2011 Copa Sudamericana

The draw was originally to be held on June 14, 2011 at CONMEBOL's Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay,[1] but was postponed by CONMEBOL due to disruptions to air traffic in the region by the volcanic eruption of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex, first to June 16,[2] and then to June 21,[3] and finally to June 28, with the venue switched to the Sheraton Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4]

The tournament was played in single-elimination format, with each tie played over two legs. The draw mechanism was as follows:[5]

First Stage

• The sixteen teams which qualify through berths 2 and 3 from the eight countries other than Argentina and Brazil were drawn against each other. The matchups were based on countries: Bolivia v Paraguay, Chile v Uruguay, Colombia v Peru, Ecuador v Venezuela.

Second Stage

• The eight winners of the First Stage were drawn against the eight teams which qualify through berth 1 from the eight countries other than Argentina and Brazil.
• The six teams from Argentina, excluding the defending champion, were drawn against each other, where the matchups were based on the berths which the teams qualify through: 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4, with the former playing the second leg at home.
• The eight teams from Brazil were drawn against each other, where the matchups were based on the berths which the teams qualify through: 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5, with the former playing the second leg at home.

Final stages

• The 15 winners of the Second Stage, together with the defending champion, were assigned a "seed" starting from the round of 16, which was used to determine the bracket of the final stages, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home in each tie.

All dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on the day before (Tuesdays) and after (Thursdays) as well.

The first two stages of the competition are the First Stage and Second Stage. Both stages are largely played concurrent to each other.

First stage

The First Stage began on August 2 and ended on August 25.[7] Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nacional	1–0	San José	0–0	1–0
Santa Fe	3–1	Universidad César Vallejo	1–1	2–0
Fénix	0–1	Universidad de Chile	0–1	0–0
Deportivo Anzoátegui	2–1	Deportivo Quito	0–1	2–0
The Strongest	2–3	Olimpia	0–2	2–1
Juan Aurich	1–4	La Equidad	0–2	1–2
Universidad Católica	4–1	Bella Vista	1–1	3–0
LDU Quito	2–1	Yaracuyanos	1–1	1–0

Second stage

The Second Stage began on August 10 and ended on September 22.[7] Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vélez Sársfield	4–0	Argentinos Juniors	0–0	4–0
Nacional	0–3	Universidad de Chile	0–1	0–2
Palmeiras	3–3 (a)	Vasco da Gama	0–2	3–1
Libertad	2–0	La Equidad	1–0	1–0
Universitario	4–1	Deportivo Anzoátegui	2–1	2–0
Estudiantes	1–2	Arsenal	0–2	1–0
Deportivo Cali	2–2 (5–6 p)	Santa Fe	1–1	1–1
Botafogo	3–1	Atlético Mineiro	2–1	1–0
Emelec	2–4	Olimpia	1–2	1–2
Godoy Cruz	2–2 (a)	Lanús	2–2	0–0
Trujillanos	1–5	LDU Quito	1–4	0–1
São Paulo	4–2	Ceará	1–2	3–0
Aurora	6–3	Nacional	1–1	5–2
Atlético Paranaense	0–2	Flamengo	0–1	0–1
Deportes Iquique	1–2	Universidad Católica	1–2	0–0

Teams from the Round of 16 onwards were seeded depending on which second stage tie they won (i.e., the winner of Match O1 would be assigned the 1 seed, etc.; the defending champion, Independiente, was assigned the 5 seed).[8]

Bracket

In each tie, the higher-seeded team played the second leg at home.

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	1	Vélez Sársfield	2	1
	16	Universidad Católica	0	1
							1	Vélez Sársfield	1	3
							8	Santa Fe	1	2
	8	Santa Fe	1	4
	9	Botafogo	1	1
													1	Vélez Sársfield	0	0
													12	LDU Quito	2	1
	4	Libertad	0	2
	13	São Paulo	1	0
							4	Libertad	0	1 (4)
							12	LDU Quito (p)	1	0 (5)
	5	Independiente	0	1
	12	LDU Quito	2	0
																			12	LDU Quito	0	0
																			2	Universidad de Chile	1	3
	2	Universidad de Chile	4	1
	15	Flamengo	0	0
							2	Universidad de Chile	2	3
							7	Arsenal	1	0
	7	Arsenal	0	3
	10	Olimpia	0	2
													2	Universidad de Chile	1	2
													3	Vasco da Gama	1	0
	3	Vasco da Gama	1	8
	14	Aurora	3	3
							3	Vasco da Gama	0	5
							6	Universitario	2	2
	6	Universitario (p)	1	1 (3)
	11	Godoy Cruz	1	1 (2)

Round of 16

The Round of 16 began on September 28 and ended on October 26. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vélez Sársfield	3–1	Universidad Católica	2–0	1–1
Santa Fe	5–2	Botafogo	1–1	4–1
Independiente	1–2	LDU Quito	0–2	1–0
Libertad	2–1	São Paulo	0–1	2–0
Universidad de Chile	5–0	Flamengo	4–0	1–0
Arsenal	3–2	Olimpia	0–0	3–2
Universitario	2–2 (3–2 p)	Godoy Cruz	1–1	1–1
Vasco da Gama	9–6	Aurora	1–3	8–3

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals began on November 1 and ended on November 17. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vélez Sársfield	4–3	Santa Fe	1–1	3–2
Libertad	1–1 (4–5 p)	LDU Quito	0–1	1–0
Universidad de Chile	5–1	Arsenal	2–1	3–0
Vasco da Gama	5–4	Universitario	0–2	5–2

Semifinals

The Semifinals began on November 23 and ended on November 30. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universidad de Chile	3–1	Vasco da Gama	1–1	2–0
Vélez Sársfield	0–3	LDU Quito	0–2	0–1

Finals

Main article: 2011 Copa Sudamericana Finals

The Finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. If the teams were tied on points and goal difference at the end of regulation in the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.[5]

December 8, 2011

19:15 UTC−5

LDU Quito	0–1	Universidad de Chile
	Report	E. Vargas 43'

Estadio Casa Blanca, Quito

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

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December 14, 2011

21:15 UTC−3

Universidad de Chile	3–0	LDU Quito
E. Vargas 2', 86' Lorenzetti 79'	Report

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)

Universidad de Chile won on points 6–0.

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