2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
Brazilians Vasco da Gama were the defending champions but finished as runners-up to fellow Brazilian club Vitória who claimed their first title.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Format
As per Regulations Article 15, the tournament starts with a group stage, played in a round robin format. The winners, runners-up and two best third placed teams from each group advance to the knockout stage, in which the teams then compete in single-elimination matches, beginning with the quarter-finals and ending with the final. A third-place deciding match is also contested by the losing semi-finalists.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Format
Unlike the two previous editions, there are no consolation matches to decide 5th to 12th place; these placements are instead decided statistically (Regulations Articles 22 & 23).


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Teams
Twelve teams qualified; each domestic league champion from the ten South American nations which are members of CONMEBOL, plus an additional club from the host country and the defending champions.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Venue
One venue was used in the city of Rio de Janeiro.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Squads
Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 33).


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Draw
The draw to split the twelve teams into three groups of four took place on 19 November at 19:00 local time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation. The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Draw
Initially, three teams were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups (Vasco da Gama automatically, the others via a draw):


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Draw
The remaining nine teams were split into three pots of three based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the championship, with the highest seeds placed in Pot 1 down to the lowest placed in Pot 3 (the additional Brazilian team was also placed in Pot 3). From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Group stage
The match schedule was revealed on the day of the draw.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Group stage
Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams of each group, plus the two best ranked third-placed teams, advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (Regulations Article 21):


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Group stage
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criterion, their rankings are determined as follows:


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Group stage, Ranking of third-placed teams
As per Regulations Article 17, it was decided the third place teams would take the following berths in the quarter-final draw:


2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Knockout stage
The group winners, runners-up and two best third placed teams progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal
The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal was the 18th edition of the Copa Libertadores de Futsal, South America's premier club futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal
The tournament was held at Carlos Barbosa, Brazil between 22–29 April 2018.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal
Defending champions Carlos Barbosa defeated Joinville in the final to win their fifth title. Sorocaba defeated Cerro Porteño to finish third.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Teams
The competition is contested by 12 teams: the title holders, one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations, plus an additional entry from the host association.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Venues
The tournament was played at the Centro Municipal de Eventos in Carlos Barbosa.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 3 April 2018 at the Centro Municipal de Eventos in Carlos Barbosa. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots. The following three teams were seeded:


2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Draw
The other teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2017 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, with the additional entry from the host association seeded last.


2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Squads
Each team has to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 31).


2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Group stage
The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 21):


2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Knockout stage
In the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. In the third place match, penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages
The 2018 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 7 August to 9 December 2018. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2018 Copa Libertadores.


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16.


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Qualified teams, Seeding
Starting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the group winners (Pot 1 in round of 16 draw) seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up (Pot 2 in round of 16 draw) seeded 9–16.


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Format
Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Draw
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 4 June 2018, 20:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a group winner (Pot 1) and a group runner-up (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.


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Bracket
The bracket starting from the round of 16 was determined as follows:


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Bracket
The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 4 June 2018.


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16
The first legs were played on 7–9 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 28–30 August 2018.


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match A
River Plate won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match B
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Colo-Colo won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match C
Cruzeiro won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match D
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Grêmio won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match E
Atlético Tucumán won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match F
Boca Juniors won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match G
Palmeiras won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match H
Independiente won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 18–20 September, and the second legs were played on 2–4 October 2018.


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarter-finals, Match S1
River Plate won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarter-finals, Match S2
Palmeiras won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarter-finals, Match S3
Boca Juniors won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarter-finals, Match S4
Grêmio won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 23–24 October, and the second legs were played on 30–31 October 2018.


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Semi-finals, Match F1
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, River Plate won on away goals and advanced to the finals.


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Semi-finals, Match F2
Boca Juniors won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Finals
In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time were played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 30).


2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Finals
The first leg was played on 11 November (originally scheduled on 10 November, but postponed due to rain), and the second leg was played on 9 December 2018 (originally scheduled on 24 November, but postponed due to safety concerns following an attack on the Boca Juniors team bus prior to the original scheduled match).


2018 Copa Libertadores group stage
The 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage was played from 27 February to 24 May 2018. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2018 Copa Libertadores.


2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 20 December 2017, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.


2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Draw
Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (shown in parentheses), taking into account of the following three factors:


2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Draw
For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H, also denoted as Groups 1–8) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.


2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Draw
The following were the four winners of the third stage of qualifying which joined the 28 direct entrants in the group stage.


2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria were used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 28).


2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Format
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage.


2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Groups
The fixture list was determined by the draw as follows:


2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Groups
The matches were played on 27–28 February, 1, 13–15 March, 3–5, 11, 17–19, 24–26 April, 1–3, 15–17 and 22–24 May 2018.


