2012 Copa Sudamericana

2012 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes

2012 Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes 2012 Copa Bridgestone Sul-americana da Clubes
Tournament details
Teams	39 (from 10 associations)
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The 2012 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially the 2012 Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) will be the 11th edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. The winner will qualify for the 2013 Copa Libertadores, the 2013 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2013 Suruga Bank Championship.

Qualified teams

The following associations have adopted new qualification methods for this tournament:

• Argentina: The aggregate table of the 2011 Clausura and the 2011 Apertura results will be used to determine the Copa Sudamericana qualifiers (same as the table used to determine the 2012 Copa Libertadores qualifiers). If a team already qualifies for the 2012 Copa Libertadores, they will not play in the 2012 Copa Sudamericana. However, any team eliminated from the First Stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores will automatically qualify for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana (Argentina 1 or Argentina 2 berth). The 2011–12 Copa Argentina champion will also automatically qualify for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana (Argentina 6 berth) if they have not already qualified.^[1]
• Bolivia: The league will change their calendar to European calendar (like Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela) starting from 2011–12. The 2011 Adecuación will be a single-stage season, and the third-placed team will earn the Bolivia 1 berth.^[2] The 2011 Apertura runner-up and third-placed team will earn the Bolivia 2 and Bolivia 3 berths respectively.^[3]
• Chile: The league will return to the Apertura and Clausura format for the 2011 season, after using a single-season format for 2010 due to the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2011 Clausura and 2012 Apertura classification phase winners will earn the Chile 2 and Chile 3 berths respectively.^[4]
• Peru: The league will use a home-and-away round-robin format, followed by the championship play-off between the top two teams, for the 2011 season. The fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-placed teams (decided by league table) will earn the Peru 1, Peru 2, and Peru 3 berths respectively.^[5]

Association	Team (berth)	Qualification method
TBD		2011 Copa Sudamericana champion
Argentina 6 berths	(Argentina 1)	By 2011 aggregate (position TBD) or loser of 2012 Copa Libertadores first stage
	(Argentina 2)	By 2011 aggregate (position TBD)
	(Argentina 3)	By 2011 aggregate (position TBD)
	(Argentina 4)	By 2011 aggregate (position TBD)
	(Argentina 5)	By 2011 aggregate (position TBD)
	(Argentina 6)	By 2011 aggregate (position TBD) or 2011–12 Copa Argentina champion
Bolivia 3 berths	Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 1)	2011 Adecuación 3rd place
	(Bolivia 2)	2011 Apertura runner-up
	(Bolivia 3)	2011 Apertura 3rd place
Brazil 8 berths	(Brazil 1)	2011 Série A 5th place
	(Brazil 2)	2011 Série A 6th place
	(Brazil 3)	2011 Série A 7th place
	(Brazil 4)	2011 Série A 8th place
	(Brazil 5)	2011 Série A 9th place
	(Brazil 6)	2011 Série A 10th place
	(Brazil 7)	2011 Série A 11th place
	(Brazil 8)	2011 Série A 12th place
Chile 3 berths	Universidad Católica (Chile 1)	2011 Copa Chile champion
	Universidad de Chile (Chile 2)	2011 Clausura classification phase winner
	(Chile 3)	2012 Apertura classification phase winner
Colombia 3 berths	Millonarios (Colombia 1)	2011 Copa Colombia champion
	(Colombia 2)	2011 Primera A 2nd best-placed non-champion
	(Colombia 3)	2011 Primera A 3rd best-placed non-champion
Ecuador 3 berths	(Ecuador 1)	2012 Serie A first stage winner
	(Ecuador 2)	2012 Serie A first stage runner-up
	(Ecuador 3)	2011 Serie A second stage winner
Paraguay 3 berths	(Paraguay 1)	2011 Primera División best-placed champion
	(Paraguay 2)	2011 Primera División 2nd best non-champion
	(Paraguay 3)	2011 Primera División 3rd best non-champion
Peru 3 berths	(Peru 1)	2011 Descentralizado 4th place
	(Peru 2)	2011 Descentralizado 5th place
	(Peru 3)	2011 Descentralizado 6th place
Uruguay 3 berths	(Uruguay 1)	2011–12 Primera División champion
	(Uruguay 2)	2011–12 Primera División 2nd best-placed non-finalist
	(Uruguay 3)	2011–12 Primera División 3rd best-placed non-finalist
Venezuela 3 berths	(Venezuela 1)	2011 Copa Venezuela champion
	(Venezuela 2)	2012 Copa Sudamericana playoffs winner with better record
	(Venezuela 3)	2012 Copa Sudamericana playoffs winner with worse record

See also

• 2012 Copa Libertadores
• 2013 Recopa Sudamericana
• 2013 Suruga Bank Championship

References

1. ^ Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2011/2012
2. ^ Convocatoria 2011
3. ^ Convocatoria Oficial LFPB, 2011-2012
4. ^ BASES CAMPEONATO NACIONAL PRIMERA DIVISIÓN 2011
5. ^ "Bases del Torneo Descentralizado 2011" (in Spanish). ADFP. http://e.elcomercio.pe/66/doc/0/0/2/7/9/279603.pdf. Retrieved 19 January 2011. 

External links

• Official webpage (Spanish)