| 2012 Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes 2012 Copa Bridgestone Sul-americana da Clubes |
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| Teams | 47 (from 10 associations) |
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The 2012 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially the 2012 Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) will be the 11th edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. The winner will qualify for the 2013 Copa Libertadores, the 2013 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2013 Suruga Bank Championship. Universidad de Chile are the defending champions.
The tournament will be expanded from 39 teams to 47 teams, allowing the eight associations other than Argentina and Brazil to each enter four teams instead of three teams.[1]
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The following associations have adopted new qualification methods for this tournament:
Note: Due to the expansion of the tournament, the stage which each team will enter has yet to be confirmed by CONMEBOL. Some of the qualification methods shown below have yet to be official confirmed by the corresponding association.
| Association | Team (Berth) | Qualification method |
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| Argentina |
Note ARG (Argentina 1) | Any team eliminated from the 2012 Copa Libertadores first stage or 3rd best 2011 aggregate among non-champions |
| Note ARG (Argentina 2) | 3rd or 4th best 2011 aggregate among non-champions | |
| Note ARG (Argentina 3) | 4th or 5th best 2011 aggregate among non-champions | |
| Note ARG (Argentina 4) | 5th or 6th best 2011 aggregate among non-champions | |
| Note ARG (Argentina 5) | 6th or 7th best 2011 aggregate among non-champions | |
| Note ARG (Argentina 6) | 2011–12 Copa Argentina champion if they have not already qualified or 7th or 9th best 2011 aggregate among non-champions |
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| Bolivia |
Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 1) | 2011 Adecuación 3rd place |
| Universitario (Bolivia 2) | 2011 Apertura runner-up | |
| San José (Bolivia 3) | 2011 Apertura 4th place | |
| (Bolivia 4) | 2012 Clausura 4th place | |
| Brazil |
São Paulo (Brazil 1) | 2011 Série A 6th place |
| Figueirense (Brazil 2) | 2011 Série A 7th place | |
| Coritiba (Brazil 3) | 2011 Série A 8th place | |
| Botafogo (Brazil 4) | 2011 Série A 9th place | |
| Palmeiras (Brazil 5) | 2011 Série A 11th place | |
| Grêmio (Brazil 6) | 2011 Série A 12th place | |
| Atlético Goianiense (Brazil 7) | 2011 Série A 13th place | |
| Bahia (Brazil 8) | 2011 Série A 14th place | |
| Chile |
Universidad de Chile (Defending champion) | 2011 Copa Sudamericana champion |
| Universidad Católica (Chile 1) | 2011 Copa Chile champion | |
| Cobreloa (Chile 2) | 2011 Clausura classification phase runner-up | |
| (Chile 3) | 2012 Apertura classification phase winner | |
| (Chile 4) | 2012 Apertura classification phase runner-up | |
| Colombia |
Millonarios (Colombia 1) | 2011 Copa Colombia champion |
| Envigado (Colombia 2) | 2011 Primera A 3rd best-placed non-champion | |
| Deportes Tolima (Colombia 3) | 2011 Primera A 4th best-placed non-champion | |
| La Equidad (Colombia 4) | 2011 Primera A 5th best-placed non-champion | |
| Ecuador |
Note ECU (Ecuador 1) | 2012 Serie A first stage winner |
| Note ECU (Ecuador 2) | 2012 Serie A first stage runner-up | |
| Note ECU (Ecuador 3) | 2012 Serie A first stage 3rd place | |
| Note ECU (Ecuador 4) | 2011 Serie A second stage winner | |
| Paraguay |
Olimpia (Paraguay 1) | 2011 Primera División best-placed champion |
| Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 2) | 2011 Primera División 2nd best non-champion | |
| Tacuary (Paraguay 3) | 2011 Primera División 3rd best non-champion | |
| Guaraní (Paraguay 4) | 2011 Primera División 4rd best non-champion | |
| Peru |
Universidad San Martín (Peru 1) | 2011 Descentralizado 4th place |
| León de Huánuco (Peru 2) | 2011 Descentralizado 5th place | |
| Unión Comercio (Peru 3) | 2011 Descentralizado 6th place | |
| Inti Gas Deportes (Peru 4) | 2011 Descentralizado 7th place | |
| Uruguay |
(Uruguay 1) | 2011–12 Primera División champion |
| (Uruguay 2) | Any phase winner not qualified for 2013 Copa Libertadores or 2011–12 Primera División 2nd best-placed non-finalist |
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| (Uruguay 3) | 2011–12 Primera División 2nd or 3rd best-placed non-finalist | |
| (Uruguay 4) | 2011–12 Primera División 3rd or 4th best-placed non-finalist | |
| Venezuela |
Mineros de Guayana (Venezuela 1) | 2011 Copa Venezuela champion |
| (Venezuela 2) | 2011–12 Primera División 2nd best-placed non-finalist | |
| (Venezuela 3) | 2012 Copa Sudamericana playoffs winner with better record | |
| (Venezuela 4) | 2012 Copa Sudamericana playoffs winner with worse record |
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