2007 Copa Sudamericana

2007 Copa Sudamericana

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Tournament details
Dates	July 31 - December 5
Teams	34 (from 12 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal (1st title)
Runners-up	América
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Goals scored	155 (2.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ricardo Ciciliano (6)

The 2007 edition of the Copa Sudamericana was played by 34 teams; 30 teams from the CONMEBOL and 4 teams from the CONCACAF.^[1] CONMEBOL organized the tournament and invited three North American clubs which were the best three of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007; the fourth North American club was the defending champion Pachuca. The official draw took place on May 22 in Buenos Aires.^[1]

The Argentine club Arsenal de Sarandí won their first international title by defeating América in the final, winning 3-2 in the first leg and losing 2-1 in the second leg, which was the only game that they lost. Arsenal scored at least three goals in their opponents stadium in four of the five games they played. They defeated San Lorenzo, an Argentine club that recently won the 2007 Clausura, the Brazilian club Goiás, Argentine giant River Plate and the strongest rivals of Mexican football, Guadalajara and America.

This is the third time a Mexican club has reached the final, and the fourth title for Argentine clubs in the competition. Arsenal became only the third Argentine club to win a major international tournament without winning the Argentine league first, after Lanús and Talleres de Córdoba. They were also the first Argentine club other than Boca Juniors to win an international title since San Lorenzo won the Copa Sudamericana 2002.

Qualified teams

The Copa Sudamericana 2007 tournament was the seventh edition of the Copa Sudamericana soccer tournament.

Association	Team	Qualify method[2]
Argentina	Boca Juniors	Invitee
	River Plate	Invitee
	Estudiantes	2006–07 Argentine Primera División 2nd place overall
	San Lorenzo	2006–07 Argentine Primera División 3rd place overall
	Arsenal	2006–07 Argentine Primera División 5th place overall
	Lanús	2006–07 Argentine Primera División 6th place
Bolivia	Jorge Wilstermann	2006 Segundo Torneo winner
	Real Potosí	2006 Segundo Torneo runner-up
Brazil	São Paulo	2006 Série A winner
	Vasco da Gama	2006 Série A 6th place
	Figueirense	2006 Série A 7th place
	Goiás	2006 Série A 8th place
	Corinthians	2006 Série A 9th place
	Cruzeiro	2006 Série A 10th place
	Botafogo	2006 Série A 12th place
	Atlético Paranaense	2006 Série A 13th place
Chile	Colo-Colo	2007 Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana winner
	Audax Italiano	2007 Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana runner-up
Colombia	Atlético Nacional	2006 Reclasificacion 2nd place
	Millonarios	2006 Reclasificacion 3rd place
Ecuador	El Nacional	2006 Second Stage winner
	Olmedo	2007 First Stage winner
Mexico	Pachuca	2006 Copa Sudamericana champion
	Guadalajara	2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup runner-up
	América[3]	Most total points in 2007 Clausura & 2006 Apertura
Paraguay	Libertad	2006 Liga Paraguaya winner
	Tacuary	2006 Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana winner
Peru	Coronel Bolognesi	2006 Primera División 4th place
	Universitario	2006 Primera División 5th place
United States	D.C. United[4]	2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup third place
Uruguay	Danubio	2006–07 Liguilla 3rd place
	Defensor Sporting	2006–07 Liguilla 4th place
Venezuela	Zamora	2006–07 Primera División 4th place
	Carabobo	2006–07 Primera División 5th place

Fixture Dates

• Preliminary Rounds: Between July 31 and September 6
• Round of 16: Between September 11 and October 4
• Quarterfinals: Between October 9 and November 1
• Semifinals: Between November 6 and November 15
• Finals: Between November 28 and December 5
• Full Schedule

First Stage

The table gives the teams in the first round gathered in elimination groups of 2 teams or 4 teams. Teams hosting the first game are on the left. Advancing teams are in bold.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chile/Bolivia Preliminary
Audax Italiano	3-1	Jorge Wilstermann	2-0	1-1
Real Potosí	2-4	Colo-Colo	1-1	1-3
Venezuela/Ecuador Preliminary
Olmedo	3-1	Zamora	1-0	2-1
Carabobo	0-5	El Nacional	0-1	0-4
Colombia/Perú Preliminary
Millonarios	1-1(5-4p)	Coronel Bolognesi	0-1	1-0
Universitario	0-2	Atlético Nacional	0-1	0-1
Paraguay/Uruguay Preliminary
Defensor Sporting	4-3	Libertad	2-1	2-2
Tacuary	2-2(4-1p)	Danubio	1-1	1-1

Second Stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Paranaense	2-6	Vasco da Gama	2-4	0-2
Lanús	3-2	Estudiantes	2-0	1-2
Arsenal	4-1	San Lorenzo	1-1	3-0
Goiás	2-1	Cruzeiro	2-0	0-1
Colo-Colo	1-1(a)	Audax Italiano	0-0	1-1
Atlético Nacional	2-3	Millonarios	2-3	0-0
Figueirense	3-3(a)	São Paulo	2-2	1-1
Botafogo	5-2	Corinthians	3-1	2-1
El Nacional	3-0	Olmedo	2-0	1-0
Tacuary	1-4	Defensor Sporting	1-1	0-3

Final stages

Bracket

To prevent a final with two teams from the same country, CONMEBOL paired Arsenal with River Plate in the semifinals, thus reordering the bracket.

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Lanús	2	0	2
	Vasco da Gama	0	3	3
							Vasco da Gama	0	1	1
							América	2	0	2
	Pachuca	1	2	3
	América	4	0	4
													América	3	2	5
												Millonarios	2	0	2
	Boca Juniors	2	0	2
	São Paulo (a)	1	1	2
							São Paulo	0	0	0
							Millonarios	1	2	3
	Millonarios (p)	1	1	2 (7)
	Colo Colo	1	1	2 (6)
																		América	2	2	4
																			Arsenal (a)	3	1	4
	D.C. United	2	0	2
	Guadalajara (a)	1	1	2
							Guadalajara	0	1	1
							Arsenal	0	3	3
	Goiás	2	1	3
	Arsenal	3	1	4
													Arsenal (p)	0	0	0 (4)
												River Plate	0	0	0 (2)
	Defensor	3	0	3
	El Nacional	0	2	2
							Defensor Sporting	2	0	2
							River Plate (a)	2	0	2
	Botafogo	1	2	3
	River Plate	0	4	4

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