2019 Copa Sudamericana final stages

The 2019 Copa Sudamericana final stages were played from 9 July to 9 November 2019.^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2019 Copa Sudamericana,^[2] with the final played in Asunción, Paraguay at the Estadio General Pablo Rojas.^[3]

The 16 winners of the second stage advanced to the round of 16.

Starting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to the second stage draw, with each team assigned a "seed" 1–16 corresponding to the tie they won (O1–O16) (Regulations Article 22.c).^[2]

Seed	Match	Second stage winners
1	O1	La Equidad
2	O2	Independiente del Valle
3	O3	Fluminense
4	O4	Sporting Cristal
5	O5	Argentinos Juniors
6	O6	Montevideo Wanderers
7	O7	Universidad Católica
8	O8	Atlético Mineiro
9	O9	Botafogo
10	O10	Independiente
11	O11	Corinthians
12	O12	Colón
13	O13	Zulia
14	O14	Peñarol
15	O15	Caracas
16	O16	Royal Pari

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

• In the 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 22.d). If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).
• 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 25). 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 winner (Regulations Article 28).

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

The bracket was decided based on the second stage draw, which was held on 13 May 2019.

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final (9 November 2019 – Asunción)
	11	Corinthians	2	2	4
	6	Montevideo Wanderers	0	1	1
								11	Corinthians (a)	0	1	1
								3	Fluminense	0	1	1
	14	Peñarol	1	1	2
	3	Fluminense	2	3	5
															11	Corinthians	0	2	2
															2	Independiente del Valle	2	2	4
	10	Independiente (a)	1	2	3
	7	Universidad Católica	0	3	3
								10	Independiente	2	0	2
								2	Independiente del Valle (a)	1	1	2
	15	Caracas	0	0	0
	2	Independiente del Valle	0	2	2
																						2	Independiente del Valle	3
																						12	Colón	1
	13	Zulia (a)	1	2	3
	4	Sporting Cristal	0	3	3
								13	Zulia	1	0	1
								12	Colón	0	4	4
	12	Colón (p)	0	1	1 (4)
	5	Argentinos Juniors	1	0	1 (3)
															12	Colón (p)	2	1	3 (4)
															8	Atlético Mineiro	1	2	3 (3)
	9	Botafogo	0	0	0
	8	Atlético Mineiro	1	2	3
								8	Atlético Mineiro	2	3	5
								1	La Equidad	1	1	2
	16	Royal Pari	1	1	2
	1	La Equidad	2	2	4

The first legs were played on 9–11 and 23–25 July, and the second legs were played on 16–18, 30–31 July and 1 August 2019.^[4][5]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Royal Pari	2–4	La Equidad	1–2	1–2
Caracas	0–2	Independiente del Valle	0–0	0–2
Peñarol	2–5	Fluminense	1–2	1–3
Zulia	3–3 (a)	Sporting Cristal	1–0	2–3
Colón	1–1 (4–3 p)	Argentinos Juniors	0–1	1–0
Corinthians	4–1	Montevideo Wanderers	2–0	2–1
Independiente	3–3 (a)	Universidad Católica	1–0	2–3
Botafogo	0–3	Atlético Mineiro	0–1	0–2

9 July 2019 (2019-07-09)

20:30 UTC−4

Royal Pari	1–2	La Equidad
Vargas 6'	Report	González 79', 89'

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16)

19:30 UTC−5

La Equidad	2–1	Royal Pari
Riquett 76' González 85'	Report	Mosquera 15'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá^{[note 1]}

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

La Equidad won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

10 July 2019 (2019-07-10)

16:00 UTC−4

Caracas	0–0	Independiente del Valle
	Report

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

17 July 2019 (2019-07-17)

19:30 UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	2–0	Caracas
Franco 61' Dájome 75'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito^{[note 2]}

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

Independiente del Valle won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23)

21:30 UTC−3

Peñarol	1–2	Fluminense
G. Rodríguez 89'	Report	González 15', 70'

Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo

Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

30 July 2019 (2019-07-30)

21:30 UTC−3

Fluminense	3–1	Peñarol
Marcos Paulo 1', 47' González 25'	Report	Viatri 69'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 35,071

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Fluminense won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23)

16:00 UTC−4

Zulia	1–0	Sporting Cristal
Feltscher 59'	Report

Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo

Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)

30 July 2019 (2019-07-30)

17:15 UTC−5

Sporting Cristal	3–2	Zulia
Sandoval 69', 90+5' Gonzáles 74'	Report	Maldonado 12' Moya 85'

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima^{[note 3]}

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Zulia won on away goals and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11)

21:30 UTC−3

Colón	0–1	Argentinos Juniors
	Report	Romero 38'

Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)

21:30 UTC−3

Argentinos Juniors	0–1	Colón
	Report	Bernardi 69'
Penalties
Silva Batallini Montero Hauche Torrén Mac Allister Ybañez	3–4	Ortiz Fritzler Chancalay Aliendro Rodríguez Bernardi Olivera

Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, Buenos Aires

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Colón won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

25 July 2019 (2019-07-25)

21:30 UTC−3

Corinthians	2–0	Montevideo Wanderers
Clayson 19' Pedrinho 85'	Report

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01)

21:30 UTC−3

Montevideo Wanderers	1–2	Corinthians
Bravo 49'	Report	Vágner Love 46', 60'

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo^{[note 4]}

Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)

Corinthians won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

25 July 2019 (2019-07-25)

21:30 UTC−3

Independiente	1–0	Universidad Católica
Hernández 55'	Report

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01)

19:30 UTC−5

Universidad Católica	3–2	Independiente
Vides 19' (pen.) W. Chalá 78' Amarilla 90+1'	Report	Benítez 51' Hernández 71'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Independiente won on away goals and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)

21:30 UTC−3

Botafogo	0–1	Atlético Mineiro
	Report	Vinícius 35'

Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)

21:30 UTC−3

Atlético Mineiro	2–0	Botafogo
Fábio Santos 75' (pen.) Vinícius 85'	Report

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Atlético Mineiro won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

The first legs were played on 6, 8, 20 and 22 August, and the second legs were played on 13, 15, 27 and 29 August 2019.^[6][7]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	5–2	La Equidad	2–1	3–1
Independiente	2–2 (a)	Independiente del Valle	2–1	0–1
Corinthians	1–1 (a)	Fluminense	0–0	1–1
Zulia	1–4	Colón	1–0	0–4

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20)

21:30 UTC−3

Atlético Mineiro	2–1	La Equidad
Jair 27' Elias 79'	Report	Camacho 7' (pen.)

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27)

19:30 UTC−5

La Equidad	1–3	Atlético Mineiro
Mier 47'	Report	Réver 19' Chará 50' Elias 76'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá^{[note 1]}

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Atlético Mineiro won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

6 August 2019 (2019-08-06)

21:30 UTC−3

Independiente	2–1	Independiente del Valle
Romero 73' (pen.), 90'	Report	Sánchez 59'

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13)

19:30 UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	1–0	Independiente
Nieto 77'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito^{[note 2]}

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Independiente del Valle won on away goals and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

22 August 2019 (2019-08-22)

21:30 UTC−3

Corinthians	0–0	Fluminense
	Report

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 37,550

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

29 August 2019 (2019-08-29)

21:30 UTC−3

Fluminense	1–1	Corinthians
Pablo Dyego 83'	Report	Pedrinho 54'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Corinthians won on away goals and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

8 August 2019 (2019-08-08)

16:00 UTC−4

Zulia	1–0	Colón
Casquete 87'	Report

Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

15 August 2019 (2019-08-15)

21:30 UTC−3

Colón	4–0	Zulia
Morelo 46' Rodríguez 65' Chancalay 81' Lértora 88'	Report

Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe

Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)

Colón won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

The first legs were played on 18–19 September, and the second legs were played on 25–26 September 2019.^[8][9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Colón	3–3 (4–3 p)	Atlético Mineiro	2–1	1–2
Corinthians	2–4	Independiente del Valle	0–2	2–2

19 September 2019 (2019-09-19)

21:30 UTC−3

Colón	2–1	Atlético Mineiro
Morelo 51' Rodríguez 85'	Report	Chará 35'

Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

26 September 2019 (2019-09-26)

21:30 UTC−3

Atlético Mineiro	2–1	Colón
Di Santo 38' Chará 50'	Report	Rodríguez 81' (pen.)
Penalties
Fábio Santos Vinícius Di Santo Réver Cazares	3–4	Morelo Ortiz Chancalay Olivera Rodríguez

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte^{[note 5]}

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Colón won on away goals and advanced to the final.

18 September 2019 (2019-09-18)

21:30 UTC−3

Corinthians	0–2	Independiente del Valle
	Report	Torres 45+2', 68'

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)

19:30 UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	2–2	Corinthians
Sánchez 67' Cabeza 90'	Report	Boselli 28' Clayson 86' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito^{[note 2]}

Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

Independiente del Valle won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

The final was played on 9 November 2019 at the Estadio General Pablo Rojas in Asunción.^[10]

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)

17:30 UTC−3

Independiente del Valle	3–1	Colón
León 24' Sánchez 41' Dájome 90+5'	Report	Olivera 88'

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 44,828

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

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