2012 Copa Sudamericana final stages

Format

The defending champion, Universidad de Chile, and the fifteen winners of the second stage (three from Argentina, four from Brazil, eight from rest of South America) qualified for the final stages. The sixteen teams played a single-elimination tournament, and were seeded depending on which second stage tie they won (i.e., the winner of Match O1 would be assigned the 1 seed, etc.; Universidad de Chile were assigned the 10 seed). In each stage, teams played in two-legged ties on a home-away basis, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. Each team earned 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The following criteria were used for breaking ties on points, except for the final:

1. Goal difference
2. Away goals
3. Penalty shootout (no extra time is played)

For the final, the first tiebreaker was goal difference. If the teams are tied on goal difference, the away goals rule would not be applied, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still had tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.

If two teams from the same association reach the semifinals, they would be forced to play each other.

Bracket

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

| RD1-seed01 = 1 | RD1-team01 = COL Millonarios | RD1-score01-1 = 1 | RD1-score01-2 = 3 | RD1-seed02 = 16 | RD1-team02 = BRA Palmeiras | RD1-score02-1 = 3 | RD1-score02-2 = 0

| RD1-seed03 = 8 | RD1-team03 = BRA Grêmio | RD1-score03-1 = 1 | RD1-score03-2 = 2 | RD1-seed04 = 9 | RD1-team04 = ECU Barcelona | RD1-score04-1 = 0 | RD1-score04-2 = 1

| RD1-seed05 = 4 | RD1-team05 = ARG Tigre | RD1-score05-1 = 0 | RD1-score05-2 = 4 | RD1-seed06 = 13 | RD1-team06 = ECU Deportivo Quito | RD1-score06-1 = 2 | RD1-score06-2 = 0

| RD1-seed07 = 5 | RD1-team07 = PAR Cerro Porteño | RD1-score07-1 = 2 | RD1-score07-2 = 2 | RD1-seed08 = 12 | RD1-team08 = ARG Colón | RD1-score08-1 = 1 | RD1-score08-2 = 1

| RD1-seed09 = 2 | RD1-team09 = BRA São Paulo (a) | RD1-score09-1 = 1 | RD1-score09-2 = 0 | RD1-seed10 = 15 | RD1-team10 = ECU LDU Loja | RD1-score10-1 = 1 | RD1-score10-2 = 0

| RD1-seed11 = 7 | RD1-team11 = ECU Emelec | RD1-score11-1 = 2 | RD1-score11-2 = 0 | RD1-seed12 = 10 | RD1-team12 = CHI U. de Chile | RD1-score12-1 = 2 | RD1-score12-2 = 1

| RD1-seed13 = 3 | RD1-team13 = URU Liverpool | RD1-score13-1 = 1 | RD1-score13-2 = 1 | RD1-seed14 = 14 | RD1-team14 = ARG Independiente | RD1-score14-1 = 2 | RD1-score14-2 = 2

| RD1-seed15 = 6 | RD1-team15 = BRA Atlético Goianiense | RD1-score15-1 = 0 | RD1-score15-2 = 3 | RD1-seed16 = 11 | RD1-team16 = CHI U. Católica (a) | RD1-score16-1 = 2 | RD1-score16-2 = 1

| RD2-seed01 = 1 | RD2-team01 = COL Millonarios | RD2-score01-1 = 0 | RD2-score01-2 = 3 | RD2-seed02 = 8 | RD2-team02 = BRA Grêmio | RD2-score02-1 = 1 | RD2-score02-2 = 1

| RD2-seed03 = 4 | RD2-team03 = ARG Tigre | RD2-score03-1 = 0 | RD2-score03-2 = 4 | RD2-seed04 = 5 | RD2-team04 = PAR Cerro Porteño | RD2-score04-1 = 1 | RD2-score04-2 = 2

| RD2-seed05 = 2 | RD2-team05 = BRA São Paulo | RD2-score05-1 = 2 | RD2-score05-2 = 5 | RD2-seed06 = 10 | RD2-team06 = CHI U. de Chile | RD2-score06-1 = 0 | RD2-score06-2 = 0

| RD2-seed07 = 14 | RD2-team07 = ARG Independiente | RD2-score07-1 = 2 | RD2-score07-2 = 1 | RD2-seed08 = 11 | RD2-team08 = CHI U. Católica | RD2-score08-1 = 2 | RD2-score08-2 = 2

| RD3-seed01 = 1 | RD3-team01 = COL Millonarios | RD3-score01-1 = 0 | RD3-score01-2 = 1 | RD3-seed02 = 4 | RD3-team02 = ARG Tigre (a) | RD3-score02-1 = 0 | RD3-score02-2 = 1

| RD3-seed03 = 2 | RD3-team03 = BRA São Paulo (a) | RD3-score03-1 = 1 | RD3-score03-2 = 0 | RD3-seed04 = 11 | RD3-team04 = CHI U. Católica | RD3-score04-1 = 1 | RD3-score04-2 = 0

| RD4-seed01 = 4 | RD4-team01 = ARG Tigre | RD4-score01-1 = 0 | RD4-score01-2 = 0 | RD4-seed02 = 2 | RD4-team02 = BRA São Paulo | RD4-score02-1 = 0 | RD4-score02-2 = 2

Round of 16

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Match A

Tiago Real Luan

Rentería Ochoa Tied on points 3–3, Millonarios won on goal difference.

Match B

Tied on points 2–2, São Paulo won on away goals.

Match C

Rosales

Battión Independiente won on points 6–0.

Match D

Vila

Díaz Donatti Botta Tied on points 3–3, Tigre won on goal difference.

Match E

Nanni

Dos Santos Cerro Porteño won on points 6–0.

Match F

Ramos

Reniê Márcio Tied on points 3–3, Universidad Católica won on away goals.

Match G

Ubilla De Jesús

Universidad de Chile won on points 4–1.

Match H

Zé Roberto Grêmio won on points 6–0.

Quarterfinals

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Match S1

Rentería Tied on points 3–3, Millonarios won on goal difference.

Match S2

Lucas Luís Fabiano Toloi São Paulo won on points 6–0.

Match S3

Martínez Castillo

Universidad Católica won on points 4–1.

Match S4

Botta Santander Donatti Fabbro Tied on points 3–3, Tigre won on goal difference.

Semifinals

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Match F1

Tied on points 2–2, Tigre won on away goals.

Match F2

Tied on points 2–2, São Paulo won on away goals.

Finals

Main article: 2012 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.

Osvaldo The second leg was abandoned after 45 minutes by the referee, as the Tigre players refused to come back to play the rest of the match after incidents at halftime. Therefore, São Paulo were declared as the champion.

São Paulo won on points 4–1.

References

References

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2. (October 26, 2012). "Sudamericana: definidos los cuartos". CONMEBOL.com.
3. "Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana 2012: reglamento del torneo". CONMEBOL.
4. (December 12, 2012). "¡Sao Paulo es el nuevo campeón!". CONMEBOL.