| Tourney name | Copa Sudamericana |
|---|---|
| Year | 2020 |
| Other titles | Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2020 |
| Size | 250 |
| Dates | 4 February 2020 – 23 January 2021 |
| Num teams | 44+10 |
| Associations | 10 |
| Champion other | Defensa y Justicia |
| Count | 1 |
| Second other | Lanús |
| Matches | 105 |
| Goals | 239 |
| Top scorer | Braian Romero (10 goals) |
| Prevseason | 2019 |
| Nextseason | 2021 |
The 2020 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 19th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana, or Portuguese: Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.[1]
On 17 October 2019, CONMEBOL announced that the final would be played at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba, Argentina with the final originally scheduled to be played on 7 November 2020.[2] Argentine club Defensa y Justicia defeated fellow Argentine club Lanús by a 3–0 score in the final to win their first tournament title.[3] As champions, Defensa y Justicia earned the right to play against the winners of the 2020 Copa Libertadores in the 2021 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores group stage. Independiente del Valle were the defending champions, but did not play this edition as they qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions and later advanced to the knockout stage.
On 21 May 2019, CONMEBOL announced that clubs must pass certain eligibility requirements in order to compete in the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.[4] One of the original requirements was that teams must be in the top division of their member association, but this was removed after many associations stated that they had not adapted the regulations of their qualifying competitions for the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.[5]
The tournament was suspended after its first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed on 27 October 2020. It ended with the final on 23 January 2021.[6][7]
Teams
The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament, entering the first stage:[8]
- Argentina and Brazil: 6 berths each
- All other associations: 4 berths each
A further 10 teams eliminated from the 2020 Copa Libertadores will be transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the second stage.
| Best teams eliminated in third stage |
|---|
| Atlético Tucumán |
| Deportes Tolima |
| Third-placed teams in group stage |
| Junior |
| Bolívar |
| Peñarol |
| São Paulo |
| Universidad Católica |
| Estudiantes de Mérida |
| Defensa y Justicia |
| Caracas |
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[19][20]
On 17 April 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no date had been set for its resumption.[21] On 10 July 2020, CONMEBOL announced the new schedule for the remainder of the competition.[6][22]
| Stage | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| First stage | 17 December 2019[23] |
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| Second stage | 23 October 2020[24] (originally 13 May 2020) | 27–29 October 2020 (originally 19–21 May 2020) | 3–5 November 2020 (originally 26–28 May 2020) |
| Round of 16 | 24–26 November 2020 (originally 21–23 July 2020) | 1–3 December 2020 (originally 28–30 July 2020) | |
| Quarter-finals | 8–10 December 2020 (originally 18–20 August 2020) | 15–17 December 2020 (originally 25–27 August 2020) | |
| Semi-finals | 5–12 January 2021 (originally 22–24 September 2020) | 12–16 January 2021 (originally 29 September – 1 October 2020) | |
| Final | 23 January 2021 (originally 7 November 2020) at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba | ||
First stage
Second stage
Final stages
Final
Statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | 1S1 | 1S2 | 2S1 | 2S2 | ⅛F1 | ⅛F2 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braian Romero | Independiente Defensa y Justicia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | Gilberto | Bahia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Nicolás Orsini | Lanús | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | Tomás Belmonte | Lanús | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Lautaro Palacios | Coquimbo Unido | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | Thiago Almada | Vélez Sarsfield | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Facundo Barceló | Emelec | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Miguel Borja | Junior | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Silvio Romero | Independiente | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| José Sand | Lanús | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Source: Worldfootball.net[25]
See also
References
- ^ "Manual de Clubes / Reglamento CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2020" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
- ^ "El Maracaná (Río) y el Mario Kempes (Córdoba) sedes de las Finales Únicas de Libertadores y Sudamericana 2020". CONMEBOL.com. 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Defensa y Justicia se codea con la gloria y alcanza La Gran Conquista" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Condiciones para elegibilidad de Clubes en la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2020 y CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2020". CONMEBOL.com. 21 May 2019.
- ^ "CONMEBOL actualiza criterios de elegibilidad de clubes para sus torneos del 2020". CONMEBOL.com. 22 May 2019.
- ^ "La Libertadores y la Sudamericana ya tienen fecha". CONMEBOL.com. 10 July 2020.
- ^ "La Final Única se disputará el 23 de enero en el Mario Alberto Kempes" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 9 November 2020.
- ^ "La Copa Sudamericana 2017 reunirá a 44 clubes". CONMEBOL.com. 6 December 2016.
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- ^ "Bases Campeonato Nacional de Primera División Temporada 2019" (in Spanish). ANFP. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ "Reglamento Liga Águila I y II 2019" (in Spanish). DIMAYOR.
- ^ "Comunicado LigaPro: Repartición de Cupos Internacionales" (in Spanish). LigaPro. Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "La FEF definió cómo se repartirá el cuarto cupo a la Copa Sudamericana" (in Spanish). Bendito Fútbol. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Reglamento Liga de Fútbol Profesional 2019" (in Spanish). FPF. Archived from the original on 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ "Régimen de disputa de los torneos oficiales - vigente desde el 2018" (in Spanish). AUF.
- ^ "Comisión de Torneos Nacionales Normas Reguladoras de Primera División Temporada 2019" (in Spanish). FVF. Archived from the original on 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ "Calendario 2020 de la CONMEBOL Libertadores y CONMEBOL Sudamericana". CONMEBOL.com. 15 July 2019.
- ^ "CALENDÁRIO 2020: CONMEBOL Libertadores - CONMEBOL Sudamericana - RECOPA". CONMEBOL.com.
- ^ "CONMEBOL reúne a miembros del Consejo para analizar situación e impacto del Covid-19 en el fútbol sudamericano". CONMEBOL.com. 17 April 2020.
- ^ "CALENDÁRIO 2020". CONMEBOL.com.
- ^ "Proceso de acreditación de medios para el sorteo de los torneos CONMEBOL Libertadores 2020 y CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2020". CONMEBOL.com. 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Se sortean los Octavos de la CONMEBOL Libertadores y la Segunda Fase de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana". CONMEBOL.com. 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Copa Sudamericana 2020 » Top Scorer". worldfootball.net. 21 November 2021.
External links
- CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2020, CONMEBOL.com