2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages

The 2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages were played from 21 August to 12 December 2018.^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana.^[2]

Qualified teams

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

Seeding

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 win (O1–O16) (Regulations Article 22.c).^[2]

Seed	Match	Second stage winners
1	O1	Millonarios
2	O2	Botafogo
3	O3	Nacional
4	O4	Colón
5	O5	Banfield
6	O6	Fluminense
7	O7	Atlético Paranaense
8	O8	Deportivo Cali
9	O9	LDU Quito
10	O10	Caracas
11	O11	Deportivo Cuenca
12	O12	Defensa y Justicia
13	O13	Junior
14	O14	San Lorenzo
15	O15	Bahia
16	O16	Santa Fe

Format

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

• 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).
• In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).
• In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 28).

Bracket

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

Round	Matchups
Round of 16	(Higher-seeded team host second leg) Match A: Winner O1 vs. Winner O16 Match B: Winner O2 vs. Winner O15 Match C: Winner O3 vs. Winner O14 Match D: Winner O4 vs. Winner O13 Match E: Winner O5 vs. Winner O12 Match F: Winner O6 vs. Winner O11 Match G: Winner O7 vs. Winner O10 Match H: Winner O8 vs. Winner O9
Quarterfinals	(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
Semifinals	(Higher-seeded team host second leg) Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S4 Match F2: Winner S2 vs. Winner S3
Finals	(Higher-seeded team host second leg) Winner F1 vs. Winner F2

The bracket was decided based on the second stage draw, which was held on 4 June 2018.

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	16	Santa Fe (p)	0	0	0 (5)
	1	Millonarios	0	0	0 (3)
								16	Santa Fe	1	2	3
								8	Deportivo Cali	1	1	2
	9	LDU Quito	1	0	1 (1)
	8	Deportivo Cali (p)	0	1	1 (3)
															16	Santa Fe	0	0	0
															13	Junior	2	1	3
	13	Junior	1	1	2
	4	Colón	0	1	1
								13	Junior (a)	2	1	3
								12	Defensa y Justicia	0	3	3
	12	Defensa y Justicia	0	2	2
	5	Banfield	0	0	0
																						13	Junior	1	1	2 (3)
																						7	Atlético Paranaense (p)	1	1	2 (4)
	15	Bahia (p)	2	1	3 (5)
	2	Botafogo	1	2	3 (4)
								15	Bahia	0	1	1 (1)
								7	Atlético Paranaense (p)	1	0	1 (4)
	10	Caracas	0	1	1
	7	Atlético Paranaense	2	2	4
															7	Atlético Paranaense	2	2	4
															6	Fluminense	0	0	0
	11	Deportivo Cuenca	0	0	0
	6	Fluminense	2	2	4
								6	Fluminense	1	1	2
								3	Nacional	1	0	1
	14	San Lorenzo	3	0	3
	3	Nacional (a)	1	2	3

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 21–22 August, 18–20 and 26 September, and the second legs were played on 19, 25, 27 September, and 2–4 October 2018.^[3][4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santa Fe	0–0 (5–3 p)	Millonarios	0–0	0–0
Bahia	3–3 (5–4 p)	Botafogo	2–1	1–2
San Lorenzo	3–3 (a)	Nacional	3–1	0–2
Junior	2–1	Colón	1–0	1–1
Defensa y Justicia	2–0	Banfield	2–0	0–0
Deportivo Cuenca	0–4	Fluminense	0–2	0–2
Caracas	1–4	Atlético Paranaense	0–2	1–2
LDU Quito	1–1 (1–3 p)	Deportivo Cali	1–0	0–1

Match A

Santa Fe	0–0	Millonarios
	Report

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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Millonarios	0–0	Santa Fe
	Report
Penalties
Cadavid Domínguez Hauche Quiñones	3–5	Morelo Guastavino Salazar Gordillo Zapata

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Santa Fe won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).

Match B

Bahia	2–1	Botafogo
Ramires 4' Clayton 59'	Report	Rodrigo Pimpão 61'

20 September 2018 (2018-09-20)

21:45 UTC−3

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

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Botafogo	2–1	Bahia
Rodrigo Pimpão 25' Luiz Fernando 39'	Report	Edigar Junio 32'
Penalties
Rodrigo Lindoso Aguirre Marcinho Kieza Renatinho Moisés	4–5	Gilberto Zé Rafael Jackson Allione Nílton Flávio

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

21:45 UTC−3

Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Bahia won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).

Match C

San Lorenzo	3–1	Nacional
Erramuspe 18' (o.g.) Blandi 32', 79' (pen.)	Report	Bergessio 69' (pen.)

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)

19:30 UTC−3

Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

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Nacional	2–0	San Lorenzo
Zunino 10' Bergessio 54'	Report

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)

21:15 UTC−3

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Nacional won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).

Match D

Junior	1–0	Colón
Barrera 71'	Report

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26)

19:15 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)

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Colón	1–1	Junior
Fritzler 74'	Report	Moreno 81'

4 October 2018 (2018-10-04)

19:30 UTC−3

Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Junior won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).

