC−3

Lanús	0–0	Independiente del Valle
	Report

Estadio Ciudad de Lanús, Lanús

Attendance: 4,680^[18]

Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

Independiente del Valle won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 2–4 August, and the second legs were played on 9–11 August 2022.^[19]^[20]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Táchira	1–5	Independiente del Valle	0–1	1–4
Nacional	0–4	Atlético Goianiense	0–1	0–3
São Paulo	2–2 (4–3 p)	Ceará	1–0	1–2
Melgar	0–0 (3–1 p)	Internacional	0–0	0–0

Match S1

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)

20:30 UTC−4

Deportivo Táchira	0–1	Independiente del Valle
	Report	Angulo 3'

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 11,206^[21]

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

9 August 2022 (2022-08-09)

19:30 UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	4–1	Deportivo Táchira
Chávez 32' Sornoza 45+5' (pen.) Díaz 64' Faravelli 81' (pen.)	Report	Hernández 26'

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 3,919^[22]

Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)

Independiente del Valle won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S2

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)

19:15 UTC−3

Nacional	0–1	Atlético Goianiense
	Report	Luiz Fernando 23'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 28,481^[23]

Referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay)

9 August 2022 (2022-08-09)

19:15 UTC−3

Atlético Goianiense	3–0	Nacional
Luiz Fernando 5', 53' Baralhas 45+1'	Report

Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 22,574^[24]

Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Atlético Goianiense won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S3

3 August 2022 (2022-08-03)

19:15 UTC−3

São Paulo	1–0	Ceará
Nikão 70'	Report

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 52,388^[25]

Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

10 August 2022 (2022-08-10)

19:15 UTC−3

Ceará	2–1	São Paulo
Mendoza 44' Castilho 63'	Report	Igor Vinícius 53'
Penalties
Castilho Victor Luis Matheus Peixoto Erick Vina Fernando Sobral	3–4	Calleri Igor Vinícius Luciano Diego Costa Igor Gomes Patrick

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 53,582^[26]

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, São Paulo won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S4

4 August 2022 (2022-08-04)

17:15 UTC−5

Melgar	0–0	Internacional
	Report

Estadio Monumental de la UNSA, Arequipa

Attendance: 27,281^[27]

Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

11 August 2022 (2022-08-11)

19:15 UTC−3

Internacional	0–0	Melgar
	Report
Penalties
Edenílson Taison De Pena Pedro Henrique	1–3	Cabrera Galeano Cuesta Iberico

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 43,191^[28]

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Melgar won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 31 August and 1 September, and the second legs were played on 7 and 8 September 2022.^[29]^[30]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Independiente del Valle	6–0	Melgar	3–0	3–0
Atlético Goianiense	3–3 (2–4 p)	São Paulo	3–1	0–2

Match F1

31 August 2022 (2022-08-31)

19:30 UTC−5^{[note 7]}

Independiente del Valle	3–0	Melgar
Schunke 29' Faravelli 67' Díaz 69'	Report

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito^{[note 6]}

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

7 September 2022 (2022-09-07)

19:30 UTC−5^{[note 7]}

Melgar	0–3	Independiente del Valle
	Report	Díaz 28', 53' Segovia 87'

Estadio Monumental de la UNSA, Arequipa

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Independiente del Valle won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Match F2

1 September 2022 (2022-09-01)

21:30 UTC−3

Atlético Goianiense	3–1	São Paulo
Jorginho 11' Shaylon 56' Léo Pereira 78'	Report	Luciano 23'

Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 33,047^[32]

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

8 September 2022 (2022-09-08)

21:30 UTC−3

São Paulo	2–0	Atlético Goianiense
Patrick 4', 63'	Report
Penalties
Reinaldo Calleri Luciano Igor Vinícius Galoppo	4–2	Wellington Rato Baralhas Shaylon Léo Pereira

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 53,988^[33]

Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, São Paulo won on penalties and advanced to the final.

Final

The final was played on 1 October 2022 at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba.

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01)

17:00 UTC−3

São Paulo	0–2	Independiente del Valle
	Report	Díaz 13' Faravelli 67'

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Attendance: 24,683^[34]

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)^[35]

Notes

^ Santos played their home match at their regular stadium Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos instead of the originally scheduled Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo.^[8]
^ Universidad Católica played their home match against São Paulo at their regular stadium Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, instead of the originally scheduled Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago.^[11]
^ Olimpia played their home match at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción.
^ ^a ^b ^c Atlético Goianiense played their home matches at Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, instead of their regular stadium Estádio Antônio Accioly, Goiânia which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
^ Independiente del Valle played their home match against Lanús at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, instead of the originally scheduled Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito.^[11]
^ ^a ^b Independiente del Valle played their home matches at Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
^ ^a ^b Both Independiente del Valle v Melgar matches, originally scheduled at 17:15 local time, were re-scheduled to 19:30 local time.^[31]

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