SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Argentine club Independiente was disqualified from the Copa Sudamericana after violent clashes involving fans at its stadium in a match against the Universidad de Chile last month, South American soccer’s governing body said Thursday.

More than 100 people were arrested and around 20 injured when the round of 16 match was played on Aug. 20 at the Libertadores de América stadium in Avellaneda, a province of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires.

Regional soccer authorities also ruled that Universidad de Chile would advance to the quarterfinals of the continental competition where they will play Alianza de Lima of Peru.

CONMEBOL said it decided to “disqualify Club Atlético Independiente from this edition of the 2025 Copa Sudamericana, without exclusion from future competi

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