2012 Copa Sudamericana

2012 Copa Sudamericana

Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana 2012 Copa Bridgestone Sul-americana 2012
Tournament details
Dates	July 24 – December 12, 2012
Teams	47 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	São Paulo (1st title)
Runners-up	Tigre
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	237 (2.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jonathan Fabbro Carlos Núñez Fábio Renato Wason Rentería Michael Ríos (5 goals)

The 2012 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially the 2012 Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was expanded from 39 teams to 47 teams, allowing the eight associations other than Argentina and Brazil to each enter four teams instead of three teams.^[1] Universidad de Chile were the defending champions, but lost to eventual champion, São Paulo in the quarterfinals.

Brazilian club São Paulo were crowned as the champion after defeating Argentine club Tigre in the finals. Having already qualified for the 2013 Libertadores Cup (for being 4th in the 2012 Brazilian League), São Paulo, after winning the 2012 Sudamericana Cup, will also dispute the 2013 Recopa Cup (Championship played between the Libertadores Cup champion and the Sudamericana Cup champion) and the 2013 Suruga Cup.

Qualified teams

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina 6 berths	Independiente (Argentina 1)	Second Stage	2011 tournaments aggregate table 3rd best non-champion
	Racing (Argentina 2)		2011 tournaments aggregate table 4th best non-champion
	Tigre (Argentina 3)		2011 tournaments aggregate table 5th best non-champion
	Argentinos Juniors (Argentina 4)		2011 tournaments aggregate table 6th best non-champion
	Colón (Argentina 5)		2011 tournaments aggregate table 7th best non-champion
	Boca Juniors (Argentina 6)		2011–12 Copa Argentina champion
Bolivia 4 berths	Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 1)	First Stage	2011 Adecuación 3rd place
	Universitario (Bolivia 2)		2011 Apertura runner-up
	Aurora (Bolivia 3)		2011 Apertura 4th place
	Blooming (Bolivia 4)		2012 Clausura 5th place
Brazil 8 berths	São Paulo (Brazil 1)	Second Stage	2011 Série A 6th place
	Figueirense (Brazil 2)		2011 Série A 7th place
	Coritiba (Brazil 3)		2011 Série A 8th place
	Botafogo (Brazil 4)		2011 Série A 9th place
	Palmeiras (Brazil 5)		2011 Série A 11th place
	Grêmio (Brazil 6)		2011 Série A 12th place
	Atlético Goianiense (Brazil 7)		2011 Série A 13th place
	Bahia (Brazil 8)		2011 Série A 14th place
Chile 4+1 berths	Universidad de Chile (Defending champion)	Round of 16	2011 Copa Sudamericana champion
	Universidad Católica (Chile 1)	First Stage	2011 Copa Chile champion
	Cobreloa (Chile 2)		2011 Clausura classification phase 2nd place
	O'Higgins (Chile 3)		2012 Apertura classification phase 2nd place
	Iquique (Chile 4)		2012 Apertura classification phase 3rd place
Colombia 4 berths	Millonarios (Colombia 1)	First Stage	2011 Copa Colombia champion
	Envigado (Colombia 2)		2011 Primera A aggregate table 3rd best non-champion
	Deportes Tolima (Colombia 3)		2011 Primera A aggregate table 4th best non-champion
	La Equidad (Colombia 4)		2011 Primera A aggregate table 5th best non-champion
Ecuador 4 berths	Barcelona (Ecuador 1)	First Stage	2012 Serie A first stage winner
	LDU Loja (Ecuador 2)		2012 Serie A first stage 2nd place
	Deportivo Quito (Ecuador 3)		2011 Serie A second stage winner
	Emelec (Ecuador 4)		2012 Serie A first stage 3rd place
Paraguay 4 berths	Olimpia (Paraguay 1)	First Stage	2011 Primera División aggregate table best champion
	Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 2)		2011 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best non-champion
	Tacuary (Paraguay 3)		2011 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best non-champion
	Guaraní (Paraguay 4)		2011 Primera División aggregate table 4th best non-champion
Peru 4 berths	Universidad San Martín (Peru 1)	First Stage	2011 Descentralizado 4th place
	León de Huánuco (Peru 2)		2011 Descentralizado 5th place
	Unión Comercio (Peru 3)		2011 Descentralizado 6th place
	Inti Gas (Peru 4)		2011 Descentralizado 7th place
Uruguay 4 berths	Nacional (Uruguay 1)	First Stage	2011–12 Primera División champion
	Cerro Largo (Uruguay 2)		2011–12 Primera División aggregate table 4th place
	Liverpool (Uruguay 3)		2011–12 Primera División aggregate table 5th place
	Danubio (Uruguay 4)		2011–12 Primera División aggregate table 6th place
Venezuela 4 berths	Mineros (Venezuela 1)	First Stage	2011 Copa Venezuela champion
	Deportivo Lara (Venezuela 2)		2011–12 Primera División aggregate table 1st place
	Monagas (Venezuela 3)		2011–12 Primera División Serie Sudamericana winner with better aggregate
	Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 4)		2011–12 Primera División Serie Sudamericana winner with worse aggregate

Draw

The draw was held on June 29, 2012 (postponed from original date of June 26), 12:00 UTC−04:00 at CONMEBOL's Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay.^[2]

The tournament is played in single-elimination format, with each tie played over two legs. The draw mechanism was as follows:^[3]

First Stage

• The 32 teams from the eight countries other than Argentina and Brazil, excluding the defending champion, were drawn against each other. The teams were divided into South Zone (Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia) and North Zone (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela). Teams which qualified through berths 1 were drawn against teams which qualified through berths 4, and teams which qualified through berths 2 were drawn against teams which qualified through berths 3, with the former playing the second leg at home.

