2014 Copa Sudamericana

2014 Copa Sudamericana

2014 Copa Total Sudamericana 2014 Copa Total Sul-Americana
Tournament details
Dates	August 19 – December 10, 2014
Teams	47 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	River Plate (1st title)
Runners-up	Atlético Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	209 (2.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miler Bolaños Andrés Vilches (5 goals each)
Best player	Marcelo Barovero

The 2014 Copa Sudamericana (officially the 2014 Copa Total Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 13th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Lanús were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Cerro Porteño in the round of 16.

In the finals, Argentine team River Plate defeated Colombian team Atlético Nacional 3–1 on aggregate to win their first title,^[2] and earned the right to play in the 2015 Recopa Sudamericana and the 2015 Suruga Bank Championship.^[3]

Qualified teams

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina 6 + 1 berths	Lanús (Title holders)	Round of 16	2013 Copa Sudamericana champion
	River Plate (Argentina 1)	Second stage	2013–14 Primera División super champion[4]
	Boca Juniors (Argentina 2)		2013–14 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores second stage or Argentina 1 or Argentina 3 of 2015 Copa Libertadores[4]
	Estudiantes (Argentina 3)		2013–14 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores second stage or Argentina 1 or Argentina 3 of 2015 Copa Libertadores[4]
	Gimnasia y Esgrima (Argentina 4)		2013–14 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores second stage or Argentina 1 or Argentina 3 of 2015 Copa Libertadores[4]
	Godoy Cruz (Argentina 5)		2013–14 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores second stage or Argentina 1 or Argentina 3 of 2015 Copa Libertadores[4]
	Rosario Central (Argentina 6)		2013–14 Primera División aggregate table 5th best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores second stage or Argentina 1 or Argentina 3 of 2015 Copa Libertadores[4]
Bolivia 4 berths	San José (Bolivia 1)	First stage	2013 Clausura 3rd place[5]
	Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia 2)		2013 Apertura 4th place[6]
	Nacional Potosí (Bolivia 3)		2013 Apertura 5th place[6]
	Universitario (Bolivia 4)		2013 Apertura 6th place[6]
Brazil 8 berths	Vitória (Brazil 1)	Second stage	2013 Série A or 2013 Série B best team eliminated before 2014 Copa do Brasil round of 16[7]
	Goiás (Brazil 2)		2013 Série A or 2013 Série B 2nd best team eliminated before 2014 Copa do Brasil round of 16[7]
	São Paulo (Brazil 3)		2013 Série A or 2013 Série B 3rd best team eliminated before 2014 Copa do Brasil round of 16[7]
	Bahia (Brazil 4)		2013 Série A or 2013 Série B 4th best team eliminated before 2014 Copa do Brasil round of 16[7]
	Internacional (Brazil 5)		2013 Série A or 2013 Série B 5th best team eliminated before 2014 Copa do Brasil round of 16[7]
	Criciúma (Brazil 6)		2013 Série A or 2013 Série B 6th best team eliminated before 2014 Copa do Brasil round of 16[7]
	Fluminense (Brazil 7)		2013 Série A or 2013 Série B 7th best team eliminated before 2014 Copa do Brasil round of 16[7]
	Sport Recife (Brazil 8)		2014 Copa do Nordeste champion[8]
Chile 4 berths	Iquique (Chile 1)	First stage	2013–14 Copa Chile champion[9]
	Cobresal (Chile 2)		2014 Clausura Liguilla winner[9]
	Universidad Católica (Chile 3)		2013–14 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores second stage[9]
	Huachipato (Chile 4)		2013–14 Copa Chile runner-up[9]
Colombia 4 berths	Atlético Nacional (Colombia 1)	First stage	2013 Copa Colombia champion[10]
	Deportivo Cali (Colombia 2)		2014 Superliga Colombiana champion[10]
	Millonarios (Colombia 3)		2013 Primera A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Águilas Pereira (Colombia 4)		2013 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores[10]
Ecuador 4 berths	Emelec (Ecuador 1)	First stage	2013 Serie A champion[11]
	Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 2)		2013 Serie A runner-up[11]
	Universidad Católica (Ecuador 3)		2013 Serie A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Barcelona (Ecuador 4)		2013 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores[11]
Paraguay 4 berths	Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1)	First stage	2013 Primera División tournament champion with better record in aggregate table[12]
	Libertad (Paraguay 2)		2013 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores[12]
	General Díaz (Paraguay 3)		2013 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Capiatá (Paraguay 4)		2013 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores[12]
Peru 4 berths	Alianza Lima (Peru 1)	First stage	2013 Descentralizado aggregate table best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Universidad César Vallejo (Peru 2)		2013 Descentralizado aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores[13]
	UTC (Peru 3)		2013 Descentralizado aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Inti Gas (Peru 4)		2013 Descentralizado aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2014 Copa Libertadores[13]
Uruguay 4 berths	Danubio (Uruguay 1)	First stage	2013–14 Primera División champion[14]
	River Plate (Uruguay 2)		2013–14 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Peñarol (Uruguay 3)		2013–14 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Rentistas (Uruguay 4)		2013–14 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[14]
Venezuela 4 berths	Caracas (Venezuela 1)	First stage	2013 Copa Venezuela champion[15]
	Deportivo Anzoátegui (Venezuela 2)		2013–14 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[15]
	Trujillanos (Venezuela 3)		2013–14 Primera División Serie Sudamericana winner with better record in aggregate table[15]
	La Guaira (Venezuela 4)		2013–14 Primera División Serie Sudamericana winner with worse record in aggregate table[15]

