2026 Copa Sudamericana

The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament:^[3]

• Argentina and Brazil: 6 berths each
• All other associations: 4 berths each

The entry stage is determined as follows:^[4]

• Group stage: 12 teams (teams from Argentina and Brazil)
• First stage: 32 teams (teams from all other associations)

More information Association, Team (Berth) ...

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina (6 berths)	River Plate (Argentina 1)	Group stage	2025 Liga Profesional aggregate table best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[5]
	Racing (Argentina 2)		2025 Liga Profesional aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[5]
	Deportivo Riestra (Argentina 3)		2025 Liga Profesional aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[5]
	San Lorenzo (Argentina 4)		2025 Liga Profesional aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[5]
	Tigre (Argentina 5)		2025 Liga Profesional aggregate table 5th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[5]
	Barracas Central (Argentina 6)		2025 Liga Profesional aggregate table 6th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[5]
Bolivia (4 berths)	San Antonio Bulo Bulo (Bolivia 1)	First stage	2025 División Profesional best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[6]
	Blooming (Bolivia 2)		2025 División Profesional 2nd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[6]
	Independiente Petrolero (Bolivia 3)		2025 División Profesional 3rd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[6]
	Guabirá (Bolivia 4)		2025 División Profesional 4th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[6]
Brazil (6 berths)	São Paulo (Brazil 1)	Group stage	2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[7]
	Grêmio (Brazil 2)		2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[7]
	Red Bull Bragantino (Brazil 3)		2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[7]
	Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 4)		2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[7]
	Santos (Brazil 5)		2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[7]
	Vasco da Gama (Brazil 6)		2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[7]
Chile (4 berths)	Universidad de Chile (Chile 1)	First stage	2025 Liga de Primera best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Audax Italiano (Chile 2)		2025 Liga de Primera 2nd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Palestino (Chile 3)		2025 Liga de Primera 3rd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Cobresal (Chile 4)		2025 Liga de Primera 4th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[8]
Colombia (4 berths)	Atlético Nacional (Colombia 1)	First stage	2025 Copa Colombia champions[9]
	América de Cali (Colombia 2)		2025 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Atlético Bucaramanga (Colombia 3)		2025 Primera A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Millonarios (Colombia 4)		2025 Primera A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[9]
Ecuador (4 berths)	Orense (Ecuador 1)	First stage	2025 Serie A best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Libertad (Ecuador 2)		2025 Serie A 2nd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Macará (Ecuador 3)		2025 Serie A second hexagonal winners[10]
	Deportivo Cuenca (Ecuador 4)		2025 Serie A second hexagonal runners-up[10]
Paraguay (4 berths)	Sportivo Trinidense (Paraguay 1)	First stage	2025 Copa de Primera aggregate table best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Nacional (Paraguay 2)		2025 Copa de Primera aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Recoleta (Paraguay 3)		2025 Copa de Primera aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Olimpia (Paraguay 4)		2025 Copa de Primera aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[11]
Peru (4 berths)	Alianza Atlético (Peru 1)	First stage	2025 Liga 1 aggregate table best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Melgar (Peru 2)		2025 Liga 1 aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Deportivo Garcilaso (Peru 3)		2025 Liga 1 aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Cienciano (Peru 4)		2025 Liga 1 aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[12]
Uruguay (4 berths)	Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 1)	First stage	2025 Liga AUF Uruguaya aggregate table best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Boston River (Uruguay 2)		2025 Liga AUF Uruguaya aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Racing (Uruguay 3)		2025 Liga AUF Uruguaya aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Montevideo City Torque (Uruguay 4)		2025 Liga AUF Uruguaya aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[13]
Venezuela (4 berths)	Academia Puerto Cabello (Venezuela 1)	First stage	2025 Clausura runners-up[14]
	Monagas (Venezuela 2)		2025 Liga FUTVE aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Caracas (Venezuela 3)		2025 Liga FUTVE aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Metropolitanos (Venezuela 4)		2025 Liga FUTVE aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2026 Copa Libertadores[14]

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A further 12 teams eliminated from the 2026 Copa Libertadores were transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the group stage and the knockout round play-offs.

More information Teams eliminated in third stage, Entry stage ...

