2015 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages

The 2015 Copa Sudamericana elimination stages were played from August 11 to September 17, 2015. A total of 46 teams competed in the elimination stages to decide 15 of the 16 places in the final stages of the 2015 Copa Sudamericana.^[1]

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on July 16, 2015, 20:00 UTC−4, at the Salón Joao Havelange of the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[2]

For the first stage, the 32 teams were divided into two zones:

• South Zone: The 16 teams from Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay were drawn into eight ties.
• North Zone: The 16 teams from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela were drawn into eight ties.

Teams which qualified for berths 1 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 4, and teams which qualified for berths 2 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 3, with the former hosting the second leg in both cases. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.

Pots for the first stage draw

Zone	Berths 1	Berths 2	Berths 3	Berths 4
South Zone	Real Potosí Universidad de Concepción Libertad Nacional	Bolívar Huachipato Sportivo Luqueño Danubio	Aurora Universidad Católica Olimpia Defensor Sporting	Oriente Petrolero Santiago Wanderers Nacional Juventud
North Zone	Deportes Tolima Emelec Melgar Deportivo La Guaira	Santa Fe LDU Quito Unión Comercio Deportivo Anzoátegui	Águilas Doradas LDU Loja Universitario Zamora	Junior Universidad Católica León de Huánuco Carabobo

For the second stage, the 30 teams, including the 16 winners of the first stage (eight from South Zone, eight from North Zone), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and the 14 teams which entered the second stage, were divided into three sections:

• Winners of the first stage: The 16 winners of the first stage were drawn into eight ties, with the order of legs decided by draw. Teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.
• Brazil: The eight teams from Brazil were drawn into four ties. Teams which qualified for berths 1–4 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 5–8, with the former hosting the second leg.
• Argentina: The six teams from Argentina were drawn into three ties. Teams which qualified for berths 1–3 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 4–6, with the former hosting the second leg.

Pots for the second stage draw

Winners of the first stage	Brazil		Argentina
	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Winner G1 Winner G2 Winner G3 Winner G4 Winner G5 Winner G6 Winner G7 Winner G8 Winner G9 Winner G10 Winner G11 Winner G12 Winner G13 Winner G14 Winner G15 Winner G16	Atlético Paranaense Sport Recife Goiás Chapecoense	Joinville Ponte Preta Bahia Brasília	Huracán Lanús Independiente	Tigre Arsenal Belgrano

Format

In the elimination stages (first stage and second stage), each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). The 15 winners of the second stage (eight from winners of the first stage, four from Brazil, three from Argentina) advanced to the round of 16 to join the defending champions (River Plate).^[1]

First stage

The first legs were played on August 11–13, and the second legs were played on August 18–20, 2015.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Zone
Juventud	4–3	Real Potosí	4–1	0–2
Oriente Petrolero	0–3	Nacional	0–3	0–0
Santiago Wanderers	1–2	Libertad	0–0	1–2
Nacional	5–2	Universidad de Concepción	2–1	3–1
Defensor Sporting	3–2	Bolívar	3–0	0–2
Universidad Católica	3–1	Danubio	1–0	2–1
Olimpia	4–0	Huachipato	2–0	2–0
Aurora	2–7	Sportivo Luqueño	1–2	1–5
North Zone
Carabobo	0–0 (1–3 p)	Deportes Tolima	0–0	0–0
Universidad Católica	1–2	Deportivo La Guaira	1–1	0–1
León de Huánuco	1–6	Emelec	1–3	0–3
Junior	5–4	Melgar	5–0	0–4
Universitario	6–2	Deportivo Anzoátegui	3–1	3–1
Zamora	1–3	LDU Quito	1–1	0–2
Águilas Doradas	3–1	Unión Comercio	2–0	1–1
LDU Loja	0–3	Santa Fe	0–0	0–3

Match G1

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Juventud won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O14).

Match G2

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Nacional won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O3).

Match G3

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Libertad won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O9).

Match G4

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Nacional won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O1).

Match G5

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Defensor Sporting won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O2).

Match G6

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Universidad Católica won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O9).

Match G7

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Olimpia won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O6).

Match G8

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Sportivo Luqueño won 7–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O4).

Match G9

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Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Deportes Tolima won on penalties and advanced to the second stage (Match O13).

Match G10

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Deportivo La Guaira won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O4).

Match G11

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Emelec won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O14).

Match G12

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Junior won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O13).

Match G13

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Universitario won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O2).

Match G14

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LDU Quito won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O1).

Match G15

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Águilas Doradas won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O6).

Match G16

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Santa Fe won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O3).

Second stage

The first legs were played on August 18–20 and 26–27, and the second legs were played on August 25–27 and September 15–17, 2015.^[4][5]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
LDU Quito	2–0	Nacional	1–0	1–0
Defensor Sporting	4–0	Universitario	3–0	1–0
Nacional	1–2	Santa Fe	0–2	1–0
Deportivo La Guaira	1–5	Sportivo Luqueño	1–1	0–4
Brasília	2–0	Goiás	0–0	2–0
Olimpia	3–2	Águilas Doradas	1–1	2–1
Tigre	2–6	Huracán	2–5	0–1
Ponte Preta	1–4	Chapecoense	1–1	0–3
Universidad Católica	2–4	Libertad	2–3	0–1
Bahia	2–4	Sport Recife	1–0	1–4
Arsenal	1–2	Independiente	1–1	0–1
Joinville	0–3	Atlético Paranaense	0–2	0–1
Deportes Tolima	2–1	Junior	0–1	2–0
Emelec	0–0 (3–2 p)	Juventud	0–0	0–0
Belgrano	2–6	Lanús	1–1	1–5

Match O1

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LDU Quito won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match A).

Match O2

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Defensor Sporting won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match B).

Match O3

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Santa Fe won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match C).

Match O4

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Sportivo Luqueño won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match D).

Match O5

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Brasília won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match E).

Match O6

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Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match F).

Match O7

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Huracán won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match G).

Match O8

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Chapecoense won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match H).

Match O9

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Libertad won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match H).

Match O10

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Sport Recife won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match G).

Match O11

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Independiente won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match F).

Match O12

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Atlético Paranaense won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match E).

Match O13

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Deportes Tolima won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match D).

Match O14

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Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Emelec won on penalties and advanced to the round of 16 (Match C).

Match O15

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Lanús won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match B).

References

External links

• Copa Sudamericana 2015, CONMEBOL.com (Spanish)