2008 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Stage

This is the Preliminary Round of the Copa Sudamericana 2008 tournament. The teams that have qualified for the preliminary round are the second placed teams from each South American country, excluding Brazil and Argentina. A total of 8 teams will play in two-legged matches. Four teams will proceed to the next round. Team 1 will play the first leg at home. The away goals rule will be employed in this round. The preliminary round is schedule to be played between July 29 and August 21.^[1]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	2–4	Universidad Catolica	2–0	0–4
Unión Atlético Maracaibo	2–4	América de Cali	0–0	2–4
Universitario	1–2	Deportivo Quito	0–0	1–2
Olimpia	4–3	Club Blooming	4–2	0–1

Matches

First leg

2008-07-29 21:15 (UTC-3)	River Plate	2 – 0	Universidad Catolica	Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)
	Souza  45' Rodríguez  75'	Report

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2008-07-30 19:15 (UTC-5)	Universitario	0 – 0	Deportivo Quito	Monumental, Lima Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)
		Report

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2008-07-31 19:45 (UTC-4:30)	Maracaibo	0 – 0	América de Cali	José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
		Report

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2008-08-12 21:30 (UTC-3)	Olimpia	4 – 2	Club Blooming	Defensores del Chaco, Asuncion Referee: Líber Prudente (Uruguay)
	Lazaga  3'  8'  26' Caballero  22'	Report	Carlos  72' Gonzága  75' (pen.)

Second leg

2008-08-05 17:00 (UTC-5)	Deportivo Quito	2 – 1	Universitario	Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Referee: Wilmar Rondán (Colombia)
	Donoso  38' (pen.)  58'	Report	Nazareno  78' (o.g.)

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2008-08-07 20.00 (UTC-4)	Universidad Católica	4 – 0	River Plate	San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Perú)
	Gutiérrez  8' Mirosevic  39' M.González  56' Núnez  81'	Report

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2008-08-07 21:10 (UTC-5)	América de Cali	4 – 2	Maracaibo	Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: Óscar Maldonado (Bolívia)
	Cortés  36'  83' Ramos  52' Arango  68'	Report	Figueroa  2' Díaz  62'

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2008-08-21 18:10 (UTC-3)	Club Blooming	1 – 0	Olimpia	Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz Referee: Alfredo Intriago (Ecuador)
	Gomez  85'	Report

References

1. ^ "Nissan South American Cup - Match Schedule Preliminary & First Stage". conmebol.com. http://img.conmebol.com/csf/pub/articulo/2008/Prog_Preliminar&Fase1_Sudamericana_08.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 

External links

• CONMEBOL Official Confederation website (English)