The new edition of the continental competition will feature four teams representing Colombia.
The South American Cup 2023 It will initially have the participation of four coffee teams, the best placed in the Total Reclassification of 2022 who did not get a place in the Libertadores: Sports Tolima, Junior, Santa Fe and Golden Eagleswho will attempt to qualify for the next stage once the qualifying series is mutually determined.
The draw for Phase I took place on Tuesday, December 20, where the clashes between our teams were revealed.
This is how Colombian clubs play in the other half of glory.
THE COLOMBIAN QUALIFICATION
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In the first phase of the tournament, the teams from each federation play against a team from their own country in one match. during the week of March 8. That is, two keys were collected among the keys classified by coffee country and place by lottery.
Keys:
- Sports Tolima vs. Junior, in Ibague
- Golden Eagles vs. Santa Fe, in Medellin
The key between Dorados and Cardenales was played this Wednesday, March 8, at Atanasio Girardot with a 2-1 win for the capital team, with goals from Mosquera and De la Rosa, after Pineda’s partial draw by the Antioquians, to certify their move on to the group stage.
Pijaos and Tiburones determined the second ranking for the country on March 9 in the Manuel Murillo Toro, allowing the Pijao team to take advantage, thanks to Junior Hernández’s goal, to keep the group ticket and give a difficult goal to the Barranquilla team that couldn’t even with Juan Fernando Quintero.
The winners will progress to the Group Stage where they will share an area with 3 more teams to be drawn in March, once Stage I is complete.
From the group stage, the first goes directly to the round of 16, while the second plays a play-off against the teams that came from the Copa Libertadores as third in their respective groups.
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El Embajador reached the Copa Sudamericana after being eliminated at the hands of Atlético Mineiro in stage III of the Copa Libertadores and is also part of the draw for next Monday, March 27, in pot 4.
Source: Goal