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]

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 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

Format

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).

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
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 second stage draw, which was held on 13 May 2019.

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	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
																						9 November – Asunción
	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

Round of 16

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

Match A

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

9 July 2019 (2019-07-09)

20:30 UTC−4

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

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

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16)

19:30 UTC−5

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).

Match B

Caracas	0–0	Independiente del Valle
	Report

10 July 2019 (2019-07-10)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

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

17 July 2019 (2019-07-17)

19:30 UTC−5

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).

Match C

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

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo

Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

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

30 July 2019 (2019-07-30)

21:30 UTC−3

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).

Match D

Zulia	1–0	Sporting Cristal
Feltscher 59'	Report

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo

Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)

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

30 July 2019 (2019-07-30)

17:15 UTC−5

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).

Match E

Colón	0–1	Argentinos Juniors
	Report	Romero 38'

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

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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

18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)

21:30 UTC−3

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).

Match F

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

25 July 2019 (2019-07-25)

21:30 UTC−3

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

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

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01)

21:30 UTC−3

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).

Match G

Independiente	1–0	Universidad Católica
Hernández 55'	Report

25 July 2019 (2019-07-25)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

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

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01)

19:30 UTC−5

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).

Match H

Botafogo	0–1	Atlético Mineiro
	Report	Vinícius 35'

24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)

21:30 UTC−3

Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

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

31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)

21:30 UTC−3

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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

Quarter-finals

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

Match S1

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

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20)

21:30 UTC−3

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

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

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27)

19:30 UTC−5

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).

Match S2

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

6 August 2019 (2019-08-06)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

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Independiente del Valle	1–0	Independiente
Nieto 77'	Report

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13)

19:30 UTC−5

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).

Match S3

Corinthians	0–0	Fluminense
	Report

22 August 2019 (2019-08-22)

21:30 UTC−3

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 37,550

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

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

29 August 2019 (2019-08-29)

21:30 UTC−3

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).

Match S4

Zulia	1–0	Colón
Casquete 87'	Report

8 August 2019 (2019-08-08)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

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

15 August 2019 (2019-08-15)

21:30 UTC−3

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).

Semi-finals

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

Match F1

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

19 September 2019 (2019-09-19)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

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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

26 September 2019 (2019-09-26)

21:30 UTC−3

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.

Match F2

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

18 September 2019 (2019-09-18)

21:30 UTC−3

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

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

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)

19:30 UTC−5

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

Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

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

Final

Main article: 2019 Copa Sudamericana Final

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

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

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)

17:30 UTC−3

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 44,828

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Notes

1. La Equidad played their home matches at Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogotá.
2. Independiente del Valle played their home matches at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Rumiñahui, Sangolquí.
3. Sporting Cristal played their home match at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Alberto Gallardo, Lima.
4. Montevideo Wanderers played their home match at Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo.
5. Atlético Mineiro played their home match against Colón at Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, instead of their regular stadium Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte.