Conmebol awarded the venues for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana finals

The season begins to heat up and in the run-up to the draw for the Group Phase for the Libertadores Cup and the South American Cup 2023the conmebol contribution that Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo They will be in charge of hosting both definitions respectively.

As for the Copa Libertadores, the final of the highest tournament on the continent will be held at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilwith a capacity for 78,838 spectators while the Copa Sudamericana 2023 will be in the Centennial Stadiumof Montevideo, Uruguay with a capacity for 60,235 locations.

As reported Reutersthe final of the soccer Copa Libertadores will be played on November 11 and will be held at the mythical stadium in Rio de Janeiro, while the last match of the Copa Sudamericana is scheduled for October 28 in Montevideo.

Argentina crossed off the list to host

Conmebol had several stadiums in the pipeline to host the Libertadores final, including the Monumental, which was recently remodeled and that could do it a favor.

In any case, although the main part of the works has already been completed, and allowed the capacity to be increased to 83,196 spectators -which made it the largest on the continent-, there is still work to be done on other details, mainly the construction of the lower Belgrano Baja .

With the announcement of the new venues, in this case the country of the world champions has to look outside the definitions of the two most important competitions on the continent. It should be remembered that in the last edition of the Copa Sudamericana it was defined in the Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium.