2017 Copa Sudamericana final stages

The 2017 Copa Sudamericana final stages was played from 22 August to 13 December 2017.^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.^[2]

Qualified teams

The 16 winners of the second stage advanced to the round of 16. 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).^[3][4]

Seed	Match	Second stage winners
1	O1	Racing
2	O2	Junior
3	O3	Flamengo
4	O4	Estudiantes
5	O5	Independiente
6	O6	LDU Quito
7	O7	Ponte Preta
8	O8	Santa Fe
9	O9	Libertad
10	O10	Sport Recife
11	O11	Fluminense
12	O12	Atlético Tucumán
13	O13	Nacional
14	O14	Chapecoense
15	O15	Cerro Porteño
16	O16	Corinthians

Format

Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[2]

• Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 4.12).
• In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 6.1).
• In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 6.2).

Bracket

The bracket starting from the round of 16 was determined as follows:^[3]

The bracket was decided based on the second stage draw, which was held on 14 June 2017.^[4]

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	9	Libertad	1	1	2
	8	Santa Fe	0	1	1
								9	Libertad	1	0	1
								1	Racing	0	0	0
	16	Corinthians	1	0	1
	1	Racing (a)	1	0	1
															9	Libertad	1	1	2
														5	Independiente	0	3	3
	13	Nacional	1	1	2
	4	Estudiantes	0	0	0
								13	Nacional	1	0	1
								5	Independiente	4	2	6
	12	Atlético Tucumán	1	0	1
	5	Independiente	0	2	2
																						5	Independiente	2	1	3
																						3	Flamengo	1	1	2
	11	Fluminense (a)	1	1	2
	6	LDU Quito	0	2	2
								11	Fluminense	0	3	3
								3	Flamengo	1	3	4
	14	Chapecoense	0	0	0
	3	Flamengo	0	4	4
															3	Flamengo	2	2	4
														2	Junior	1	0	1
	10	Sport Recife	3	0	3
	7	Ponte Preta	1	1	2
								10	Sport Recife	0	0	0
								2	Junior	2	0	2
	15	Cerro Porteño	0	1	1
	2	Junior	0	3	3

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 22–24 August and 12–14 September, and the second legs were played on 12, 14 and 19–21 September 2017.^[5]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Corinthians	1–1 (a)	Racing	1–1	0–0
Cerro Porteño	1–3	Junior	0–0	1–3
Chapecoense	0–4	Flamengo	0–0	0–4
Nacional	2–0	Estudiantes	1–0	1–0
Atlético Tucumán	1–2	Independiente	1–0	0–2
Fluminense	2–2 (a)	LDU Quito	1–0	1–2
Sport Recife	3–2	Ponte Preta	3–1	0–1
Libertad	2–1	Santa Fe	1–0	1–1

Match A

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13)21:45 UTC−3

Corinthians	1–1	Racing
Maycon  29'	Report	Triverio  73'

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 25,451

Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)

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20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)21:45 UTC−3

Racing	0–0	Corinthians
	Report

Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Racing won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).

Match B

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12)20:45 UTC−4

Cerro Porteño	0–0	Junior
	Report

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

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19 September 2017 (2017-09-19)19:45 UTC−5

Junior	3–1	Cerro Porteño
Díaz  40' T. Gutiérrez  51' Chará  80'	Report	Ruiz  90+2'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 30,416

Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Junior won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).

Match C

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13)19:15 UTC−3

Chapecoense	0–0	Flamengo
	Report

Arena Condá, Chapecó

Attendance: 9,702

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

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20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)19:15 UTC−3

Flamengo	4–0	Chapecoense
Cuéllar  6' Willian Arão  21' Juan  62' Lucas Paquetá  88'	Report

Estádio Ilha do Urubu, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 12,039

Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

Flamengo won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).

Match D

23 August 2017 (2017-08-23)20:45 UTC−4

Nacional	1–0	Estudiantes
Caballero  59'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

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19 September 2017 (2017-09-19)19:15 UTC−3

Estudiantes	0–1	Nacional
	Report	Jacquet  64'

Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Nacional won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).

Match E

22 August 2017 (2017-08-22)21:45 UTC−3

Atlético Tucumán	1–0	Independiente
Rodríguez  42'	Report

Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

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12 September 2017 (2017-09-12)21:45 UTC−3

Independiente	2–0	Atlético Tucumán
Fernández  16' Benítez  82'	Report

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Independiente won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).

