2011 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes

Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes 2011 Copa Bridgestone Sul-americana de Clubes 2011
Tournament details
Dates	2 August – 14 December 2011
Teams	39 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Universidad de Chile (1st title)
Runners-up	LDU Quito
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Goals scored	175 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eduardo Vargas (11 goals)
Best player(s)	Eduardo Vargas
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The 2011 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially the 2011 Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The winner, Universidad de Chile, qualified for the 2012 Copa Libertadores, the 2012 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2012 Suruga Bank Championship.

Qualified teams

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina 6+1 berths	Independiente (Defending champion)	Round of 16	2010 Copa Sudamericana champion
	Vélez Sársfield (Argentina 1)	Second Stage	2010–11 Primera División aggregate table 1st place
	Estudiantes (Argentina 2)		2010–11 Primera División aggregate table 2nd place
	Godoy Cruz (Argentina 3)		2010–11 Primera División aggregate table 3rd place
	Lanús (Argentina 4)		2010–11 Primera División aggregate table 4th place
	Arsenal (Argentina 5)		2010–11 Primera División aggregate table 5th place
	Argentinos Juniors (Argentina 6)		2010–11 Primera División aggregate table 7th place
Bolivia 3 berths	Aurora (Bolivia 1)	Second Stage	2010 Clausura 3rd place
	The Strongest (Bolivia 2)	First Stage	2010 Apertura 4th place
	San José (Bolivia 3)		2010 Torneo de Invierno runner-up
Brazil 8 berths	Atlético Paranaense (Brazil 1)	Second Stage	2010 Série A 5th place
	Botafogo (Brazil 2)		2010 Série A 6th place
	São Paulo (Brazil 3)		2010 Série A 9th place
	Palmeiras (Brazil 4)		2010 Série A 10th place
	Vasco da Gama (Brazil 5)		2010 Série A 11th place
	Ceará (Brazil 6)		2010 Série A 12th place
	Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 7)		2010 Série A 13th place
	Flamengo (Brazil 8)		2010 Série A 14th place
Chile 3 berths	Deportes Iquique (Chile 1)	Second Stage	2010 Copa Chile champion
	Universidad Católica (Chile 2)	First Stage	2011 Apertura classification phase 1st place
	Universidad de Chile (Chile 3)		2011 Primera División Copa Sudamericana playoff winner
Colombia 3 berths	Deportivo Cali (Colombia 1)	Second Stage	2010 Copa Colombia champion
	Santa Fe (Colombia 2)	First Stage	2010 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best non-champion
	La Equidad (Colombia 3)		2010 Primera A aggregate table 3rd best non-champion
Ecuador 3 berths	Emelec (Ecuador 1)	Second Stage	2011 Serie A first stage winner
	LDU Quito (Ecuador 2)	First Stage	2010 Serie A second stage winner
	Deportivo Quito (Ecuador 3)		2011 Serie A first stage 3rd place
Paraguay 3 berths	Libertad (Paraguay 1)	Second Stage	2010 Primera División aggregate table best champion
	Nacional (Paraguay 2)	First Stage	2010 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best non-champion
	Olimpia (Paraguay 3)		2010 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best non-champion
Peru 3 berths	Universitario (Peru 1)	Second Stage	2010 Descentralizado aggregate table 2nd best non-finalist
	Universidad César Vallejo (Peru 2)	First Stage	2010 Descentralizado aggregate table 3rd best non-finalist
	Juan Aurich (Peru 3)		2010 Descentralizado aggregate table 4th best non-finalist
Uruguay 3 berths	Nacional (Uruguay 1)	Second Stage	2010–11 Primera División champion
	Fénix (Uruguay 2)	First Stage	2010–11 Primera División aggregate table 4th place
	Bella Vista (Uruguay 3)		2010–11 Primera División aggregate table 5th place
Venezuela 3 berths	Trujillanos (Venezuela 1)	Second Stage	2010 Copa Venezuela champion
	Deportivo Anzoátegui (Venezuela 2)	First Stage	2010–11 Primera División Serie Sudamericana winner with better aggregate
	Yaracuyanos (Venezuela 3)		2010–11 Primera División Serie Sudamericana winner with worse aggregate

Draw

The draw was originally to be held on June 14, 2011 at CONMEBOL's Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay,^[1] but was postponed by CONMEBOL due to disruptions to air traffic in the region by the volcanic eruption of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex, first to June 16,^[2] and then to June 21,^[3] and finally to June 28, with the venue switched to the Sheraton Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[4]

The tournament was played in single-elimination format, with each tie played over two legs. The draw mechanism was as follows:^[5]

First Stage

• The sixteen teams which qualify through berths 2 and 3 from the eight countries other than Argentina and Brazil were drawn against each other. The matchups were based on countries: Bolivia v Paraguay, Chile v Uruguay, Colombia v Peru, Ecuador v Venezuela.

Second Stage

• The eight winners of the First Stage were drawn against the eight teams which qualify through berth 1 from the eight countries other than Argentina and Brazil.
• The six teams from Argentina, excluding the defending champion, 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 eight 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, which was used to determine the bracket of the final stages, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home in each tie.

