The five-month-long South American club competition gets underway in Montevideo on Tuesday night.
The Copa Sudamericana, South America's second-tier club competition, kicks off this week with six encounters between clubs from the South Zone of the continent.
The increasingly-popular competition, which features no less than 47 teams, gets underway in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Tuesday with the clash between locals Danubio and Olimpia from Paraguay. The game will be staged at the Luis Franzini stadium, which is located in the Rodo district of the Uruguayan capital.
That game will be followed by the clash between Tacuary of Paraguay and Cobreloa of Chile, which will be staged at the Roberto Bettega stadium in Asuncion.
On Wednesday another Uruguayan side, Liverpool, will take on Universitario de Sucre of Bolivia.
Meanwhile, on Thursday there will be three more games, those between Guarani of Paraguay and Oriente Petrolero of Bolivia, Aurora of Bolivia and Cerro Largo of Uruguay and Chilean outfit O'Higgins and Cerro Porteno of Paraguay.
The following week the North Zone begins, where teams from Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela vie for a place in the second round of the competition.
The second round pits together several Argentine and Brazilian clubs, which includes the likes of Sao Paulo, Palmeiras, Gremio, Botafogo, Independiente, Tigre and Racing Club.
Since the launch of the Copa Sudamericana in 2002, it has been won by five Argentine clubs, and a club each from Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador and Peru.
As winners of the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, Universidad de Chile will begin their title defence in the Round of 16 stage of the competition.
The Chileans ended their drought for a major title, by thumping Liga de Quito of Ecuador 4-0 over two legs in the final.
The increasingly-popular competition, which features no less than 47 teams, gets underway in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Tuesday with the clash between locals Danubio and Olimpia from Paraguay. The game will be staged at the Luis Franzini stadium, which is located in the Rodo district of the Uruguayan capital.
That game will be followed by the clash between Tacuary of Paraguay and Cobreloa of Chile, which will be staged at the Roberto Bettega stadium in Asuncion.
On Wednesday another Uruguayan side, Liverpool, will take on Universitario de Sucre of Bolivia.
Meanwhile, on Thursday there will be three more games, those between Guarani of Paraguay and Oriente Petrolero of Bolivia, Aurora of Bolivia and Cerro Largo of Uruguay and Chilean outfit O'Higgins and Cerro Porteno of Paraguay.
The following week the North Zone begins, where teams from Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela vie for a place in the second round of the competition.
The second round pits together several Argentine and Brazilian clubs, which includes the likes of Sao Paulo, Palmeiras, Gremio, Botafogo, Independiente, Tigre and Racing Club.
Since the launch of the Copa Sudamericana in 2002, it has been won by five Argentine clubs, and a club each from Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador and Peru.
As winners of the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, Universidad de Chile will begin their title defence in the Round of 16 stage of the competition.
The Chileans ended their drought for a major title, by thumping Liga de Quito of Ecuador 4-0 over two legs in the final.
