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The 2020 Copa Sudamericana final stages were played from 24 November 2020 to 23 January 2021. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2020 Copa Sudamericana, with the final played in Córdoba, Argentina at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes.

The final stages had been originally scheduled to be played from 21 July to 7 November 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qualified teams

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

Seeding

Starting from the round of 16, the teams are seeded according to the second stage draw, with each team assigned a "seed" 1–16 corresponding to the tie they win (O1–O16) (Regulations Article 2.2.2.1).

Seed	Match	Second stage winners
1	O1	Independiente
2	O2	Unión
3	O3	Unión La Calera
4	O4	Universidad Católica
5	O5	Deportivo Cali
6	O6	Sport Huancayo
7	O7	Vasco da Gama
8	O8	Lanús
9	O9	Bolívar
10	O10	Defensa y Justicia
11	O11	Coquimbo Unido
12	O12	Vélez Sarsfield
13	O13	River Plate
14	O14	Junior
15	O15	Bahia
16	O16	Fénix

Format

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

• In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 2.2.2). If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule will be used. If still tied, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.2).
• 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 2.2.2.3). 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 winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).

Bracket

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

The bracket was decided based on the second stage draw, which was held on 23 October 2020.

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final (23 January 2021 – Córdoba)
	12	Vélez Sarsfield	2	5	7
	5	Deportivo Cali	0	1	1
								12	Vélez Sarsfield	1	3	4
								4	Universidad Católica	2	1	3
	13	River Plate	1	1	2
	4	Universidad Católica (a)	2	0	2
															12	Vélez Sarsfield	0	0	0
															8	Lanús	1	3	4
	9	Bolívar	2	2	4
	8	Lanús	1	6	7
								8	Lanús	0	3	3
								1	Independiente	0	1	1
	16	Fénix	1	0	1
	1	Independiente	4	1	5
																						8	Lanús	0
																						10	Defensa y Justicia	3
	14	Junior (p)	2	1	3 (4)
	3	Unión La Calera	1	2	3 (2)
								14	Junior	1	1	2
								11	Coquimbo Unido (a)	2	0	2
	11	Coquimbo Unido	0	2	2
	6	Sport Huancayo	0	0	0
															11	Coquimbo Unido	0	2	2
															10	Defensa y Justicia	0	4	4
	15	Bahia	1	0	1
	2	Unión	0	0	0
								15	Bahia	2	0	2
								10	Defensa y Justicia	3	1	4
	10	Defensa y Justicia	1	1	2
	7	Vasco da Gama	1	0	1

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 24–26 November, and the second legs were played on 1–3 December 2020.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fénix	1–5	Independiente	1–4	0–1
Bahia	1–0	Unión	1–0	0–0
Junior	3–3 (4–2 p)	Unión La Calera	2–1	1–2
River Plate	2–2 (a)	Universidad Católica	1–2	1–0
Vélez Sarsfield	7–1	Deportivo Cali	2–0	5–1
Coquimbo Unido	2–0	Sport Huancayo	0–0	2–0
Defensa y Justicia	2–1	Vasco da Gama	1–1	1–0
Bolívar	4–7	Lanús	2–1	2–6

Match A

Fénix	1–4	Independiente
Olivera 29' (pen.)	Report	González 3' Velasco 38' S. Romero 44' F. Martínez 51'

Independiente	1–0	Fénix
S. Romero 25'	Report

Independiente won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Match B

Bahia	1–0	Unión
Gilberto 78' (pen.)	Report

Unión	0–0	Bahia
	Report

Bahia won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match C

Junior	2–1	Unión La Calera
Cetré 44' Borja 84'	Report	Rodríguez 60'

Unión La Calera	2–1	Junior
Cordero 45' Leiva 59'	Report	Borja 1'
Penalties
Stefanelli Cordero A. Vilches Rodríguez	2–4	Borja Cárdenas Valencia Fuentes

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Junior won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match D

River Plate	1–2	Universidad Católica
Píriz 45+3'	Report	Zampedri 9' Aued 73' (pen.)

Universidad Católica	0–1	River Plate
	Report	Bonifazi 51'

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Universidad Católica won on away goals and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match E

Vélez Sarsfield	2–0	Deportivo Cali
Almada 73', 84'	Report

Deportivo Cali	1–5	Vélez Sarsfield
Palavecino 37'	Report	Janson 20', 35' Abram 59' Tarragona 75', 88'

Vélez Sarsfield won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match F

Coquimbo Unido	0–0	Sport Huancayo
	Report

Sport Huancayo	0–2	Coquimbo Unido
	Report	Vallejos 1' Palacios 81'

Coquimbo Unido won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match G

Defensa y Justicia	1–1	Vasco da Gama
Romero 79'	Report	Cano 62'

Vasco da Gama	0–1	Defensa y Justicia
	Report	Hachen 58'

Defensa y Justicia won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match H

Bolívar	2–1	Lanús
Riquelme 45' Haquín 86'	Report	Belmonte 32'

Lanús	6–2	Bolívar
Orozco 26', 54' Belmonte 39', 49' Acosta 63' Orsini 86'	Report	Riquelme 4' Rey 73'

Lanús won 7–4 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 8–10 December, and the second legs were played on 15–17 December 2020.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lanús	3–1	Independiente	0–0	3–1
Bahia	2–4	Defensa y Justicia	2–3	0–1
Junior	2–2 (a)	Coquimbo Unido	1–2	1–0
Vélez Sarsfield	4–3	Universidad Católica	1–2	3–1