Draw

Lanús
River Plate
Boca Juniors

Estudiantes
Gimnasia

Godoy Cruz

Rosario Central

San José

Jorge Wilstermann

Nacional Potosí

Universitario

Bahia
Vitória

Goiás

São Paulo

Internacional

Criciúma

Fluminense

Sport Recife

Iquique

Cobresal

U. Católica

Huachipato

Atl. Nacional

Dep. Cali

Millonarios

Águilas Pereira

Barcelona
Emelec

Independiente del Valle

U. Católica

Cerro Porteño
Libertad

Capiatá
General Díaz

Alianza Lima

U. César Vallejo

UTC

Inti Gas

Danubio
Peñarol
River Plate
Rentistas

Caracas
Dep. La Guaira

Dep. Anzoátegui

Trujillanos

Location of teams of the 2014 Copa Sudamericana.

The draw of the tournament was held on May 20, 2014 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[16][17][18]

Excluding the defending champion (entering in the round of 16), the other 46 teams were divided into four zones:

• South Zone: Teams from Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay (entering in the first stage)
• North Zone: Teams from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela (entering in the first stage)
• Argentina Zone: Teams from Argentina (entering in the second stage)
• Brazil Zone: Teams from Brazil (entering in the second stage)

The draw mechanism was as follows:^[3]

• South Zone and North Zone:
  • For the first stage, the 16 teams from the South Zone were drawn into eight ties, and the 16 teams from the North Zone were drawn into the other 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.
  • For the second stage, the 16 winners of the first stage were drawn into eight ties. The eight winners from the South Zone were drawn against the eight winners from the North Zone, with the former hosting the second leg in four ties, and the latter hosting the second leg in the other four ties.
• Argentina Zone: The six teams 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.
• Brazil Zone: The eight teams were split into four ties. No draw was held, where the matchups were based on the berths which the teams qualified for: 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5, with the former hosting the second leg.

To determine the bracket starting from the round of 16, the defending champion and the 15 winners of the second stage were assigned a "seed" by draw. The defending champion and the winners from Argentina Zone and Brazil Zone were assigned odd-numbered "seeds", and the winners from ties between South Zone and North Zone were assigned even-numbered "seeds".