Match F

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14)19:15 UTC−3

Fluminense	1–0	LDU Quito
Gustavo Scarpa  6'	Report

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 45,977

Referee: Julio Quintana (Paraguay)

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21 September 2017 (2017-09-21)17:15 UTC−5

LDU Quito	2–1	Fluminense
Barcos  57' Cevallos  60'	Report	Pedro  86'

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Fluminense won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).

Match G

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13)19:15 UTC−3

Sport Recife	3–1	Ponte Preta
Ronaldo Alves  7' Rithely  44' André  75'	Report	Felipe Saraiva  82'

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Attendance: 6,254

Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)

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20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)19:15 UTC−3

Ponte Preta	1–0	Sport Recife
Lucca  16'	Report

Estádio Moisés Lucarelli, Campinas

Attendance: 3,890

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Sport Recife won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).

Match H

24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)20:45 UTC−4

Libertad	1–0	Santa Fe
Medina  59'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

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14 September 2017 (2017-09-14)19:45 UTC−5

Santa Fe	1–1	Libertad
Tesillo  87'	Report	Ó. Cardozo  25'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 11,578

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Libertad won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 24–26 October, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 November 2017.^[6]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Libertad	1–0	Racing	1–0	0–0
Sport Recife	0–2	Junior	0–2	0–0
Fluminense	3–4	Flamengo	0–1	3–3
Nacional	1–6	Independiente	1–4	0–2

Match S1

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)21:45 UTC−3

Libertad	1–0	Racing
Salcedo  25'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

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1 November 2017 (2017-11-01)19:15 UTC−3

Racing	0–0	Libertad
	Report

Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

Libertad won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).

Match S2

26 October 2017 (2017-10-26)20:45 UTC−3

Sport Recife	0–2	Junior
	Report	González  70', 85'

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Attendance: 27,014

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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2 November 2017 (2017-11-02)19:45 UTC−5

Junior	0–0	Sport Recife
	Report

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 32,354

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

Junior won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).

Match S3

25 October 2017 (2017-10-25)21:45 UTC−2

Fluminense	0–1	Flamengo
	Report	Éverton  26'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 30,945

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

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1 November 2017 (2017-11-01)21:45 UTC−2

Flamengo	3–3	Fluminense
Diego  9' Felipe Vizeu  67' Willian Arão  83'	Report	Lucas  2' Renato Chaves  40', 54'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 41,087

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Flamengo won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).

Match S4

25 October 2017 (2017-10-25)19:15 UTC−3

Nacional	1–4	Independiente
Caballero  33'	Report	Meza  27' Fernández  48', 70' Albertengo  76'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

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2 November 2017 (2017-11-02)19:15 UTC−3

Independiente	2–0	Nacional
Martínez  51' Gigliotti  66'	Report

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Attendance: 34,408

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Independiente won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 21 and 23 November, and the second legs will be played on 28 and 30 November 2017.^[7]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Libertad	2–3	Independiente	1–0	1–3
Flamengo	4–1	Junior	2–1	2–0

Match F1

21 November 2017 (2017-11-21)21:15 UTC−3

Libertad	1–0	Independiente
Ó. Cardozo  1'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

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28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)21:15 UTC−3

Independiente	3–1	Libertad
Barco  16' (pen.) Gigliotti  18', 30'	Report	Lucena  24'

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Attendance: 44,350

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Independiente won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Match F2

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23)21:45 UTC−2

Flamengo	2–1	Junior
Juan  75' Felipe Vizeu  81'	Report	T. Gutiérrez  20'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 41,804

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

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30 November 2017 (2017-11-30)19:30 UTC−5

Junior	0–2	Flamengo
	Report	Felipe Vizeu  51', 90+1'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 38,808

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Flamengo won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals

In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 6.2).

The first leg was played on 6 December, and the second leg was played on 13 December 2017.^[8]

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06)20:45 UTC−3

Independiente	2–1	Flamengo
Gigliotti  28' Meza  52'	Report	Réver  8'

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)^[9]

13 December 2017 (2017-12-13)21:45 UTC−2

Flamengo	1–1	Independiente
Lucas Paquetá  29'	Report	Barco  39' (pen.)

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 62,567

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)^[9]

Independiente won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

External links

• CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2017, CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)