2022 Copa Sudamericana
The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana will be the 21st edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
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| Dates | 8 March – 1 October 2022 |
| Teams | 44+12 (from 10 associations) |
The winners of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores in the 2023 Recopa Sudamericana. They will also automatically qualify for the 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage.
On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced the candidate venues for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 club competition finals.[1][2] On 13 May 2021, CONMEBOL's Council decided that the final will be played at the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília, Brazil on 1 October 2022.[3]
On 25 November 2021, CONMEBOL announced the abolition of the away goals rule in all of its club competitions including the Copa Sudamericana, which had been used since 2005.[4] Accordingly, if in a two-legged tie two teams score the same amount of aggregate goals, the winner of the tie would not be decided by the number of away goals scored by each team but by a penalty shoot-out.
Athletico Paranaense will be the defending champions, but since they qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions they will only be able to defend their title if they finish in third place of their group.
Teams
The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations will qualify for the tournament:[6]
- Argentina and Brazil: 6 berths each
- All other associations: 4 berths each
The entry stage is determined as follows:[5]
- Group stage: 12 teams (teams from Argentina and Brazil)
- First stage: 32 teams (teams from all other associations)
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- Notes
- Ecuador (ECU): The 2021 Copa Ecuador was cancelled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador, therefore the Ecuador 4 berth which was originally allocated to the winners of said competition passed over to the 2021 Serie A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores.[14]
A further 12 teams eliminated from the 2022 Copa Libertadores will be transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the group stage and the round of 16.
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Schedule
The schedule of the competition will be as follows:[15][16]
| Stage | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| First stage | 20 December 2021 | 8–10 March 2022 | 15–17 March 2022 |
| Group stage | 23 March 2022 |
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| Round of 16 | 1 June 2022 | 28–30 June 2022 | 5–7 July 2022 |
| Quarter-finals | 2–4 August 2022 | 9–11 August 2022 | |
| Semi-finals | 30 August – 1 September 2022 | 6–8 September 2022 | |
| Final | 1 October 2022 at Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília | ||
See also
References
- "Ciudades postulantes para las Finales Únicas de los próximos tres años". CONMEBOL.com. 14 May 2020.
- "POSTULANTES A LAS FINALES 2021, 2022 Y 2023" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
- "Montevideo será la sede de las finales únicas de la CONMEBOL". CONMEBOL.com. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- "South America scraps away-goals rule for club competitions". Yahoo News. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- "Se viene una CONMEBOL Sudamericana más competitiva y representativa". CONMEBOL.com. 2 October 2020.
- "La Copa Sudamericana 2017 reunirá a 44 clubes". CONMEBOL.com. 6 December 2016.
- "REGLAMENTO DE TORNEOS DE LA TEMPORADA 2021 DE LA LIGA PROFESIONAL DE FUTBOL DE AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "CAMPEONATO DIVISIÓN PROFESIONAL 2021 - CONVOCATORIA 2021" (PDF) (in Spanish). FBF. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileirão Assaí – 2021" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "BASES CAMPEONATO NACIONAL DE PRIMERA DIVISIÓN TEMPORADA 2021" (PDF) (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- "REGLAMENTO OFICIAL LIGA BetPlay DIMAYOR II-2021" (PDF) (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "REGLAMENTO DE COMPETICIÓN COPA DE PRIMERA TIGO — VISIÓN BANCO DIVISIÓN DE HONOR" (PDF) (in Spanish). APF. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "Liga Profesional de Primera División régimen de disputa transitorio 2021" (in Spanish). AUF. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "OFICIAL: NO se realizará la Copa Ecuador en el 2021" (in Spanish). Studio Fútbol. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- "Calendario 2022: CONMEBOL Libertadores, CONMEBOL Sudamericana y la CONMEBOL Recopa". CONMEBOL.com. 16 August 2021.
- "CALENDÁRIO 2022: CONMEBOL Libertadores - CONMEBOL Sudamericana - RECOPA" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.