Second Stage

• The 16 winners of the First Stage were drawn against each other, where a winner from the South Zone were drawn against a winner from the North Zone.
• The 6 teams from Argentina 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 8 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 (the defending champion and the winners from Argentina and Brazil were assigned even "seeds", the winners from the other eight countries were assigned odd "seeds"). The "seeding" was used to determine the bracket of the final stages, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home in each tie.

Schedule

All dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on the day before (Tuesdays) and after (Thursdays) as well.^[3]

Stage	First leg	Second leg
First Stage	July 25 August 1	August 8, 15, 22
Second Stage	August 1, 15, 22, 29	August 22, 29 September 19
Round of 16	September 26 October 3	October 24
Quarterfinals	October 31	November 7, 14
Semifinals	November 21	November 28
Finals	December 5	December 12

Preliminary stages

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 July 24 and ended on August 23.^[4] Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Olimpia	4:1	Danubio	0–0	2–1	—	—	—
Nacional	3:3	Iquique	0–2	4–0	+2:−2	—	—
Universidad Católica	4:1	Blooming	1–1	3–0	—	—	—
Oriente Petrolero	3:3	Guaraní	1–0	1–2	0:0	1:2	—
Universitario	0:6	Liverpool	0–3	1–2	—	—	—
Cerro Largo	1:4	Aurora	1–2	0–0	—	—	—
Cobreloa	4:1	Tacuary	1–0	2–2	—	—	—
Cerro Porteño	4:1	O'Higgins	3–3	4–0	—	—	—
Millonarios	4:1	Inti Gas	0–0	3–0	—	—	—
Universidad San Martín	1:4	Emelec	0–1	1–1	—	—	—
Mineros	6:0	La Equidad	1–0	2–1	—	—	—
Barcelona	4:1	Deportivo Táchira	0–0	5–1	—	—	—
Deportivo Lara	1:4	Deportes Tolima	1–3	0–0	—	—	—
León de Huánuco	0:6	Deportivo Quito	0–1	2–3	—	—	—
Envigado	4:1	Unión Comercio	0–0	2–0	—	—	—
LDU Loja	6:0	Monagas	2–0	4–2	—	—	—

Second stage

The Second Stage began on July 31 and ended on September 20.^[4][5]

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Host (prime leg)	Points	Guest (prime leg)	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	pen.
Guaraní	1:4	Millonarios	2-4 (0:1)	1–1 (0:0)	`+2	—	—
Bahia	0:6	São Paulo	0-2 (0:1)	0-2 (0:0)	`+4	—	—
Envigado	1:4	Liverpool	1–1 (1:0)	0-1 (0:1)	`+1	—	—
Argentinos Juniors	0:6	Tigre	1-2 (0:0)	1-4 (0:2)	`+4	—	—
Mineros	1:4	Cerro Porteño	2–2 (0:1)	0-4 (0:1)	`+4	—	—
Atlético Goianiense	2:2 ^(P)	Figueirense	1–1 (1:0)	1–1 (0:1)	`0	1:1	4-2
Olimpia	1:4	Emelec	0–1 (0:1)	0–0	`+1	—	—
Grêmio	3:3 ^(AG)	Coritiba	0–1 (0:1)	2–3 (1:1)	`0	2:0	—
Cobreloa	1:4	Barcelona	0–0	3–4 (2:3)	`+1	—	—
Universidad Católica	3:3 ^(AG)	Deportes Tolima	2–0 (1:0)	1–3 (0:2)	`0	1:0	—
Colón	6:0	Racing	3–1 (0:0)	2–1 (0:1)	`+3	—	—
Deportivo Quito	6:0	Aurora	2–1 (2:0)	3–1 (1:0)	`+3	—	—
Boca Juniors	2:2 ^(AG)	Independiente	3–3 (2:1)	0–0	`0	0:3	—
LDU Loja	3:3 ^(AG)	Nacional	0–1 (0:1)	2–1 (1:1)	`0	2:1	—
Palmeiras	3:3 ^(AG)	Botafogo	2–0 (0:0)	1–3 (1:1)	`0	1:0	—

Final stages

Teams from the Round of 16 onwards are 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, Universidad de Chile, was assigned the 10 seed).^[6]

