The 2015 Copa Sudamericana final stages were played from September 22 to December 9, 2015. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2015 Copa Sudamericana.^[1]

Qualified teams

The 15 winners of the second stage (eight from winners of the first stage, four from Brazil, three from Argentina) and the defending champions qualified for the final stages.

Winners of the second stage			Defending champions
Winners of the first stage	Brazil	Argentina
Winner O6:    Olimpia Winner O3:    Santa Fe Winner O1:    LDU Quito Winner O13: Deportes Tolima Winner O9:    Libertad Winner O2:    Defensor Sporting Winner O14: Emelec Winner O4:    Sportivo Luqueño	Winner O5:    Brasília Winner O10: Sport Recife Winner O8:    Chapecoense Winner O12: Atlético Paranaense	Winner O15: Lanús Winner O11: Independiente Winner O7:    Huracán	Winner O16: River Plate

Seeding

The qualified teams were seeded in the final stages according to the draw of the tournament, which was held on July 16, 2015, 20:00 UTC−4, at the Salón Joao Havelange of the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay, with each team assigned a "seed" 1–16 by draw.^[1][2]

Seed	Team	Round of 16
1	LDU Quito	Match A
2	Defensor Sporting	Match B
3	Santa Fe	Match C
4	Sportivo Luqueño	Match D
5	Brasília	Match E
6	Olimpia	Match F
7	Huracán	Match G
8	Chapecoense	Match H
9	Libertad	Match H
10	Sport Recife	Match G
11	Independiente	Match F
12	Atlético Paranaense	Match E
13	Deportes Tolima	Match D
14	Emelec	Match C
15	Lanús	Match B
16	River Plate	Match A

Format

In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:^[1]

• 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 would be used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).
• 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.
• If there were two semifinalists from the same association, they would have to play each other.

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stages was determined by the seeding as follows:^[1]

• Round of 16:
  • Match A: Seed 1 vs. Seed 16
  • Match B: Seed 2 vs. Seed 15
  • Match C: Seed 3 vs. Seed 14
  • Match D: Seed 4 vs. Seed 13
  • Match E: Seed 5 vs. Seed 12
  • Match F: Seed 6 vs. Seed 11
  • Match G: Seed 7 vs. Seed 10
  • Match H: Seed 8 vs. Seed 9
• Quarterfinals:
  • Match S1: Winner A vs. Winner H
  • Match S2: Winner B vs. Winner G
  • Match S3: Winner C vs. Winner F
  • Match S4: Winner D vs. Winner E
• Semifinals: (if there were two semifinalists from the same association, they would have to play each other)
  • Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S4
  • Match F2: Winner S2 vs. Winner S3
• Finals: Winner F1 vs. Winner F2

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	16	River Plate	2	0	2
	1	LDU Quito	0	1	1
								16	River Plate	3	1	4
								8	Chapecoense	1	2	3
	9	Libertad	1	1	2 (3)
	8	Chapecoense (p)	1	1	2 (5)
															16	River Plate	0	2	2
															7	Huracán	1	2	3
	10	Sport Recife	1	0	1
	7	Huracán	1	3	4
								7	Huracán	1	0	1
								2	Defensor Sporting	0	0	0
	15	Lanús	0	0	0 (3)
	2	Defensor Sporting (p)	0	0	0 (5)
																						7	Huracán	0	0	0 (1)
																						3	Santa Fe (p)	0	0	0 (3)
	12	Atlético Paranaense	1	0	1
	5	Brasília	0	0	0
								12	Atlético Paranaense	1	0	1
								4	Sportivo Luqueño	0	2	2
	13	Deportes Tolima	1	0	1
	4	Sportivo Luqueño	1	1	2
															4	Sportivo Luqueño	1	0	1
															3	Santa Fe (a)	1	0	1
	11	Independiente	1	0	1
	6	Olimpia	0	0	0
								11	Independiente	0	1	1
								3	Santa Fe	1	1	2
	14	Emelec	2	0	2
	3	Santa Fe (a)	1	1	2

Round of 16

The first legs were played on September 22–24, and the second legs were played on September 29–30 and October 1, 2015.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	2–1	LDU Quito	2–0	0–1
Lanús	0–0 (3–5 p)	Defensor Sporting	0–0	0–0
Emelec	2–2 (a)	Santa Fe	2–1	0–1
Deportes Tolima	1–2	Sportivo Luqueño	1–1	0–1
Atlético Paranaense	1–0	Brasília	1–0	0–0
Independiente	1–0	Olimpia	1–0	0–0
Sport Recife	1–4	Huracán	1–1	0–3
Libertad	2–2 (3–5 p)	Chapecoense	1–1	1–1

Match A

September 23, 2015

19:00 UTC−3

River Plate	2–0	LDU Quito
Alario 26' Mora 75'	Report

Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)

September 30, 2015

17:45 UTC−5

LDU Quito	1–0	River Plate
Mina 53'	Report

Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria, Quito

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

River Plate won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).

Match B

September 24, 2015

21:00 UTC−3

Lanús	0–0	Defensor Sporting
	Report

Estadio Ciudad de Lanús, Lanús

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

October 1, 2015

21:00 UTC−3

Defensor Sporting	0–0	Lanús
	Report
Penalties
Scotti Rodríguez Lozano Cardaccio Gómez	5–3	Aguirre Martínez Velázquez Leto

Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Defensor Sporting won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).