Teams eliminated in third stage	Entry stage
Juventud	Group stage
O'Higgins
Carabobo
Botafogo
Third-placed teams in group stage	Entry stage
Independiente Medellín	Knockout round play-offs
Nacional
Bolívar
Boca Juniors
Santa Fe
Sporting Cristal
Lanús
Universidad Central

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The schedule of the competition is as follows:^[1]

Buenos Aires

Bolívar (L)

Guabirá

Blooming

Ind. Petrolero

S. Antonio

Atlético Mineiro

Grêmio

RB Bragantino

Rio de Janeiro

Santos

São Paulo

Cobresal

O'Higgins (L)

Santiago

América de Cali

Atl. Bucaramanga

Medellín

Bogotá

Dep. Cuenca

Libertad

Macará

Orense

Asunción

Alianza Atlético

Cusco

Melgar

Sporting Cristal (L)

Montevideo

Pto. Cabello

Carabobo (L)

Caracas

Monagas

Medellín teams
Atlético Nacional
Ind. Medellín (L)
Bogotá teams
Millonarios
Santa Fe (L)
Cusco teams
Cienciano
Dep. Garcilaso
Santiago teams
Audax Italiano
Palestino
Universidad de Chile

Caracas teams
Caracas
Metropolitanos
Universidad Central (L)
Rio de Janeiro teams
Botafogo (L)
Vasco da Gama

Asunción teams
Nacional
Olimpia
Recoleta
Sportivo Trinidense
Greater Montevideo teams
Boston River
Defensor Sporting
Juventud (L)
Montevideo City Torque
Nacional (L)
Racing
Greater Buenos Aires teams
Barracas Central
Boca Juniors (L)
Deportivo Riestra
Lanús (L)
Racing
River Plate
San Lorenzo
Tigre

Location of teams of the 2026 Copa Sudamericana.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C;
Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F;
Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H; White: First stage;
Turquoise: Knockout round play-offs entrants.
(L) Teams transferred from the 2026 Copa Libertadores.

The draw for the first stage was held on 18 December 2025, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[15][16]

For the first stage, the 32 teams involved were divided into eight pots according to their national association. The 32 teams were drawn into 16 ties, with the four teams from each national association being drawn against a rival from the same association in two ties per association. The first team drawn in each tie hosted the match.^[17] The draw for the group stage was held on 19 March 2026, 20:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[18][19]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 15 December 2025 (shown in parentheses),^[20] taking into account the following three factors:^[21]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2016–2025.
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2015 and 2002–2015 respectively.
3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.

For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The four losers of the Copa Libertadores third stage were seeded into Pot 4. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.^[22]

Notes

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 29 May 2026, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3) at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.^[23][24] For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a Copa Sudamericana group winner (Pot 1) and a knockout round play-offs winner (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie (Regulations Articles 2.2.3.2).^[3]

In the first stage, each tie was played on a single-leg basis, with the winner being decided in a penalty shoot-out in case of a draw after 90 minutes.

The 16 winners of the first stage advanced to the group stage to join the 12 teams directly qualified for that stage (six from Argentina and six from Brazil), and four teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores (the four teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying).

More information Team 1, Score ...

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Independiente Petrolero	0–0 (3–2 p)	Guabirá
Blooming	3–0	San Antonio Bulo Bulo
Universidad de Chile	1–2	Palestino
Cobresal	1–1 (2–3 p)	Audax Italiano
Atlético Nacional	1–3	Millonarios
América de Cali	2–1	Atlético Bucaramanga
Deportivo Cuenca	3–0	Libertad
Orense	0–1	Macará
Nacional	1–1 (4–5 p)	Recoleta
Sportivo Trinidense	0–1	Olimpia
Alianza Atlético	2–0	Deportivo Garcilaso
Cienciano	1–1 (5–4 p)	Melgar
Montevideo City Torque	1–0	Defensor Sporting
Boston River	1–0	Racing
Academia Puerto Cabello	0–0 (5–3 p)	Monagas
Caracas	0–0 (4–3 p)	Metropolitanos

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In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages, whilst the runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout round play-offs of the final stages.

Group A

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAC	TIG	AME	AAS
1	Macará	6	2	4	0	6	3	+3	10	Round of 16		—	2–2	1–1	0–0
2	Tigre	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9[a]	Knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	2–0	2–0
3	América de Cali	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9[a]			0–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Alianza Atlético	6	0	2	4	2	9	−7	2			0–2	1–1	0–2	—

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Source: CONMEBOL
Notes:

1. [a]

   Head-to-head points: Tigre 4, América de Cali 1.

