The 2011 Recopa Sudamericana was the 19th edition of the

Recopa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (), also known as Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club Association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1988. It ...

, the

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competition organized by

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between the winners of the previous season's two major

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n club tournaments, the

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

and the

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, also known as Copa Sudamericana (; ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club com ...

. It was contested between Brazilian club Internacional, the

2010 Copa Libertadores The 2010 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2010 Copa Santander Libertadores for sponsorship reasons) was the 51st edition of the Copa Libertadores de América The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de Améric ...

champion, and

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club Independiente, the

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champion. Internacional lost the first leg 2–1, but won the second leg 3–1,¡Inter, nuevo campeón de la Recopa!
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Qualified teams

Rules

The Recopa Sudamericana is played over two legs; home and away. The team that qualified via the Copa Libertadores plays the second leg at home. The team that accumulates the most points — three for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss— after the two legs is crowned the champion. Should the two teams be tied on points after the second leg, the team with the best

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wins. If the two teams have equal goal difference, 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 ...

is not applied.

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is played, which consists of two 15-minute halves. If the tie is still not broken, a

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ensues according to the Laws of the Game.Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol “Recopa Sudamericana” Edición 2011 Reglamento
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Venues

Match details

First leg

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Second leg

References

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