Match C

September 23, 2015

17:00 UTC−5

Emelec	2–1	Santa Fe
Bolaños 82', 88' (pen.)	Report	Roa 45'

Estadio Jocay, Manta

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

September 29, 2015

19:00 UTC−5

Santa Fe	1–0	Emelec
Morelo 45+1'	Report

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Santa Fe won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).

Match D

September 22, 2015

19:00 UTC−5

Deportes Tolima	1–1	Sportivo Luqueño
Estrada 15'	Report	Ortega 69'

Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogotá

Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

September 29, 2015

18:00 UTC−4

Sportivo Luqueño	1–0	Deportes Tolima
Miño 76'	Report

Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Sportivo Luqueño won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).

Match E

September 23, 2015

22:00 UTC−3

Atlético Paranaense	1–0	Brasília
Hernández 62'	Report

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

September 30, 2015

22:00 UTC−3

Brasília	0–0	Atlético Paranaense
	Report

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Referee: Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

Atlético Paranaense won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).

Match F

September 23, 2015

21:15 UTC−3

Independiente	1–0	Olimpia
Trejo 42'	Report

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

September 30, 2015

20:00 UTC−4

Olimpia	0–0	Independiente
	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

Independiente won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).

Match G

September 23, 2015

22:00 UTC−3

Sport Recife	1–1	Huracán
André 51'	Report	Bogado 74' (pen.)

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Referee: Adrián Vélez (Colombia)

September 30, 2015

22:10 UTC−3

Huracán	3–0	Sport Recife
Ábila 47', 72' Bogado 52'	Report

Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires

Referee: Julio Quintana (Paraguay)

Huracán won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).

Match H

September 24, 2015

20:00 UTC−4

Libertad	1–1	Chapecoense
López 90+2'	Report	Camilo 17'

Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz, Asunción

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

October 1, 2015

21:00 UTC−3

Chapecoense	1–1	Libertad
Túlio de Melo 7'	Report	Mencia 3'
Penalties
Bruno Rangel Neto Cléber Santana Gil Tiago Luís	5–3	López González Balbuena Aquino

Arena Condá, Chapecó

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Chapecoense won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on October 20–22, and the second legs were played on October 27–29, 2015.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	4–3	Chapecoense	3–1	1–2
Huracán	1–0	Defensor Sporting	1–0	0–0
Independiente	1–2	Santa Fe	0–1	1–1
Atlético Paranaense	1–2	Sportivo Luqueño	1–0	0–2

Match S1

October 21, 2015

21:00 UTC−3

River Plate	3–1	Chapecoense
Sánchez 19', 85' Pisculichi 62'	Report	Maranhão 36'

Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)

October 28, 2015

22:00 UTC−2

Chapecoense	2–1	River Plate
Bruno Rangel 20', 52'	Report	Sánchez 45+1'

Arena Condá, Chapecó

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

River Plate won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).

Match S2

October 20, 2015

20:45 UTC−3

Huracán	1–0	Defensor Sporting
Ábila 78'	Report

Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

October 27, 2015

20:45 UTC−3

Defensor Sporting	0–0	Huracán
	Report

Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Huracán won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).

Match S3

October 22, 2015

20:45 UTC−3

Independiente	0–1	Santa Fe
	Report	Balanta 65'

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

October 29, 2015

19:00 UTC−5

Santa Fe	1–1	Independiente
Meza 30'	Report	Zapata 90+1' (o.g.)

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

Santa Fe won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).

Match S4

October 21, 2015

20:00 UTC−2

Atlético Paranaense	1–0	Sportivo Luqueño
Marcos Guilherme 63'	Report

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

October 28, 2015

19:00 UTC−3

Sportivo Luqueño	2–0	Atlético Paranaense
Ortega 3' Leguizamón 35'	Report

Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque

Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)

Sportivo Luqueño won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).

Semifinals

Since there were two semifinalists from Argentina, they had to play each other instead of their original opponents as determined by the seeding.

The first legs were played on November 4–5, and the second legs were played on November 25–26, 2015.^[5]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sportivo Luqueño	1–1 (a)	Santa Fe	1–1	0–0
River Plate	2–3	Huracán	0–1	2–2

Match F1

November 4, 2015

20:45 UTC−3

Sportivo Luqueño	1–1	Santa Fe
Di Vanni 13'	Report	Perlaza 60'

Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque

Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

November 25, 2015

19:00 UTC−5

Santa Fe	0–0	Sportivo Luqueño
	Report

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Santa Fe won on away goals and advanced to the finals.

Match F2

November 5, 2015

20:45 UTC−3

River Plate	0–1	Huracán
	Report	Espinoza 14'

Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

November 26, 2015

20:45 UTC−3

Huracán	2–2	River Plate
Toranzo 2' Ábila 25'	Report	Mora 68', 81'

Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Huracán won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

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 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.^[1]

The first leg was played on December 2, and the second leg was played on December 9, 2015.^[6]

December 2, 2015

21:00 UTC−3

Huracán	0–0	Santa Fe
	Report

Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

December 9, 2015

19:00 UTC−5

Santa Fe	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Huracán
	Report
Penalties
Pérez Seijas Balanta	3–1	Bogado Nervo Mancinelli Toranzo

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Santa Fe won on penalties.