2018 Recopa Sudamericana
The 2018 CONMEBOL Recopa was the 26th edition of the CONMEBOL Recopa (also referred to as the Recopa Sudamericana, or Portuguese: Recopa Sul-Americana), the football competition organized by CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two major South American club tournaments, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana.
| CONMEBOL Recopa 2018 | |||||||
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| Event | Recopa Sudamericana | ||||||
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| on aggregate Grêmio won 5–4 on penalties | |||||||
| First leg | |||||||
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| Date | 14 February 2018 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda | ||||||
| Referee | Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador) | ||||||
| Attendance | 47,000 | ||||||
| Second leg | |||||||
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| After extra time | |||||||
| Date | 21 February 2018 | ||||||
| Venue | Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre | ||||||
| Referee | Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay) | ||||||
| Attendance | 42,921 | ||||||
The competition was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Brazilian team Grêmio, the 2017 Copa Libertadores champions, and Argentinian team Independiente, the 2017 Copa Sudamericana champions. The first leg was hosted by Independiente at Estadio Libertadores de América in Avellaneda on 14 February 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Grêmio at Arena do Grêmio in Porto Alegre on 21 February 2018.
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Grêmio won 5–4 on penalties to win their second Recopa Sudamericana title.