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages
The 2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages were played from 22 January to 22 February 2018. A total of 19 teams competed in the qualifying stages to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2018 Copa Libertadores.


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Draw
The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 20 December 2017, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Draw
Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (shown in parentheses), taking into account of the following three factors:


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Draw
For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1–E3), with the seeded teams hosting the second leg.


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Draw
For the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1–C8), with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the winners of the first stage, which were unseeded and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Draw
For the third stage, no draw was made, and the eight teams were allocated into the following four ties (G1–G4), with the second stage winners with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg. As the identity of the winners of the second stage was not known at the time of the draw, they could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Format
In the qualifying stages, 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, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 29).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Bracket
The bracket was decided based on the first stage draw and second stage draw, which were held on 20 December 2017.


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, First stage
The first legs were played on 22 January, and the second legs were played on 26 January 2018.


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, First stage, Match E1
Olimpia won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C5).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, First stage, Match E2
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Deportivo Táchira won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Match C1).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, First stage, Match E3
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Oriente Petrolero won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Match C3).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage
The first legs were played on 30–31 January and 1 February, and the second legs were played on 6–8 February 2018.


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C1
Santa Fe won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C2
Nacional won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C3
Jorge Wilstermann won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C4
Guaraní won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C5
Junior won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C6
Vasco da Gama won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C7
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Banfield won on away goals and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C8
Santiago Wanderers won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Third stage
The first legs were played on 13–15 February, and the second legs were played on 20–22 February 2018.


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Third stage, Match G1
Santa Fe won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group D).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Third stage, Match G2
Nacional won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group F).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Third stage, Match G3
Tied 4–4 on aggregate, Vasco da Gama won on penalties and advanced to the group stage (Group E).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Third stage, Match G4
Junior won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group H).


2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Copa Sudamericana qualification
The two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage. Only matches in the third stage were considered for the ranking of teams.


2018 Copa Paraguay
The 2018 Copa Paraguay was the first edition of the Copa Paraguay, Paraguay's domestic football cup competition. The competition ended with Guaraní winning their first title after beating Olimpia 5–3 on penalties in the final following a 2–2 draw. Guaraní, as the winners, were awarded a berth into the 2019 Copa Sudamericana.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage
The preliminary stage was played by teams from the Primera B, Primera C, and the UFI. 7 Primera B teams, 6 Primera C teams, and 7 teams from the UFI qualified for the national stage, for a total of 20 teams.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, Primera B
The 17 teams were divided into two groups of four teams each and three groups of three teams. The winners of each group, as well as the two best second-placed teams qualified for the national stage.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, Primera B, Ranking of second-placed teams
The two best teams among those ranked second qualified for the national stage. For teams in groups A and B, the matches against the fourth-placed team were not considered in this table.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, Primera C
The 13 teams were divided into three groups of three teams each and one group of four teams. The winners of each group, as well as the two best second-placed teams qualified for the national stage.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, Primera C, Ranking of second-placed teams
The two best teams among those ranked second qualified for the national stage.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI
Teams competing in the UFI preliminaries were divided into seven zones grouping the departments of Paraguay, with each department having one participating team (two or three departments per zone). The winners of each zone qualified for the national stage.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 1
This zone included teams from the departments of Concepción, Amambay and Canindeyú.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 2
This zone included teams from the departments of Presidente Hayes, Boquerón and Alto Paraguay.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 3
This zone included teams from the departments of Cordillera and San Pedro.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 4
This zone included teams from the departments of Guairá and Paraguarí.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 5
This zone included teams from the departments of Alto Paraná and Caaguazú.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 6
This zone included teams from the departments of Central, Ñeembucú and Misiones.


2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 7
This zone included teams from the departments of Itapúa and Caazapá.


2018 Copa Paraguay, National stage, First round
The draw for the first round of the national stage involved the 20 teams which qualified from the preliminary stage, as well as the 12 Primera División teams and the 16 División Intermedia teams, which entered the competition at this stage. The 48 teams were drawn into 24 ties to be played as a single game, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner in case of a tie. The 24 winners will advance to the second round. The draw for the first round was held on 29 June 2018 and the matches were played from 24 July to 5 September 2018.


2018 Copa Paraguay, National stage, Second round
The second round was contested by the 24 first round winners. The 12 winners as well as the four losers with the best performance over both rounds qualified for the round of 16. The matches were played from 25 September to 4 October 2018.


2018 Copa Paraguay, National stage, Second round, Ranking of second round losers
The four teams among the second round losers with the best record in the two previous rounds qualified for the round of 16.