Match S1

Lanús	0–0	Independiente
	Report

Independiente	1–3	Lanús
Roa 88'	Report	Belmonte 15' Sand 17' Orsini 44'

Lanús won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S2

Bahia	2–3	Defensa y Justicia
Gilberto 40' (pen.) Matheus Bahia 80'	Report	Romero 4', 26' (pen.) Fernández 68'

Defensa y Justicia	1–0	Bahia
Romero 87'	Report

Defensa y Justicia won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S3

Junior	1–2	Coquimbo Unido
Borja 25' (pen.)	Report	Abrigo 73' Palacios 88'

Coquimbo Unido	0–1	Junior
	Report	Borja 7' (pen.)

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

Match S4

Vélez Sarsfield	1–2	Universidad Católica
Lucero 90'	Report	Zampedri 45+5' Puch 50'

Universidad Católica	1–3	Vélez Sarsfield
Aued 68' (pen.)	Report	Tarragona 17' (pen.) Orellano 73' Lucero 90+4'

Vélez Sarsfield won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 6 & 12 January 2021, and the second legs were played on 13 & 16 January 2021.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vélez Sarsfield	0–4	Lanús	0–1	0–3
Coquimbo Unido	2–4	Defensa y Justicia	0–0	2–4

Match F1

Vélez Sarsfield	0–1	Lanús
	Report	Sand 39'

Lanús	3–0	Vélez Sarsfield
Belmonte 45+3' Orsini 60' Bernabei 88'	Report

Lanús won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Match F2

Coquimbo Unido	0–0	Defensa y Justicia
	Report

Defensa y Justicia	4–2	Coquimbo Unido
Pizzini 11' Romero 20', 23', 44'	Report	Farfán 8' Palacios 62'

Defensa y Justicia won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Final

The final was played on 23 January 2021 at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba.

Lanús	0–3	Defensa y Justicia
	Report	Frías 34' Romero 62' Camacho 90+2'

Notes

1. Fénix played their home match at Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Parque Capurro, Montevideo, which does not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
2. River Plate played their home match at Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Parque Federico Omar Saroldi, Montevideo, which does not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
3. Sport Huancayo played their home match at Estadio Nacional, Lima, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Huancayo, Huancayo.
4. Referee Andrés Rojas from Colombia, who was originally assigned to the Vélez Sarsfield v Lanús match, was replaced by Alexander Ospina.
5. ^ The Coquimbo Unido v Defensa y Justicia match, originally scheduled on 7 January 2021, 21:30 local time was suspended after Chilean authorities decided to declare the entire Defensa y Justicia delegation as close contacts of a COVID-19 positive case and required them to comply with isolation measures. Furthermore, the match originally scheduled at Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, was first moved to Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, and later to Estadio Manuel Ferreira in Asunción, Paraguay. The match was rescheduled for 12 January 2021, 19:15 local time.
6. The Defensa y Justicia v Coquimbo Unido match, originally scheduled on 14 January 2021, 21:30 local time was re-scheduled for 16 January 2021, 20:30 local time due to the postponement of the first leg to 12 January 2021.
7. Referee Leodán González from Uruguay, who was originally assigned to the final match, was replaced by Jesús Valenzuela from Venezuela.

References

1. "CALENDÁRIO 2020" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
2. "La Final Única se disputará el 23 de enero en el Mario Alberto Kempes" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 9 November 2020.
3. ^ "Manual de Clubes / Reglamento CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
4. "El Maracaná (Río) y el Mario Kempes (Córdoba) sedes de las Finales Únicas de Libertadores y Sudamericana 2020". CONMEBOL.com. 17 October 2019.
5. "CALENDÁRIO 2020: CONMEBOL Libertadores - CONMEBOL Sudamericana - RECOPA" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
6. "Calendario de los cruces de Octavos de Final" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 6 November 2020.
7. "PROGRAMA DE PARTIDOS - OCTAVOS DE FINAL" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 6 November 2020.
8. "Fechas y horarios para los Cuartos de Final" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 December 2020.
9. "PROGRAMA DE PARTIDOS - CUARTOS DE FINAL" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 December 2020.
10. "Programación de Semifinales de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 18 December 2020.
11. "Árbitros designados para las Semifinales de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 28 December 2020.
12. "Vélez vs. Lanús: sustitución de árbitro principal" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 28 December 2020.
13. "Suspensión del partido entre Coquimbo Unido y Defensa y Justicia" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 7 January 2021.
14. "Cambio de escenario: Coquimbo Unido vs. Defensa y Justicia" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 6 January 2021.
15. ^ "Programación de las Semifinales entre Coquimbo y Defensa y Justicia" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 8 January 2021.
16. "La Final Única de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana arranca a las 17:00 del 23 de enero, en Córdoba" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 13 January 2021.
17. "La final de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana se jugará sin público" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 January 2021.
18. "Leodán González, árbitro para la Final Única de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 17 January 2021.
19. "Sustitución de árbitro principal para la Final Única: será Jesús Valenzuela" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 January 2021.

External links

• CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2020, CONMEBOL.com

• 2020 Copa Sudamericana
• November 2020 sports events in South America
• December 2020 sports events in South America
• January 2021 sports events in South America