The 2024 Copa Sudamericana final stages will be played from 16 July to 23 November 2024.[1] A total of 24 teams will compete in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana,[2] with the final to be played in Asunción, Paraguay.[3]
Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the Copa Sudamericana group stage as well as the third-placed teams of each of the eight groups in the Copa Libertadores group stage will advance to the final stages. The eight Copa Sudamericana group runners-up will face the eight Copa Libertadores group third-placed teams in the knockout round play-offs, whilst the eight Copa Sudamericana group winners will directly advance to the round of 16.
Copa Sudamericana group stage winners and runners-up
For the final stages, the teams are seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the Copa Sudamericana group winners seeded 1–8, the Copa Sudamericana group runners-up seeded 9–16, and the Copa Libertadores group third-placed teams seeded 17–24. For the round of 16 draw, the seeds 1–8 will make up Pot 1, and the eight knockout round play-offs winners (seeds 9–24) will make up Pot 2, keeping their seed. Teams from the same association may play each other from the knockout round play-offs onwards.
In the knockout round play-offs, round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 2.2.3). If tied on aggregate, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.4).
The final is played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CONMEBOL, with the higher-seeded team designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes (Regulations Article 2.2.6). If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.5).
Draw
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 3 June 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4) in Asunción, Paraguay.[4][5] For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a Copa Sudamericana group winner (Pot 1) and a knockout round play-offs winner (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie (Regulations Article 2.2.3.2).[2]
Bracket
The bracket starting from the round of 16 is determined as follows:
Round
Matchups
Knockout round play-offs
(Group runners-up host second leg, matchups pre-determined)
Play-offs Match A: Seed 9 vs. Seed 24
Play-offs Match B: Seed 10 vs. Seed 23
Play-offs Match C: Seed 11 vs. Seed 22
Play-offs Match D: Seed 12 vs. Seed 21
Play-offs Match E: Seed 13 vs. Seed 20
Play-offs Match F: Seed 14 vs. Seed 19
Play-offs Match G: Seed 15 vs. Seed 18
Play-offs Match H: Seed 16 vs. Seed 17
Round of 16
(Group winners host second leg, matchups decided by draw)
Match A
Match B
Match C
Match D
Match E
Match F
Match G
Match H
Quarter-finals
(Higher-seeded team host second leg)
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
Semi-finals
(Higher-seeded team host second leg)
Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S4
Match F2: Winner S2 vs. Winner S3
Finals
(Higher-seeded team designated as "home" team)
Winner F1 vs. Winner F2
The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 3 June 2024.[6]