2018 Copa Paraguay, National stage, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 10 October 2018. The matches were played from 23 to 31 October 2018.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara
The 2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara was the first edition of the Copa Paulino Alcantara, the domestic football cup competition of the Philippines. The competition started on September 1, 2018 and concluded on October 27, 2018, with Kaya–Iloilo winning the inaugural tournament after defeating Davao Aguilas 1–0 in extra time.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara, Participating clubs
All six clubs of the 2018 Philippines Football League are eligible to participate in the tournament. On July 15, 2018 during the PFL Fans Day, it was announced that non-franchise clubs will also be allowed to join the cup competition provided that they will satisfy minimum licensing requirements which will be set for the competition. But only clubs in the PFL joined the tournament.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara, Format, Competition
The Copa Paulino Alcantara will commence on September 1, 2018 with a group phase of two groups with three teams each. A round robin format with home and away legs will be used for this phase. The top two teams advance to the semifinals with the group winners facing the runner-up team from the other group. The higher seeded teams will host the one-off semifinals. The final will consist of a single match as well.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara, Format, Draw
A draw to determine the composition of the groupings for the group phase will be held on August 26, 2018.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final
The final of the inaugural season of the Copa Paulino Alcantara was contested by Davao Aguilas F.C. and Kaya F.C.–Iloilo on 27 October 2018 on a neutral ground at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final
The match also determined the second qualifying team which would represent the Philippines at the 2019 AFC Cup with Ceres-Negros F.C. earlier qualified through winning the 2018 Philippines Football League.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final
Kaya–Iloilo won in extra time through a solitary goal and qualifies for the 2019 AFC Cup.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Background
Both Davao Aguilas F.C. and Kaya F.C.–Iloilo topped their group in the group stage and advanced to the semi-final. In the knock-out stage, the Aguilas won 6-1 over JPV Marikina on 27 October at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, the same venue of the final, while Kaya overcame Stallion Laguna by winning 3-2 in their semifinal tie at home at the Iloilo Sports Complex. In the 2018 Philippines Football League, Kaya has won over the Aguilas while the Aguilas is coming from an undefeated streak of at least eleven matches heading into the final.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Background
Kaya were also aiming for the title to honor the namesake of the club, Paulino Alcántara who is a native of their home locality, Iloilo.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Background
Ceres–Negros F.C. the winners of the 2018 Philippines Football League fail to advance from the group stage.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Match summary
The final was contested in a neutral venue at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila. The match held on 27 October 2018 was attended by 1,230 people. Thai referee, Mongkolchai Pechsri officiated the final.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Match summary
Kaya–Iloilo and the Davao Aguilas was unable to score a goal against each other in regular time of the final. Both teams had at least two goal scoring attempts that was denied by the crossbar. Wesley Dos Santos, a center back of the Davao Aguilas was sent off in added time in the 98th minute after he incurred a second yellow card by fouling Connor Tacagni of the opposing team. The first yellow card was given to Dos Santos in the first half of the final. The draw in regular time meant that the match had to go extra time. Iloilo-native Jovin Bedic scored the winning goal for Kaya near the end of the second half of extra time benefiting from an assist made by Robert Lopez Mendy.


2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Match summary
The match ended with a scoreline of 1–0 in favor of Kaya–Iloilo which earned a slot in the 2019 AFC Cup. The Iloilo-based club previously qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup play-offs by winning the 2015 UFL Cup. Davao Aguilas meanwhile earned standby team designation for the same tournament meaning that they will be able to participate in the Asian club competition if Ceres-Negros advance to the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage.


2018 Copa Paulista
The 2018 Copa Paulista is the 20th edition of São Paulo State Cup. 27 teams are participate in the tournament. The winner gets to choose between a qualification spot for the 2019 Copa do Brasil or the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The spot not chosen by the winners will be taken by the second-placed team.


2018 Copa Paulista, Format
First Stage: The clubs will be divided into four groups according to their location. The top four of each group will advance to the second stage.


2018 Copa Paulista, Format
Second Stage: The 16 clubs will be divided into four groups of four. The winner and runners-up of each group will advance to the Knockout stage.


2018 Copa Paulista, Format
Each stage will be played in a double round-robin format.


2018 Copa Perú
The 2018 Peru Cup season (Spanish: Copa Perú 2018), the largest amateur tournament of Peruvian football, started in February.


2018 Copa Perú
This edition has featured a change, with the elimination of the Regional Stage and the inclusion of participants from all the Regions of Peru in the National Stage. Under the new format, the tournament has four stages. The first three stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, and the fourth stage is played under POT System intellectual property of the MatchVision company.


2018 Copa Perú
The 2018 Peru Cup started with the District Stage (Spanish: Etapa Distrital) in February. The next stage was the Provincial Stage (Spanish: Etapa Provincial) which started in June. The tournament continued with the Departmental Stage (Spanish: Etapa Departamental) in July. The National Stage (Spanish: Etapa Nacional) starts in September. The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division and the runner-up will be promoted to the Second Division.


