The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 22nd edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Copa Sudamericana''),

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's secondary club

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tournament organized by

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. The

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was played in Maldonado, Uruguay on 28 October 2023. Originally scheduled to be held in

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, on 15 April 2023 it was announced that the final would be played at

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, however the match was confirmed to have been moved to

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in Maldonado on 15 September 2023. Ecuadorian club

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were the champions, winning their second title in the competition after defeating Brazilian club

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4–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw

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in the final. As winners of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana, LDU Quito earned the right to play against the winners of the

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in the 2024 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the

2024 Copa Libertadores The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 65th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The competition began on 6 February an ...

group stage.

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were the titleholders, but did not defend their title since they qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions and later advanced to the knockout stage.

Format changes

On 19 December 2022, CONMEBOL announced format changes to the Copa Sudamericana starting from this edition while maintaining the same number of matches to be played. The following changes were implemented: *The first stage of the tournament, where teams from all associations (except Argentina and Brazil) play against a team from their same association, was played over a single match instead of a home-and-away two-legged basis. *The eight group runner-ups were not eliminated, but instead played a play-off round prior to the round of 16 against the eight third-placed teams of the Copa Libertadores group stage, which previously advanced directly to the round of 16. The winners of this round advanced to the round of 16 along with the Copa Sudamericana group winners.

Teams

The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament: *Argentina and Brazil: 6 berths each *All other associations: 4 berths each The entry stage is determined as follows: * Group stage: 12 teams (teams from Argentina and Brazil) * First stage: 32 teams (teams from all other associations) ;Notes A further 12 teams eliminated from the

were transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the group stage and the knockout round play-offs.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows:

Draws

First stage

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Final stages

Seeding

Bracket

Knockout round play-offs

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Top scorers

References

External links

CONMEBOL SudamericanaCONMEBOL.com
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