Change of sponsorship

During the draw, CONMEBOL announced that Bridgestone would replace Nissan Motors as the primary sponsor of the tournament. The official name of the tournament would be changed accordingly to the Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana.^[6]

Schedule

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

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 August 2 and ended on August 25.^[7] Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nacional	1–0	San José	0–0	1–0
Santa Fe	3–1	Universidad César Vallejo	1–1	2–0
Fénix	0–1	Universidad de Chile	0–1	0–0
Deportivo Anzoátegui	2–1	Deportivo Quito	0–1	2–0
The Strongest	2–3	Olimpia	0–2	2–1
Juan Aurich	1–4	La Equidad	0–2	1–2
Universidad Católica	4–1	Bella Vista	1–1	3–0
LDU Quito	2–1	Yaracuyanos	1–1	1–0

Second stage

The Second Stage began on August 10 and ended on September 22.^[7] Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vélez Sársfield	4–0	Argentinos Juniors	0–0	4–0
Nacional	0–3	Universidad de Chile	0–1	0–2
Palmeiras	3–3 (a)	Vasco da Gama	0–2	3–1
Libertad	2–0	La Equidad	1–0	1–0
Universitario	4–1	Deportivo Anzoátegui	2–1	2–0
Estudiantes	1–2	Arsenal	0–2	1–0
Deportivo Cali	2–2 (5–6 p)	Santa Fe	1–1	1–1
Botafogo	3–1	Atlético Mineiro	2–1	1–0
Emelec	2–4	Olimpia	1–2	1–2
Godoy Cruz	2–2 (a)	Lanús	2–2	0–0
Trujillanos	1–5	LDU Quito	1–4	0–1
São Paulo	4–2	Ceará	1–2	3–0
Aurora	6–3	Nacional	1–1	5–2
Atlético Paranaense	0–2	Flamengo	0–1	0–1
Deportes Iquique	1–2	Universidad Católica	1–2	0–0

Final stages

Teams from the Round of 16 onwards were 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, Independiente, was assigned the 5 seed).^[8]

Bracket

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

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	1	Vélez Sársfield	2	1
	16	Universidad Católica	0	1
							1	Vélez Sársfield	1	3
							8	Santa Fe	1	2
	8	Santa Fe	1	4
	9	Botafogo	1	1
													1	Vélez Sársfield	0	0
													12	LDU Quito	2	1
	4	Libertad	0	2
	13	São Paulo	1	0
							4	Libertad	0	1 (4)
							12	LDU Quito (p)	1	0 (5)
	5	Independiente	0	1
	12	LDU Quito	2	0
																			12	LDU Quito	0	0
																			2	Universidad de Chile	1	3
	2	Universidad de Chile	4	1
	15	Flamengo	0	0
							2	Universidad de Chile	2	3
							7	Arsenal	1	0
	7	Arsenal	0	3
	10	Olimpia	0	2
													2	Universidad de Chile	1	2
													3	Vasco da Gama	1	0
	3	Vasco da Gama	1	8
	14	Aurora	3	3
							3	Vasco da Gama	0	5
							6	Universitario	2	2
	6	Universitario (p)	1	1 (3)
	11	Godoy Cruz	1	1 (2)

Round of 16

The Round of 16 began on September 28 and ended on October 26. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vélez Sársfield	3–1	Universidad Católica	2–0	1–1
Santa Fe	5–2	Botafogo	1–1	4–1
Independiente	1–2	LDU Quito	0–2	1–0
Libertad	2–1	São Paulo	0–1	2–0
Universidad de Chile	5–0	Flamengo	4–0	1–0
Arsenal	3–2	Olimpia	0–0	3–2
Universitario	2–2 (3–2 p)	Godoy Cruz	1–1	1–1
Vasco da Gama	9–6	Aurora	1–3	8–3

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals began on November 1 and ended on November 17. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vélez Sársfield	4–3	Santa Fe	1–1	3–2
Libertad	1–1 (4–5 p)	LDU Quito	0–1	1–0
Universidad de Chile	5–1	Arsenal	2–1	3–0
Vasco da Gama	5–4	Universitario	0–2	5–2

Semifinals

The Semifinals began on November 23 and ended on November 30. Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universidad de Chile	3–1	Vasco da Gama	1–1	2–0
Vélez Sársfield	0–3	LDU Quito	0–2	0–1

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.^[5]

December 8, 2011

19:15 UTC−5

LDU Quito	0–1	Universidad de Chile
	Report	E. Vargas 43'

Estadio Casa Blanca, Quito

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

December 14, 2011

21:15 UTC−3

Universidad de Chile	3–0	LDU Quito
E. Vargas 2', 86' Lorenzetti 79'	Report

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)

Universidad de Chile won on points 6–0.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Eduardo Vargas	Universidad de Chile	11
2	Hernán Barcos	LDU Quito	7
3	Bernardo	Vasco da Gama	4
	Guillermo Franco	Vélez Sársfield	4
	Omar Pérez	Santa Fe	4
	Óscar Rodas	Santa Fe	4
	Raúl Ruidíaz	Universitario	4
8	Alecsandro	Vasco da Gama	3
	Augusto Andaveris	Aurora	3
	Luis Bolaños	LDU Quito	3
	Gustavo Canales	Universidad de Chile	3
	Pablo Zeballos	Olimpia	3