Match E

Defensa y Justicia	0–0	Banfield
	Report

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)

19:30 UTC−3

Estadio Norberto Tomaghello, Gobernador Costa

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

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Banfield	0–2	Defensa y Justicia
	Report	Barboza 74' Aliseda 90+4'

27 September 2018 (2018-09-27)

21:15 UTC−3

Estadio Florencio Sola, Banfield

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Defensa y Justicia won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).

Match F

Deportivo Cuenca	0–2	Fluminense
	Report	Everaldo 22' Luciano 83'

20 September 2018 (2018-09-20)

17:30 UTC−5

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito^{[note 1]}

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

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Fluminense	2–0	Deportivo Cuenca
Digão 33' Richard 75'	Report

4 October 2018 (2018-10-04)

19:30 UTC−3

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

Fluminense won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).

Match G

Caracas	0–2	Atlético Paranaense
	Report	Raphael Veiga 41', 72'

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19)

18:30 UTC−4

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

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Atlético Paranaense	2–1	Caracas
Marcelo Cirino 30' Renan Lodi 57'	Report	Garcés 48'

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)

19:30 UTC−3

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

Atlético Paranaense won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).

Match H

LDU Quito	1–0	Deportivo Cali
A. Julio 23'	Report

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

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Deportivo Cali	1–0	LDU Quito
Sand 44'	Report
Penalties
Pérez Torres Giraldo Caicedo Sand	3–1	Guerrero Rodríguez Orejuela Cruz

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio Deportivo Cali, Palmira

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Deportivo Cali won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 23–25 October, and the second legs were played on 30–31 October and 1 November 2018.^[5][6]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santa Fe	3–2	Deportivo Cali	1–1	2–1
Bahia	1–1 (1–4 p)	Atlético Paranaense	0–1	1–0
Fluminense	2–1	Nacional	1–1	1–0
Junior	3–3 (a)	Defensa y Justicia	2–0	1–3

Match S1

Santa Fe	1–1	Deportivo Cali
Morelo 45' (pen.)	Report	Palomeque 32'

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Deportivo Cali	1–2	Santa Fe
Benedetti 72'	Report	Morelo 15' (pen.) Guastavino 16'

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio Deportivo Cali, Palmira

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

Santa Fe won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).

Match S2

Bahia	0–1	Atlético Paranaense
	Report	Pablo 66'

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

21:45 UTC−3

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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Atlético Paranaense	0–1	Bahia
	Report	Douglas Grolli 45+1'
Penalties
Jonathan Raphael Veiga González Pablo	4–1	Vinícius Zé Rafael Edigar Junio

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)

21:45 UTC−3

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Paranaense won on penalties and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).

Match S3

Fluminense	1–1	Nacional
Gum 17'	Report	Zunino 87'

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)

19:30 UTC−3

Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro^{[note 2]}

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

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Nacional	0–1	Fluminense
	Report	Luciano 48'

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)

19:30 UTC−3

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Fluminense won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).

Match S4

Junior	2–0	Defensa y Justicia
Díaz 74' Pérez 90+2' (pen.)	Report

25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

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Defensa y Justicia	3–1	Junior
Miranda 18' Fernández 28', 53'	Report	Díaz 71'

1 November 2018 (2018-11-01)

21:45 UTC−3

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda^{[note 3]}

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Junior won on away goals and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 7–8 November, and the second legs were played on 28–29 November 2018.^[9][10]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santa Fe	0–3	Junior	0–2	0–1
Atlético Paranaense	4–0	Fluminense	2–0	2–0

Match F1

Santa Fe	0–2	Junior
	Report	T. Gutiérrez 39' Piedrahita 47'

8 November 2018 (2018-11-08)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

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Junior	1–0	Santa Fe
T. Gutiérrez 22'	Report

29 November 2018 (2018-11-29)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Junior won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Match F2

Atlético Paranaense	2–0	Fluminense
Renan Lodi 19' Rony 77'	Report

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)

21:45 UTC−2

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Fluminense	0–2	Atlético Paranaense
	Report	Nikão 4' Bruno Guimarães 54'

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28)

21:45 UTC−2

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Atlético Paranaense won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Main article: 2018 Copa Sudamericana Finals

In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 28).^[2]

The first leg was played on 5 December, and the second leg was played on 12 December 2018.

Junior	1–1	Atlético Paranaense
González 52'	Report	Pablo 50'

5 December 2018 (2018-12-05)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 38,094

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

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Atlético Paranaense	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Junior
Pablo 26'	Report	T. Gutiérrez 57'
Penalties
Jonathan Raphael Veiga Bergson Renan Lodi Thiago Heleno	4–3	Narváez Fuentes Pérez T. Gutiérrez Viera

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12)

21:45 UTC−2

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 40,263

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Paranaense won on penalties.

Notes

1. Deportivo Cuenca played their home match against Fluminense at Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca.
2. Fluminense played their home match against Nacional at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro, instead of their regular stadium Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro.^[7]
3. Defensa y Justicia played their home match against Junior at Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Norberto Tomaghello, Gobernador Costa.^[8]