Copa Sudamericana 2002

The Copa Sudamericana 2002 was the 1st playout of the newly created South American soccer competition for club teams. In this first season, 21 teams from 9 member associations of CONMEBOL took part, with each country getting two starting places except Argentina, which was allowed to send five clubs into the race, including the winner of the last Copa Mercosur 2001 CA San Lorenzo de Almagro . The clubs from Brazil took u. a. did not participate due to scheduling reasons. The competition was played in the second half of the year and was considered the successor to the Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte , which were played from 1998 to 2001 and the Copa Conmebol from 1992 to 1999 . It started on August 28, 2002 with the first round and ended on December 11, 2002 with the final second leg in Buenos Aires.

mode

The competition is played from the first round to the final in a pure knockout system with a return leg. In the event of a tie for points and goals , the away goal rule applies . If the number of goals scored away from home is the same, a penalty shoot-out follows immediately after the second leg . This rule also applied to the final. The participants from Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay only intervened in the second round.

1 round

Participants were the two representatives from Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela, each of which had to compete against each other. The first legs took place on August 28 and 29 and September 3 and 4, the second legs between September 6 and 12, 2002.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Deportivo Táchira FC Venezuela 1954	2: 3	Venezuela 1954 Monagas SC	2-0	0: 3
SD Aucas Ecuador	1: 3	Ecuador Barcelona SC Guayaquil	1: 2	0: 1
Club Cerro Porteño Paraguay 1990	0: 3	Paraguay 1990 Club Libertad	0: 2	0: 1
Club Bolívar Bolivia	4: 3	Bolivia Oriente Petrolero	4: 2	0: 1
Alianza Lima Peru	2-0	Peru Universitario de Deportes	1-0	1-0

Round of 16

Participants were the five winners of the 1st round and the representatives of Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay, whereby the teams of the last four countries, apart from San Lorenzo, each had to compete against each other. The first legs took place between the 3rd and 19th, the second leg between the 17th and 26th September 2002.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Cobreloa Chile	2: 4	Chile CD Santiago Wanderers	0: 1	2: 3
Racing Club Avellaneda Argentina	1-0	Argentina CA River Plate	1-0	0-0
Alianza Lima Peru	2: 3	Uruguay Nacional Montevideo	1-0	1: 3
Atlético Nacional Colombia	3: 1	Colombia America de Cali	1-0	2: 1
Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Argentina	3: 1	Argentina Boca Juniors	3: 1	0-0
Barcelona SC Guayaquil Ecuador	2: 2 (5: 6 on behalf )	Peru Alianza Lima	1-0	1: 2
Club Bolívar Bolivia	3: 1	Paraguay 1990 Club Libertad	2-0	1: 1
Monagas SC Venezuela 1954	1: 8	Argentina CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	0: 3	1: 5

Quarter finals

Participants were the eight winners of the round of 16. The first legs took place on October 1, 2, 8 and 9, the second legs on October 22, 23, 29 and 30.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Alianza Lima Peru	2: 3	Uruguay Nacional Montevideo	1-0	1: 3
CA San Lorenzo de Almagro Argentina	3: 3 (4: 3 in good condition )	Argentina Racing Club Avellaneda	3: 1	0: 2
Atlético Nacional Colombia	2: 2 (6: 5 on behalf )	Chile CD Santiago Wanderers	2: 1	0: 1
Club Bolívar Bolivia	4: 3	Argentina Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	4: 1	0: 2

Semifinals

The first legs took place on November 5th and 6th, the second legs on November 13th and 12th.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Bolívar Bolivia	4: 5	Argentina CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	2: 1	2: 4
Atlético Nacional Colombia	3: 3 (5: 3 on account )	Uruguay Nacional Montevideo	2: 1	1: 2