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well).^[16][19]

Stage	First leg	Second leg
First stage	August 20	August 27
Second stage	August 27 September 3, 10, 17	September 3, 17, 24
Round of 16	October 1, 15	October 15, 22
Quarterfinals	October 29	November 5
Semifinals	November 19	November 26
Finals	December 3	December 10

Elimination phase

In the elimination phase, 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 (three from Argentina Zone, four from Brazil Zone, eight from ties between South Zone and North Zone) advanced to the round of 16 to join the defending champion (Lanús).^[3]

First stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Zone
Huachipato	6–3	San José	3–1	3–2
Universitario	2–1	Iquique	2–0	0–1
Capiatá	5–3	Danubio	3–1	2–2
Rentistas	1–2	Cerro Porteño	0–2	1–0
General Díaz	4–3	Cobresal	2–1	2–2
Nacional Potosí	1–3	Libertad	1–0	0–3
Universidad Católica	0–4	River Plate	0–1	0–3
Peñarol	6–0	Jorge Wilstermann	2–0	4–0
North Zone
Inti Gas	0–2	Caracas	0–1	0–1
Barcelona	3–0	Alianza Lima	3–0	0–0
La Guaira	1–2	Atlético Nacional	1–1	0–1
Águilas Pereira	2–3	Emelec	1–1	1–2
UTC	0–3	Deportivo Cali	0–0	0–3
Millonarios	3–4	Universidad César Vallejo	1–2	2–2
Trujillanos	1–2	Independiente del Valle	0–1	1–1
Universidad Católica	2–2 (5–4 p)	Deportivo Anzoátegui	1–1	1–1

Second stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sport Recife	1–3	Vitória	0–1	1–2
Capiatá	4–2	Caracas	1–1	3–1
Godoy Cruz	0–3	River Plate	0–1	0–2
Huachipato	2–1	Universidad Católica	2–0	0–1
Fluminense	2–2 (a)	Goiás	2–1	0–1
Peñarol	3–2	Deportivo Cali	2–2	1–0
Universitario	2–5	Universidad César Vallejo	2–2	0–3
Internacional	1–3	Bahia	0–2	1–1
Independiente del Valle	1–3	Cerro Porteño	1–0	0–3
Gimnasia y Esgrima	0–1	Estudiantes	0–0	0–1
Emelec	3–2	River Plate	2–1	1–1
Criciúma	2–3	São Paulo	2–1	0–2
Barcelona	1–2	Libertad	1–0	0–2
Rosario Central	1–4	Boca Juniors	1–1	0–3
Atlético Nacional	3–3 (a)	General Díaz	0–2	3–1

Final stages

In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:^[3]

• Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
• In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, 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).
• In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
• If there were two semifinalists from the same association, they must play each other.

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	16	Atlético Nacional	2	1	3
	1	Vitória	2	0	2
								16	Atlético Nacional	1	1	2
								8	Univ. César Vallejo	0	0	0
	9	Bahia	2	0	2 (6)
	8	Univ. César Vallejo (p)	0	2	2 (7)
															16	Atlético Nacional (p)	1	0	1 (4)
														13	São Paulo	0	1	1 (1)
	13	São Paulo	1	3	4
	4	Huachipato	0	2	2
								13	São Paulo	4	2	6
								12	Emelec	2	3	5
	12	Emelec (p)	1	0	1 (6)
	5	Goiás	0	1	1 (5)
																						16	Atlético Nacional	1	0	1
																						3	River Plate	1	2	3
	15	Boca Juniors (p)	0	1	1 (4)
	2	Capiatá	1	0	1 (3)
								15	Boca Juniors	1	4	5
								10	Cerro Porteño	0	1	1
	10	Cerro Porteño	2	1	3
	7	Lanús	1	1	2
															15	Boca Juniors	0	0	0
														3	River Plate	0	1	1
	11	Estudiantes (p)	2	1	3 (3)
	6	Peñarol	1	2	3 (1)
								11	Estudiantes	1	2	3
								3	River Plate	2	3	5
	14	Libertad	1	0	1
	3	River Plate	3	2	5

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Nacional	3–2	Vitória	2–2	1–0
Boca Juniors	1–1 (4–3 p)	Capiatá	0–1	1–0
Libertad	1–5	River Plate	1–3	0–2
São Paulo	4–2	Huachipato	1–0	3–2
Emelec	1–1 (6–5 p)	Goiás	1–0	0–1
Estudiantes	3–3 (3–1 p)	Peñarol	2–1	1–2
Cerro Porteño	3–2	Lanús	2–1	1–1
Bahia	2–2 (6–7 p)	Universidad César Vallejo	2–0	0–2

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Nacional	2–0	Universidad César Vallejo	1–0	1–0
Boca Juniors	5–1	Cerro Porteño	1–0	4–1
Estudiantes	3–5	River Plate	1–2	2–3
São Paulo	6–5	Emelec	4–2	2–3

Semifinals

This was the first time the Superclásico derby matches between Boca Juniors and River Plate were played in the Copa Sudamericana.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Nacional	1–1 (4–1 p)	São Paulo	1–0	0–1
Boca Juniors	0–1	River Plate	0–0	0–1

Finals

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.^[3]

Atlético Nacional v River Plate

December 3, 2014 19:15 UTC−5

Atlético Nacional	1–1	River Plate
Berrío  34'	Report	Pisculichi  65'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Attendance: 44.412 Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

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River Plate v Atlético Nacional

December 10, 2014 21:15 UTC−3

River Plate	2–0	Atlético Nacional
Mercado  54' Pezzella  58'	Report

Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires Attendance: 68.500 Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

River Plate won 3–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Miler Bolaños	Emelec	5
	Andrés Vilches	Huachipato	5
3	Andrés Chávez	Boca Juniors	4
	Fabio Escobar	Capiatá	4
	Rodrigo Mora	River Plate	4
	Andy Pando	Universidad César Vallejo	4
	Óscar Romero	Cerro Porteño	4
8	Edwin Cardona	Atlético Nacional	3
	Guido Carrillo	Estudiantes	3
	Erik	Goiás	3
	Roberto Gamarra	General Díaz	3
	Ganso	São Paulo	3
	Hernán Rodrigo López	Libertad	3
	Ángel Mena	Emelec	3
	Michel Bastos	São Paulo	3
	Ronald Quinteros	Universidad César Vallejo	3
	Jonathan Rodríguez	Peñarol	3
	Luis Carlos Ruiz	Atlético Nacional	3
	Michael Santos	River Plate	3
	Diego Vera	Estudiantes	3

Source:^[20]

See also

• 2014 Copa Libertadores
• 2015 Recopa Sudamericana
• 2015 Suruga Bank Championship

References

1. "Copa Sudamericana tiene nuevo sponsor para la edición 2013" (in Spanish). latercera.com. 30 July 2013.
2. "El recorrido de River Plate para llegar a la Copa". CONMEBOL.com. December 10, 2014.
3. "Copa Total Sudamericana 2014 – Reglamento" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
4. "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2013/2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
5. "Convocatoria a Campeonatos Entel Apertura y Clausura Temporada 2012-2013" (PDF) (in Spanish). LFPB.
6. "Convocatoria a Campeonatos Entel Apertura y Clausura Temporada 2013-2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). LFPB.
7. "Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A de 2014 REC - REGULAMENTO ESPECÍFICO DA COMPETIÇÃO" (PDF). CBF.
8. "Copa do Nordeste de 2014 REC - REGULAMENTO ESPECÍFICO DA COMPETIÇÃO" (PDF). CBF.
9. "Bases Campeonato Nacional Primera División 2013-2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). ANFP.
10. "Reglamento Liga Postobon 2013" (PDF) (in Spanish). dimayor.com.
11. "Reglamento del Comité Ejecutivo de fútbol Profesional" (PDF) (in Spanish). FEF.
12. "Reglamento del Campeonato Oficial" (PDF) (in Spanish). APF.
13. "Bases Torneo Descentralizado Copa Movistar 2013" (PDF) (in Spanish). ADFP.
14. "Reglamento de Primera División" (PDF) (in Spanish). AUF.
15. "Comisión de Torneos Nacionales Normas Reguladoras de Categoría Nacional Temporada 2013–2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). FVF.
16. "Calendario de competiciones y actividades – CONMEBOL 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
17. "Copa Total Sudamericana: para el 20 se prevé la ceremonia del sorteo en Buenos Aires" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. May 12, 2014.
18. "Impactante lanzamiento de la decimotercera edición de la Copa Total Sudamericana en Buenos Aires" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. May 20, 2014.
19. "Se ultiman los detalles para la ceremonia del sorteo de la Copa Total Sudamericana" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. May 20, 2014.
20. "Copa Total Sudamericana 2014 — Goleadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.

External links

• Copa Total Sudamericana (Spanish)
• Copa Sudamericana, CONMEBOL.com (Spanish)