2013 Copa Sudamericana
| 2013 Copa Total Sudamericana 2013 Copa Total Sul-Americana |
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|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | July 30 – December 11, 2013 |
| Teams | 47 (from 10 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Lanús (1st title)
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| Runners-up |
 Ponte Preta
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 92 |
| Goals scored | 190 (2.07 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,218,248 (13,242 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Enner Valencia(5 goals) |
The 2013 Copa Sudamericana (officially the 2013 Copa Total Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The winner qualified for the 2014 Copa Libertadores, the 2014 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2014 Suruga Bank Championship.São Paulo were the defending champions, but lost to Ponte Preta in the semifinals.
Lanús became the fifth Argentine club to win the Copa Sudamericana, beating Brazilian club Ponte Preta in the finals to win their first title.
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
The draw of the tournament was held on July 3, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Excluding the defending champion (entering in the round of 16), the other 46 teams were divided into four zones:
The draw mechanism was as follows:
To determine the bracket starting from the round of 16, the defending champion and the 15 winners of the second stage were assigned a "seed" by draw. The defending champion and the winners from Argentina Zone and Brazil Zone were assigned even-numbered "seeds", and the winners from ties between South Zone and North Zone were assigned odd-numbered "seeds".
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all dates listed were Wednesdays, but matches may be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well).
In the elimination phase, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time is played). The 15 winners of the second stage (three from Argentina Zone, four from Brazil Zone, eight from ties between South Zone and North Zone) advanced to the round of 16 to join the defending champion (São Paulo).
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