Group B

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAM	CIE	JUV	APC
1	Atlético Mineiro	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Round of 16		—	2–0	2–1	1–0
2	Cienciano	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8	Knockout round play-offs		1–0	—	1–1	2–0
3	Juventud	6	1	4	1	10	7	+3	7[a]			2–2	1–1	—	4–0
4	Academia Puerto Cabello	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7[a]			2–1	3–0	1–1	—

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Source: CONMEBOL
Notes:

1. [a]

   Head-to-head points: Juventud 4, Academia Puerto Cabello 1.

Group C

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPA	OHI	MIL	BOR
1	São Paulo	6	3	3	0	6	1	+5	12	Round of 16		—	2–0	1–1	2–0
2	O'Higgins	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Knockout round play-offs		0–0	—	2–0	2–0
3	Millonarios	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			0–0	1–2	—	1–0
4	Boston River	6	1	0	5	5	12	−7	3			0–1	3–2	2–4	—

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Source: CONMEBOL

Group D

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		REC	SAN	SLO	CUE
1	Recoleta	6	1	5	0	6	5	+1	8	Round of 16		—	1–1	1–1	0–0
2	Santos	6	1	4	1	8	6	+2	7	Knockout round play-offs		1–1	—	2–2	3–0
3	San Lorenzo	6	1	4	1	6	5	+1	7			0–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Deportivo Cuenca	6	1	3	2	3	7	−4	6			2–2	1–0	0–0	—

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Source: CONMEBOL

Group E

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOT	CAR	RAC	IPE
1	Botafogo	6	5	1	0	15	5	+10	16	Round of 16		—	1–1	2–1	3–0
2	Caracas	6	2	3	1	9	9	0	9	Knockout round play-offs		1–3	—	1–1	1–0
3	Racing	6	2	2	2	11	9	+2	8			2–3	2–2	—	2–0
4	Independiente Petrolero	6	0	0	6	3	15	−12	0			0–3	2–3	1–3	—

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Source: CONMEBOL

Group F

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCT	GRE	DRI	PAL
1	Montevideo City Torque	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	Round of 16		—	1–0	4–1	1–0
2	Grêmio	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11	Knockout round play-offs		2–2	—	1–0	2–0
3	Deportivo Riestra	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5			2–1	0–3	—	0–0
4	Palestino	6	0	3	3	1	6	−5	3			0–2	0–0	1–1	—

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Source: CONMEBOL

Group G

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLI	VAS	AUD	BAR
1	Olimpia	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13	Round of 16		—	3–1	3–1	0–0
2	Vasco da Gama	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10	Knockout round play-offs		3–0	—	1–2	3–0
3	Audax Italiano	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7			0–2	1–2	—	2–0
4	Barracas Central	6	0	3	3	2	8	−6	3			1–2	0–0	1–1	—

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Source: CONMEBOL

Group H

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	RBB	CBO	BLO
1	River Plate	6	4	2	0	9	3	+6	14	Round of 16		—	1–1	1–0	3–0
2	Red Bull Bragantino	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	10	Knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	2–0	3–2
3	Carabobo	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1	9			1–2	1–0	—	2–0
4	Blooming	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1			1–1	0–6	0–2	—

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Source: CONMEBOL

Starting from the knockout round play-offs, the teams play a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[3]

• In the knockout round play-offs, round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 2.2.3). If tied on aggregate, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.4).
• The final is played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CONMEBOL, with the higher-seeded team designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes (Regulations Article 2.2.6). If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.5).

Seeding

For the final stages, the teams are seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the Copa Sudamericana group winners seeded 1–8, the Copa Sudamericana group runners-up seeded 9–16, and the Copa Libertadores group third-placed teams seeded 17–24. For the round of 16 draw, the seeds 1–8 made up Pot 1, and the eight knockout round play-offs winners (seeds 9–24) made up Pot 2, keeping their seed number. Teams from the same association may play each other from the knockout round play-offs onwards.

More information Seed, Grp ...

