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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) Tournament details; Dates: 8 October 2020 – 29 March 2022: Teams: 10 (from 1 confederation) Tournament statistics
On 22 August 2022, CONMEBOL sent a request to FIFA asking to keep the current qualification format that has been used since the 1998 World Cup qualification in South America. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] This was confirmed, with the first games of the qualifiers tentatively to be played in March or June 2023.
[23] [29] 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 Article 2.2.3.2).
The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, also known as Copa Sudamericana (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkopa suðameɾiˈkana]; Portuguese: Copa Sul-Americana [ˈkɔpɐ ˈsulɐmeɾiˈkɐnɐ]), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, since 2002. [1]
[28] [29] 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 Article 2.2.3.2).
On 15 September 2023, the CONMEBOL president announced a relocation of the final to the Estadio Domingo Burgueño in Maldonado, Uruguay. [2] A request from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to not hold the match in Montevideo on safety grounds as well as an attempt to avoid the low attendance levels of previous finals were considered to be the reasons behind the move.
The 2023 Copa Sudamericana final stages were played from 11 July to 28 October 2023. [1] A total of 24 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana , [ 2 ] with the final played in Maldonado , Uruguay at Estadio Domingo Burgueño .
The 2023 Copa Sudamericana group stage was played from 4 April to 29 June 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide 16 of the 24 places in the final stages of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana .