The 2010

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de Clubes (officially the 2010 Copa

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Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of

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's secondary international club tournament. The winner qualified for the

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, the 2011 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2011 Suruga Bank Championship. LDU Quito was the defending champion. Starting with this edition, each country gained an additional berth, with the exception of Argentina and Brazil.

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and River Plate were no longer invited to the competition without merit.

Qualified teams

Round and draw dates

The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw. All events occurred in 2010 unless otherwise stated. Dates in ''italics'' are only reference dates for the week the matches are to be played. The draw for this tournament took place on April 28 in

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at the CONMEBOL Conventions Center.

Tie-breaking criteria

The tournament is played as a

single-elimination tournament A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, ...

, with each round played as

two-legged tie In sports (especially association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum ...

s. At each stage of the tournament teams receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine which team advances to the next round: # better goal difference; # higher number of away goals scored; # penalty shootout.

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

In the First Stage, 16 teams played

s (one game at home and one game away) against another opponent. The winner of each tie advanced to the Second Stage. ''Team #1'' played the second leg at home. The stage began on August 3 and ended on September 2. , -

Second stage

In the Second Stage, 22 teams, along with eight winners from the First Stage, played two-legged ties (one game at home and one game away) against one another. The winner of each tie advanced to the round of 16. ''Team #1'' played the second leg at home. The stage began on August 4 and ended on September 23. , -

Final stages

Teams from the Round of 16 onwards will be seeded depending on which Second Stage tie they win (i.e. the winner of Match O1 will have the 1 seed).

Bracket

Note: The bracket was adjusted according to the rules of the tournament so that the two Brazilian teams would face each other in the semifinals.

Round of 16

The round of 16 began on September 28 and ended on October 21. Fifteen teams advanced to the Round of 16 from the Second Stage. LDU Quito, as the defending champion, entered directly into this stage and carries seed O8. In each tie, the team with the higher seed (''Team #1'') played at home in the second leg. , -

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals began on October 27 and ended on November 11. In each tie, the team with the higher seed (''Team #1'') played at home in the second leg. , -

Semifinals

The semifinals began on November 17 and ended on November 25. Should two or more teams from a same country reach the semifinals, they were going to be forced to face each other. In each tie, the team with the higher seed (''Team #1'') played at home in the second leg. , -

Finals

In the finals, if the finalists are tied on points after the culmination of the second leg, the winner is the team who scored the most goals. If they are tied on goals, the game moves onto

extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...

and a

penalty shootout The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

if necessary. The

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...

does not apply in the finals. The team with the higher seed played at home in the second leg. ----

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Copa Nissan Sudamericana 2010
{{2010 in South American Football (CONMEBOL) 2 Copa Sudamericana seasons