# 2016 Copa Sudamericana

The 2016 Copa Sudamericana (Portuguese: Copa Sul-Americana 2016) was the 15th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
The finals were originally to be played between Brazilian team Chapecoense and Colombian team Atlético Nacional. However, on 28 November 2016, LaMia Flight 2933, which was carrying the Chapecoense squad to the first leg, crashed on the way to the José María Córdova International Airport. There were 71 fatalities, including 19 of the 22 Chapecoense players on the plane. CONMEBOL immediately suspended all activities, including the scheduled final matches, in the early morning of 29 November. In light of these events, Atlético Nacional requested that CONMEBOL award the title to Chapecoense. As requested, CONMEBOL awarded Chapecoense the title of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, their first continental title, on 5 December, while Atlético Nacional received the "CONMEBOL Centenario Fair Play" award for their gesture.
As winners of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, Chapecoense earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016 Copa Libertadores in the 2017 Recopa Sudamericana, and the winners of the 2016 J.League Cup in the 2017 Suruga Bank Championship. They also automatically qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage. Santa Fe were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Cerro Porteño in the Round of 16.

## Teams

The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament:
* Title holders
* Brazil: 8 berths
* Argentina: 6 berths
* All other associations: 4 berths each
The entry stage is determined as follows:
* Round of 16: Title holders
* Second stage: 14 teams (teams from Argentina and Brazil)
* First stage: 32 teams (teams from all other associations)
| Association | Team (Berth) | Entry stage | Qualification method |
| Argentina 6 berths | San Lorenzo (Argentina 1) | Second stage | 2015 Supercopa Argentina champion |
| Argentina 6 berths | Independiente (Argentina 2) | Second stage | 2015 Primera División Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up |
| Argentina 6 berths | Belgrano (Argentina 3) | Second stage | 2015 Primera División Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana winner with best record in league table |
| Argentina 6 berths | Estudiantes (Argentina 4) | Second stage | 2015 Primera División Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana winner with 2nd best record in league table |
| Argentina 6 berths | Banfield (Argentina 5) | Second stage | 2015 Primera División Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana winner with 3rd best record in league table |
| Argentina 6 berths | Lanús (Argentina 6) | Second stage | 2015 Primera División Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana winner with 4th best record in league table |
| Bolivia 4 berths | Bolívar (Bolivia 1) | First stage | 2014 Apertura champion and 2015 Clausura champion |
| Bolivia 4 berths | Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia 2) | First stage | 2014–15 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Bolivia 4 berths | Blooming (Bolivia 3) | First stage | 2014–15 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Bolivia 4 berths | Real Potosí (Bolivia 4) | First stage | 2014–15 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Brazil 8 berths | Sport Recife (Brazil 1) | Second stage | 2015 Série A or 2015 Série B best team eliminated before 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 |
| Brazil 8 berths | Flamengo (Brazil 2) | Second stage | 2015 Série A or 2015 Série B 2nd best team eliminated before 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 |
| Brazil 8 berths | Chapecoense (Brazil 3) | Second stage | 2015 Série A or 2015 Série B 3rd best team eliminated before 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 |
| Brazil 8 berths | Coritiba (Brazil 4) | Second stage | 2015 Série A or 2015 Série B 4th best team eliminated before 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 |
| Brazil 8 berths | Figueirense (Brazil 5) | Second stage | 2015 Série A or 2015 Série B 5th best team eliminated before 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 |
| Brazil 8 berths | Vitória (Brazil 6) | Second stage | 2015 Série A or 2015 Série B 6th best team eliminated before 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 |
| Brazil 8 berths | Santa Cruz (Brazil 7) | Second stage | 2016 Copa do Nordeste champion |
| Brazil 8 berths | Cuiabá (Brazil 8) | Second stage | 2015 Copa Verde champion |
| Chile 4 berths | Universidad Católica (Chile 1) | First stage | 2015 Apertura Liguilla winner |
| Chile 4 berths | O'Higgins (Chile 2) | First stage | 2016 Clausura Liguilla winner |
| Chile 4 berths | Palestino (Chile 3) | First stage | 2015–16 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Chile 4 berths | Universidad de Concepción (Chile 4) | First stage | 2015–16 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Colombia 4 + 1 berths | Santa Fe (Title holders) | Round of 16 | 2015 Copa Sudamericana champion |
| Colombia 4 + 1 berths | Junior (Colombia 1) | First stage | 2015 Copa Colombia champion |
| Colombia 4 + 1 berths | Atlético Nacional (Colombia 2) | First stage | 2016 Superliga Colombiana champion |
| Colombia 4 + 1 berths | Independiente Medellín (Colombia 3) | First stage | 2015 Primera A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Colombia 4 + 1 berths | Deportes Tolima (Colombia 4) | First stage | 2015 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Ecuador 4 berths | Emelec (Ecuador 1) | First stage | 2015 Serie A champion |
| Ecuador 4 berths | Universidad Católica (Ecuador 2) | First stage | 2015 Serie A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Ecuador 4 berths | Barcelona (Ecuador 3) | First stage | 2015 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Ecuador 4 berths | Aucas (Ecuador 4) | First stage | 2015 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Paraguay 4 berths | Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1) | First stage | 2015 tournament (2015 Apertura or 2015 Clausura) champion with better record in aggregate table |
| Paraguay 4 berths | Libertad (Paraguay 2) | First stage | 2015 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Paraguay 4 berths | Sol de América (Paraguay 3) | First stage | 2015 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Paraguay 4 berths | Sportivo Luqueño (Paraguay 4) | First stage | 2015 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores |
| Peru 4 berths | Real Garcilaso (Peru 1) | First stage | 2015 Descentralizado 4th place |
| Peru 4 berths | Sport Huancayo (Peru 2) | First stage | 2015 Descentralizado aggregate table best team not qualified for playoffs |
| Peru 4 berths | Deportivo Municipal (Peru 3) | First stage | 2015 Descentralizado aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for playoffs |
| Peru 4 berths | Universitario (Peru 4) | First stage | 2015 Descentralizado aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for playoffs |
| Uruguay 4 berths | Peñarol (Uruguay 1) | First stage | 2015–16 Primera División champion |
| Uruguay 4 berths | Plaza Colonia (Uruguay 2) | First stage | 2015–16 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2017 Copa Libertadores |
| Uruguay 4 berths | Montevideo Wanderers (Uruguay 3) | First stage | 2015–16 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2017 Copa Libertadores |
| Uruguay 4 berths | Fénix (Uruguay 4) | First stage | 2015–16 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2017 Copa Libertadores |
| Venezuela 4 berths | Deportivo La Guaira (Venezuela 1) | First stage | 2015 Copa Venezuela champion |
| Venezuela 4 berths | Zamora (Venezuela 2) | First stage | 2015 Adecuación champion |
| Venezuela 4 berths | Deportivo Anzoátegui (Venezuela 3) | First stage | 2016 Apertura runner-up |
| Venezuela 4 berths | Deportivo Lara (Venezuela 4) | First stage | 2015 Copa Venezuela runner-up |

## Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 12 July 2016, 20:00 CLT (UTC−4), at the Espacio Riesco Convention and Events Center in Huechuraba, Chile.
For the first stage, the 32 teams were divided into two zones:
* South Zone: The 16 teams from Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay were drawn into eight ties.
* North Zone: The 16 teams from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela were drawn into 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 30 teams, including the 16 winners of the first stage (eight from South Zone, eight from North Zone), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and the 14 teams which entered the second stage, were divided into three sections:
* Winners of the first stage: The 16 winners of the first stage were drawn into eight ties, with the order of legs decided by draw. Teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.
* Brazil: The eight teams from Brazil were drawn into four ties. Teams which qualified for berths 1–4 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 5–8, with the former hosting the second leg.
* Argentina: The six teams from Argentina 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.

## 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).
| Stage | First leg | Second leg |
| First stage | 10 August | 17 August |
| Second stage | 24 August | 31 August 14 September |
| Round of 16 | 21 September | 28 September |
| Quarterfinals | 19 October | 26 October |
| Semifinals | 2 November | 23 November |
| Finals | 30 November | 7 December |

### Notes

* $^†$ For matches involving teams from Brazil.
* $^‡$ Cancelled due to crash of LaMia Flight 2933.

## Elimination stages

In the elimination stages (first stage and second stage), each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. 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 5.1). The 15 winners of the second stage (eight from winners of the first stage, four from Brazil, three from Argentina) advanced to the round of 16 to join the defending champions (Santa Fe).

### First stage

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| South Zone |||||
| Fénix | 1–2 | Cerro Porteño | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 1–1 (a) | Peñarol | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Universidad de Concepción | 2–3 | Bolívar | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Real Potosí | 4–2 | Universidad Católica | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Blooming | 1–1 (4–1 p) | Plaza Colonia | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Sol de América | 2–2 (5–4 p) | Jorge Wilstermann | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 0–0 (5–4 p) | O'Higgins | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Palestino | 4–0 | Libertad | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| North Zone |||||
| Universitario | 1–6 | Emelec | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Aucas | 2–2 (a) | Real Garcilaso | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Deportivo Lara | 2–5 | Junior | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Deportes Tolima | 0–1 | Deportivo La Guaira | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Barcelona | 2–2 (0–3 p) | Zamora | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Independiente Medellín | 2–1 | Universidad Católica | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Deportivo Anzoátegui | 2–2 (a) | Sport Huancayo | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 0–6 | Atlético Nacional | 0–5 | 0–1 |

### Second stage

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Santa Cruz | 1–0 | Sport Recife | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Deportivo La Guaira | 4–2 | Emelec | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Cuiabá | 2–3 | Chapecoense | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Bolívar | 1–2 | Atlético Nacional | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Estudiantes | 1–2 | Belgrano | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Blooming | 1–3 | Junior | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Figueirense | 5–5 (a) | Flamengo | 4–2 | 1–3 |
| Cerro Porteño | 7–0 | Real Potosí | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| Real Garcilaso | 2–3 | Palestino | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Zamora | 0–2 | Montevideo Wanderers | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Vitória | 2–2 (a) | Coritiba | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Sol de América | 2–1 | Sport Huancayo | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Lanús | 0–3 | Independiente | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Banfield | 3–4 | San Lorenzo | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Independiente Medellín | 3–2 | Sportivo Luqueño | 3–0 | 0–2 |

## Final stages

In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:
* Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 3.2).
* 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 5.1).
* 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 5.2).
CONMEBOL confirmed that the bracket would remain the same as the draw of the tournament regardless of the nationality of the semifinalists. In previous seasons, if there were two semifinalists from the same association, they had to play each other.
The qualified teams were seeded in the final stages according to the draw of the tournament, with each team assigned a "seed" 1–16 by draw.

### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 16 | Independiente Medellín (a) | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Santa Cruz | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Santa Cruz | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | Independiente Medellín | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Cerro Porteño | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Santa Fe | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Cerro Porteño | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cerro Porteño | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cerro Porteño | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | Cerro Porteño | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Atlético Nacional (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Coritiba (p) | 1 | 2 | 3 (4) | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Atlético Nacional (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Belgrano | 2 | 1 | 3 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Belgrano | 2 | 1 | 3 (3) | 12 | Coritiba | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Sol de América | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Atlético Nacional | — | — | — |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Chapecoense (awd.) | — | — | — |
| 15 | San Lorenzo | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Chapecoense (awd.) | — | — | — |
| 2 | Deportivo La Guaira | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Deportivo La Guaira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | San Lorenzo | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | Palestino | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Palestino (a) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | Palestino | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 15 | San Lorenzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Chapecoense (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Montevideo Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Chapecoense (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Junior (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Junior (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 6 | Junior | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Chapecoense | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Independiente | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 3 | Chapecoense | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Chapecoense (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 16

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Independiente Medellín | 3–3 (a) | Santa Cruz | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| San Lorenzo | 4–1 | Deportivo La Guaira | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Independiente | 0–0 (4–5 p) | Chapecoense | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Sol de América | 1–3 | Atlético Nacional | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Coritiba | 3–3 (4–3 p) | Belgrano | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Junior | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Palestino | 2–2 (a) | Flamengo | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Santa Fe | 3–4 | Cerro Porteño | 2–0 | 1–4 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Independiente Medellín | 0–2 | Cerro Porteño | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| San Lorenzo | 2–1 | Palestino | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Junior | 1–3 | Chapecoense | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Coritiba | 2–4 | Atlético Nacional | 1–1 | 1–3 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cerro Porteño | 1–1 (a) | Atlético Nacional | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| San Lorenzo | 1–1 (a) | Chapecoense | 1–1 | 0–0 |

### Finals

The finals were suspended on 29 November following the crash of LaMia Flight 2933. CONMEBOL awarded the title to Chapecoense on 5 December 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Nacional | awd. | Chapecoense | Cancelled | Cancelled |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Miguel Borja | Atlético Nacional | 6 |
| 1 | Cecilio Domínguez | Cerro Porteño | 6 |
| 3 | Nicolás Blandi | San Lorenzo | 5 |
| 4 | Claudio Bieler | Belgrano | 4 |
| 4 | Leonardo Valencia | Palestino | 4 |
| 6 | Guillermo Beltrán | Cerro Porteño | 3 |
| 6 | Martín Cauteruccio | San Lorenzo | 3 |
| 6 | Jonathan David Gómez | Santa Fe | 3 |
| 6 | Grafite | Santa Cruz | 3 |
| 6 | Iago | Coritiba | 3 |
| 6 | Roberto Ovelar | Junior | 3 |
| 6 | Rafael Moura | Figueirense | 3 |
| 6 | Rodrigo Rojas | Cerro Porteño | 3 |
| 6 | Denis Stracqualursi | Emelec | 3 |
Source: CONMEBOL.com

### Top assists

| Rank | Player | Team | Assists |
| 1 | Macnelly Torres | Atlético Nacional | 4 |
| 2 | Orlando Berrío | Atlético Nacional | 2 |
| 2 | Fernando Belluschi | San Lorenzo | 2 |
| 2 | Daniel Bocanegra | Atlético Nacional | 2 |
| 2 | Juan Fernando Caicedo | Independiente Medellín | 2 |
| 2 | Dener | Chapecoense | 2 |
| 2 | Darwin González | Deportivo La Guaira | 2 |
| 2 | Alejandro Guerra | Atlético Nacional | 2 |
| 2 | Sebastián Hernández | Junior | 2 |
| 2 | Vladimir Hernández | Junior | 2 |
| 2 | Juan | Coritiba | 2 |
| 2 | Cristian Marrugo | Independiente Medellín | 2 |
| 2 | Jhon Mosquera | Atlético Nacional | 2 |
| 2 | Gustavo Rojas | Deportivo La Guaira | 2 |
| 2 | Matías Suárez | Belgrano | 2 |
| 2 | Diego Torres | Palestino | 2 |
| 2 | Leonardo Valencia | Palestino | 2 |
Source: CONMEBOL.com