2011 Copa Sudamericana preliminary stages

The preliminary stages of the 2011 Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes consisted of two stages:[1]

  • First Stage (first legs: August 2–4, 9, 18; second legs: August 11, 16–18, 23, 25)
  • Second Stage, divided into three sections:
    • Argentina (first legs: August 30 – September 1; second legs: September 6–8)
    • Brazil (first legs: August 10–11; second legs: August 23–25)
    • Rest of South America (first legs: August 30, September 1, 8, 13, 15; second legs: September 14, 20–22)

Format edit

The draw was made in Buenos Aires on June 28, 2011.[2] Sixteen teams (all from rest of South America) competed in the First Stage, where they were drawn into eight ties. The eight winners of the First Stage joined another twenty-two teams (six from Argentina, eight from Brazil, eight from rest of South America) to compete in the Second Stage, where they were drawn into fifteen ties.[3]

Teams played in two-legged ties on a home-away basis. Each team earned 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The following criteria were used for breaking ties on points:

  1. Goal difference
  2. Away goals
  3. Penalty shootout (no extra time is played)

The fifteen winners of the Second Stage advanced to the round of 16 to join the defending champion Independiente.

First stage edit

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nacional   1–0   San José 0–0 1–0
Santa Fe   3–1   Universidad César Vallejo 1–1 2–0
Fénix   0–1   Universidad de Chile 0–1 0–0
Deportivo Anzoátegui   2–1   Deportivo Quito 0–1 2–0
The Strongest   2–3   Olimpia 0–2 2–1
Juan Aurich   1–4   La Equidad 0–2 1–2
Universidad Católica   4–1   Bella Vista 1–1 3–0
LDU Quito   2–1   Yaracuyanos 1–1 1–0

Match A edit


Nacional  1–0  San José
Torales   4' Report

Nacional won on points 4–1.

Match B edit


Santa Fe won on points 4–1.

Match C edit


Universidad de Chile won on points 4–1.

Match D edit


Tied on points 3–3, Deportivo Anzoátegui won on goal difference.

Match E edit


Tied on points 3–3, Olimpia won on goal difference.

Match F edit


La Equidad won on points 6–0.

Match G edit

Bella Vista  1–1  Universidad Católica
Nicolini   23' (pen.) Report Calandria   35'
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)

Universidad Católica won on points 4–1.

Match H edit


LDU Quito won on points 4–1.

Second stage edit

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vélez Sársfield   4–0   Argentinos Juniors 0–0 4–0
Nacional   0–3   Universidad de Chile 0–1 0–2
Palmeiras   3–3 (a)   Vasco da Gama 0–2 3–1
Libertad   2–0   La Equidad 1–0 1–0
Universitario   4–1   Deportivo Anzoátegui 2–1 2–0
Estudiantes   1–2   Arsenal 0–2 1–0
Deportivo Cali   2–2 (5–6 p)   Santa Fe 1–1 1–1
Botafogo   3–1   Atlético Mineiro 2–1 1–0
Emelec   2–4   Olimpia 1–2 1–2
Godoy Cruz   2–2 (a)   Lanús 2–2 0–0
Trujillanos   1–5   LDU Quito 1–4 0–1
São Paulo   4–2   Ceará 1–2 3–0
Aurora   6–3   Nacional 1–1 5–2
Atlético Paranaense   0–2   Flamengo 0–1 0–1
Iquique   1–2   Universidad Católica 1–2 0–0

Match O1 edit


Vélez Sársfield won on points 4–1.

Match O2 edit


Note: The second leg was suspended at the start of the second half by the referee after a projectile hit a linesman.[4]
Universidad de Chile won on points 6–0.

Match O3 edit

Vasco da Gama  2–0  Palmeiras
Diego Souza   42'
Élton   79'
Report

Tied on points 3–3, Vasco da Gama won on away goals.

Match O4 edit


Libertad won on points 6–0.

Match O6 edit


Universitario won on points 6–0.

Match O7 edit


Tied on points 3–3, Arsenal won on goal difference.

Match O8 edit


Tied on points 2–2, Santa Fe won on penalties.

Match O9 edit


Botafogo won on points 6–0.

Match O10 edit


Emelec  1–2  Olimpia
Franco   68' Report Ortiz   6'
Zeballos   25'

Note: The second leg was abandoned after 81 minutes by the referee due to objects thrown onto the field.[5]
Olimpia won on points 6–0.

Match O11 edit

Lanús  2–2  Godoy Cruz
González   19'
Neira   90+1'
Report Rojas   26'
Navarro   34'

Tied on points 2–2, Godoy Cruz won on away goals.

Match O12 edit

LDU Quito  4–1  Trujillanos
Barcos   25', 43', 90+1' (pen.)
González   87'
Report Falcón   1'

LDU Quito won on points 6–0.

Match O13 edit


Tied on points 3–3, São Paulo won on goal difference.

Match O14 edit


Aurora  5–2  Nacional
Reynoso   21'
Peña   26' (pen.)
Sanjurjo   38'
Andaveris   73'
Cardozo   90'
Report Rodrigo Teixeira   7', 32'

Aurora won on points 4–1.

Match O15 edit


Flamengo won on points 6–0.

Match O16 edit


Universidad Católica won on points 4–1.

References edit

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