Bracket

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

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	1	Millonarios	1	3
	16	Palmeiras	3	0
							1	Millonarios	0	3
							8	Grêmio	1	1
	8	Grêmio	1	2
	9	Barcelona	0	1
													1	Millonarios	0	1
													4	Tigre (a)	0	1
	4	Tigre	0	4
	13	Deportivo Quito	2	0
							4	Tigre	0	4
							5	Cerro Porteño	1	2
	5	Cerro Porteño	2	2
	12	Colón	1	1
																			4	Tigre	0	0
																			2	São Paulo	0	2
	2	São Paulo (a)	1	0
	15	LDU Loja	1	0
							2	São Paulo	2	5
							10	Universidad de Chile	0	0
	7	Emelec	2	0
	10	Universidad de Chile	2	1
													2	São Paulo (a)	1	0
													11	Universidad Católica	1	0
	3	Liverpool	1	1
	14	Independiente	2	2
							14	Independiente	2	1
							11	Universidad Católica	2	2
	6	Atlético Goianiense	0	3
	11	U. Católica (a)	2	1

Round of 16

The Round of 16 began on September 25 and ended on October 25.^[7] Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Millonarios	3:3	Palmeiras	1–3	3–0	+1:−1	—	—
São Paulo	2:2	LDU Loja	1–1	0–0	0:0	1:0	—
Liverpool	0:6	Independiente	1–2	1–2	—	—	—
Tigre	3:3	Deportivo Quito	0–2	4–0	+2:−2	—	—
Cerro Porteño	6:0	Colón	2–1	2–1	—	—	—
Atlético Goianiense	3:3	Universidad Católica	0–2	3–1	0:0	0:1	—
Emelec	1:4	Universidad de Chile	2–2	0–1	—	—	—
Grêmio	6:0	Barcelona	1–0	2–1	—	—	—

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals began on October 30 and ended on November 15.^[8] Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Millonarios	3:3	Grêmio	0–1	3–1	+1:−1	—	—
São Paulo	6:0	Universidad de Chile	2–0	5–0	—	—	—
Universidad Católica	4:1	Independiente	2–2	2–1	—	—	—
Tigre	3:3	Cerro Porteño	0–1	4–2	+1:−1	—	—

Semifinals

The Semifinals began on November 22 and ended on November 29. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Millonarios	2:2	Tigre	0–0	1–1	0:0	0:1	—
São Paulo	2:2	Universidad Católica	1–1	0–0	0:0	1:0	—

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.^[6]

Tigre v São Paulo

December 5, 2012 20:50 UTC−3

Tigre	0–0	São Paulo
	Report

Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

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São Paulo v Tigre

December 12, 2012 21:50 UTC−2

São Paulo	2–0	Tigre
Lucas  22' Osvaldo  28'	Report

Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi), São Paulo Attendance: 67,042 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

São Paulo won on points 4–1.

Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes 2012 Champion
São Paulo First Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jonathan Fabbro	Cerro Porteño	5
	Carlos Núñez	Liverpool	5
	Fábio Renato	LDU Loja	5
	Wason Rentería	Millonarios	5
	Michael Ríos	Universidad Católica	5
6	Julio Bevacqua	Deportivo Quito	4
	Wilberto Cosme	Millonarios	4
	Roberto Nanni	Cerro Porteño	4
9	Alejandro Guerra	Mineros	3
	Santiago Salcedo	Cerro Porteño	3
	Willian José	São Paulo	3

Source:^[9]

Awards

Player of the week

Week	Player	Team	Notes
Jul 24–26	Richard Blanco	O'Higgins	[10]
Jul 31–Aug 1	Rogério Ceni	São Paulo	[11]

See also

• Libertadores
• Recopa
• Suruga

References

1. "Sudamericana: más cupos para 8 países" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 2011-11-24. Luego de un amplio debate en el cual expusieron todas las Asociaciones, se estableció que, a partir del año 2012, se modifique la cantidad de equipos participantes. De los 39 clubes actuales se pasará a 47, otorgándosele un cupo más a las asociaciones de Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay y Venezuela. De tal modo, la relación de participantes será la siguiente: Argentina 6 equipos, Brasil 8, 4 para cada una de las Asociaciones mencionadas anteriormente (total 32) y un cupo para el campeón vigente.
2. "Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana 2012: el sorteo es el 29 de junio (actualizado)" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 2012-05-28.
3. "La Copa Sudamericana fue sorteada" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 2012-06-29.
4. "Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana 2012 Programa de Partidos de 1a y 2a fase" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. July 11, 2012.
5. "Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana: programa de los partidos de Segunda Fase". CONMEBOL.com. August 20, 2012.
6. "Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana 2012: reglamento del torneo" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
7. "Sudamericana: el programa de octavos". CONMEBOL.com. September 21, 2012.
8. "Sudamericana: definidos los cuartos". CONMEBOL.com. October 26, 2012.
9. "Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana — Goleadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
10. "Copa Sudamericana: Richard Blanco, el jugador de la semana" [Copa Sudamerican: Richard Blanco, the player of the week] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. July 30, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
11. "Sudamericana: Rogerio Ceni el jugador de la 2a semana" [Sudamerican: Rogerio Ceni, the player of the 2nd week] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. August 5, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.

External links

• Official webpage (Spanish)