2018 Copa Perú, Departmental stage
Departmental Stage: 2018 Ligas Departamentales del Peru and 2018 Ligas Superiores del Perú


2018 Copa Perú, Departmental stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the National Stage.


2018 Copa Perú, National stage
In 2015 the National Stage has grown to 50 teams, and the new National Stage, designed by matchVision, is played under Regional using the POT System, with all the Regions of Peru will have represented. The National Stage starts in the first week of September.


2018 Copa Perú, National stage
In 2017 the same format continues, without the authorization of MatchVision.


2018 Copa Perú, National stage
This phase features the 50 teams that qualified from the Departmental Stage. Each team plays 3 games at home and 3 games away, for a total of 6 games against 3 different geographical rivals. The departmental stage winners only play against departmental runners-up, and vice versa. All the teams are positioned in one general table. After 6 matches, the team in places 1 to 8 are qualified directly to the Round of 16, while the teams in places 9 to 24 will play the Repechage phase. The teams in places 25 to 50 are eliminated.


2018 Copa Perú, National stage
The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2019 Torneo Descentralizado and the runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2019 Peruvian Segunda División.


2018 Copa Perú, National stage, Tie-breaking criteria
The ranking of teams in the Unique Table is based on the following criteria: 1. Number of Points 3. Goal difference 4. Number of goals scored 5. Better performance in away matches based on the following criteria:        1. Number of Away Points        3. Goal Difference in away games        4. Number of goals scored in away games 6. Number of First-Half points: considering the half-time results as the final results 6. Drawing of lots


2018 Copa Perú, National stage, Final group stage
The final group stage, colloquially known as La Finalísima, will be played by the four semifinalist at the Estadio Nacional. The team with the most points will be declared the winner and be promoted to the 2019 Torneo Descentralizado.


2018 Copa Sevilla
The 2018 Copa Sevilla was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Seville, Spain between 3 and 8 September 2018.


2018 Copa Sevilla, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Copa Sevilla, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2018 Copa Sevilla – Doubles
Pedro Cachín and Íñigo Cervantes were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Copa Sevilla – Doubles
Gerard Granollers and Pedro Martínez won the title after defeating Daniel Gimeno Traver and Ricardo Ojeda Lara 6–0, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Copa Sevilla – Singles
Félix Auger-Aliassime was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Copa Sevilla – Singles
Kimmer Coppejans won the title after defeating Alex Molčan 7–6(7–2), 6–1 in the final.


2018 Copa Sudamericana
The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 17th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana, or Portuguese: Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.


2018 Copa Sudamericana
Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense defeated Colombian club Junior by 4–3 on penalties in the finals after a 2–2 draw on aggregate score to win their first tournament title. As champions, Atlético Paranaense earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 Copa Libertadores in the 2019 Recopa Sudamericana, and the winners of the 2018 J.League Cup in the 2019 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship. They also automatically qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores group stage. Independiente were the defending champions, but did not play in this edition as they qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions and later advanced to the knockout stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana, Teams
The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament, entering the first stage:


2018 Copa Sudamericana, Teams
A further 10 teams eliminated from the 2018 Copa Libertadores were transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana, Draws
The draw for the first stage was held on 20 December 2017, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. For the first stage, the teams were divided into two pots according to their geographical zones:


2018 Copa Sudamericana, Draws
The 44 teams were drawn into 22 ties (E1–E22) between a team from Pot A and a team from Pot B, with the teams from Pot B hosting the second leg in odd-numbered ties, and the teams from Pot A hosting the second leg in even-numbered ties. This distribution ensured that teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.


2018 Copa Sudamericana, Draws
The draw for the second stage was held on 4 June 2018, 20:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. For the second stage, the teams were allocated to two pots according to their previous results in this season:


2018 Copa Sudamericana, Draws
The 32 teams were drawn into 16 ties (O1–O16) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.


2018 Copa Sudamericana, First stage
In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).


2018 Copa Sudamericana, First stage
The 22 winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 10 teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores (two best teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying and eight third-placed teams in the group stage).


2018 Copa Sudamericana, Second stage
In the second stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).


2018 Copa Sudamericana, Second stage
The 16 winners of the second stage advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stages.


2018 Copa Sudamericana, Final stages
Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:


2018 Copa Sudamericana, Final stages, Seeding
Starting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to the second stage draw, with each team assigned a "seed" 1–16 corresponding to the tie they win (O1–O16) (Regulations Article 22.c).


2018 Copa Sudamericana, Final stages, Bracket
The bracket was decided based on the second stage draw, which was held on 4 June 2018.