South American Cup

Classification Format

In each League in each country, they have a place at the end of the season to qualify for a tournament. In this case, the teams that are below those that will qualify for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores will enter the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana. If you win the Copa Sudamericana and you are out of qualifying for a tournament, you will have a guaranteed pass to qualify for this or the Copa Libertadores if you are in the qualification for the Copa Sudamericana.

Group Stage Format

The group stages of the Copa Sudamericana is the first step to continue trying to obtain the trophy, first draws will be made and each team will have to be in one of the 12 group stages of the Copa Sudamericana, where 48 will enter one of the 12 group stages that are. In each of the group stages, a maximum of 4 teams enter and where the 4 teams will all have to face each other in the First Leg and in the Second Leg to score points and be classified for the Copa Sudamericana Qualifiers, only 2 of The teams with the most points in the group will be classified for the knockout phase.

Qualifiers Format

After passing the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana, which also includes the teams that came in 3rd place in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, the teams will qualify for the knockout stage of this tournament, having 5 different phases and They are: Round of 16, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and the Grand Final. Among the entire knockout phase, 2 teams that came very far in this one, will face each other in the final to finally one of the 2 teams get "The Great Conquest" or the trophy rather. Having a guaranteed pass to enter this tournament again or to the Copa Libertadores if the team was among those Qualified for the Copa Sudamericana in their League in their country.