The 2018 Copa Sudamericana finals was the two-legged final to decide the winner of the
2018 Copa Sudamericana, the 17th edition of the
Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary international club
football tournament organized by
CONMEBOL.
The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between
Colombian team
Junior and
Brazilian team
Atlético Paranaense. The first leg was hosted by Junior at the
Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in
Barranquilla on 5 December 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Atlético Paranaense at the
Arena da Baixada in
Curitiba on 12 December 2018. This was the last final to take place over two legs, as starting from
2019 the final will be played as a single match at a venue chosen in advance.[3]
The final was played on a home-and-away
two-legged basis, with the
higher-seeded team (
Atlético Paranaense) hosting the second leg. The
away goals rule was not applied, and
extra time would be played if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, a
penalty shoot-out would have been used to determine the winner. If extra time was played, a fourth substitution would have been allowed.[6]