2012 Copa Sudamericana

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.

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

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.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Zone
Olimpia	2–1	Danubio	0–0	2–1
Nacional	4–2	Deportes Iquique	0–2	4–0
Universidad Católica	4–1	Blooming	1–1	3–0
Oriente Petrolero	2–2 (a)	Guaraní	1–0	1–2
Universitario	1–5	Liverpool	0–3	1–2
Cerro Largo	1–2	Aurora	1–2	0–0
Cobreloa	3–2	Tacuary	1–0	2–2
Cerro Porteño	7–3	O'Higgins	3–3	4–0
North Zone
Millonarios	3–0	Inti Gas	0–0	3–0
Universidad San Martín	1–2	Emelec	0–1	1–1
Mineros	3–1	La Equidad	1–0	2–1
Barcelona	5–1	Deportivo Táchira	0–0	5–1
Deportivo Lara	1–3	Deportes Tolima	1–3	0–0
León de Huánuco	2–4	Deportivo Quito	0–1	2–3
Envigado	2–0	Unión Comercio	0–0	2–0
LDU Loja	6–2	Monagas	2–0	4–2

Second stage

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guaraní	3–5	Millonarios	2–4	1–1
Bahia	0–4	São Paulo	0–2	0–2
Envigado	1–2	Liverpool	1–1	0–1
Argentinos Juniors	2–6	Tigre	1–2	1–4
Mineros	2–6	Cerro Porteño	2–2	0–4
Atlético Goianiense	2–2 (4–2 p)	Figueirense	1–1	1–1
Olimpia	0–1	Emelec	0–1	0–0
Grêmio	3–3 (a)	Coritiba	1–0	2–3
Cobreloa	3–4	Barcelona	0–0	3–4
Universidad Católica	3–3 (a)	Deportes Tolima	2–0	1–3
Colón	5–2	Racing	3–1	2–1
Deportivo Quito	5–2	Aurora	2–1	3–1
Boca Juniors	3–3 (a)	Independiente	3–3	0–0
LDU Loja	2–2 (a)	Nacional	0–1	2–1
Palmeiras	3–3 (a)	Botafogo	2–0	1–3

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.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Millonarios	4–3	Palmeiras	1–3	3–0
São Paulo	1–1 (a)	LDU Loja	1–1	0–0
Liverpool	2–4	Independiente	1–2	1–2
Tigre	4–2	Deportivo Quito	0–2	4–0
Cerro Porteño	4–2	Colón	2–1	2–1
Atlético Goianiense	3–3 (a)	Universidad Católica	0–2	3–1
Emelec	2–3	Universidad de Chile	2–2	0–1
Grêmio	3–1	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.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Millonarios	3–2	Grêmio	0–1	3–1
São Paulo	7–0	Universidad de Chile	2–0	5–0
Universidad Católica	4–3	Independiente	2–2	2–1
Tigre	4–3	Cerro Porteño	0–1	4–2

Semifinals

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Millonarios	1–1 (a)	Tigre	0–0	1–1
São Paulo	1–1 (a)	Universidad Católica	1–1	0–0

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.[6]

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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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

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]

• Libertadores
• Recopa
• Suruga

• Official webpage (in Spanish)