Seed	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SE1	Botafogo	6	5	1	0	15	5	+10	16	Round of 16
2	SH1	River Plate	6	4	2	0	9	3	+6	14
3	SF1	Montevideo City Torque	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
4	SG1	Olimpia	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
5	SC1	São Paulo	6	3	3	0	6	1	+5	12
6	SA1	Macará	6	2	4	0	6	3	+3	10
7	SB1	Atlético Mineiro	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
8	SD1	Recoleta	6	1	5	0	6	5	+1	8
9	SF2	Grêmio	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11	Play-off Match A
10	SH2	Red Bull Bragantino	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	10	Play-off Match B
11	SG2	Vasco da Gama	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	Play-off Match C
12	SC2	O'Higgins	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Play-off Match D
13	SA2	Tigre	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9	Play-off Match E
14	SE2	Caracas	6	2	3	1	9	9	0	9	Play-off Match F
15	SB2	Cienciano	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8	Play-off Match G
16	SD2	Santos	6	1	4	1	8	6	+2	7	Play-off Match H
17	LH	Universidad Central	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9	Play-off Match H
18	LG	Lanús	6	3	0	3	3	7	−4	9	Play-off Match G
19	LE	Santa Fe	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8	Play-off Match F
20	LB	Nacional	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8	Play-off Match E
21	LD	Boca Juniors	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	7	Play-off Match D
22	LA	Independiente Medellín	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7	Play-off Match C
23	LF	Sporting Cristal	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6	Play-off Match B
24	LC	Bolívar	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5	Play-off Match A

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Source: CONMEBOL Sudamericana, CONMEBOL Libertadores
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Red cards; 5) Yellow cards; 6) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 2.4.3).^[3]

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 29 May 2026.

Knockout round play-offs

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

21

Boca Juniors

12

O'Higgins

Play-off Winner D

8

Recoleta

Winner A

24

Bolívar

Winner H

9

Grêmio

Play-off Winner A

5

São Paulo

Winner S1

22

Independiente Medellín

Winner S4

11

Vasco da Gama

Play-off Winner C

4

Olimpia

Winner D

19

Santa Fe

Winner E

14

Caracas

Play-off Winner F

21 November – Barranquilla

2

River Plate

Winner F1

23

Sporting Cristal

Winner F2

10

Red Bull Bragantino

Play-off Winner B

7

Atlético Mineiro

Winner B

17

Universidad Central

Winner G

16

Santos

Play-off Winner H

6

Macará

Winner S2

18

Lanús

Winner S3

15

Cienciano

Play-off Winner G

1

Botafogo

Winner C

20

Nacional

Winner F

13

Tigre

Play-off Winner E

3

Montevideo City Torque

Knockout round play-offs

More information Team 1, Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bolívar	A	Grêmio	23 Jul	30 Jul
Sporting Cristal	B	Red Bull Bragantino	22 Jul	29 Jul
Independiente Medellín	C	Vasco da Gama	22 Jul	29 Jul
Boca Juniors	D	O'Higgins	23 Jul	30 Jul
Nacional	E	Tigre	21 Jul	28 Jul
Santa Fe	F	Caracas	23 Jul	30 Jul
Lanús	G	Cienciano	22 Jul	29 Jul
Universidad Central	H	Santos	21 Jul	28 Jul

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Round of 16

More information Team 1, Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Play-off Winner D	A	Recoleta	11–13 Aug	18–20 Aug
Play-off Winner B	B	Atlético Mineiro	11–13 Aug	18–20 Aug
Play-off Winner G	C	Botafogo	11–13 Aug	18–20 Aug
Play-off Winner C	D	Olimpia	11–13 Aug	18–20 Aug
Play-off Winner F	E	River Plate	11–13 Aug	18–20 Aug
Play-off Winner E	F	Montevideo City Torque	11–13 Aug	18–20 Aug
Play-off Winner H	G	Macará	11–13 Aug	18–20 Aug
Play-off Winner A	H	São Paulo	11–13 Aug	18–20 Aug

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As of 28 May 2026

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Team	1S	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	KPO1	KPO2	⅛F1	⅛F2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F	Total
1	Rodrigo Contreras	Millonarios	2				2		1										5
2	Adrián Martínez	Racing			1		1	1											3
	Adson	Vasco da Gama				1			2
	Fernando	Red Bull Bragantino			1		1		1
	Gabriel Barbosa	Santos				1		1	1
	David Romero	Tigre					2	1
	Bernard	Atlético Mineiro			1			1	1
	Isidro Pitta	Red Bull Bragantino			2				1
	Juan Randazzo	Deportivo Riestra				2			1
	Wilfred Correa	Caracas		1	1		1
	Salomón Rodríguez	Montevideo City Torque			1			1	1

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Source: CONMEBOL Sudamericana^[25]

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