The governing body of South American soccer has awarded Brazilian club Chapecoense, which lost most of its players in an air crash last week, the Copa Sudamericana championship.In a statement on Monday, CONMEBOL said it awarded the title “as a posthumous homage to the victims of the fatal crash that leaves our sport in mourning.”
It said the decision was reached after directors of Atletico Nacional, the club side billed to play against Chapecoense, asked it to award the Brazilian side the title.
CONMEBOL also awarded Atletico Nacional its Fair Play award.
Nineteen of Chapecoense’s players were killed in the crash just outside Medellin, Colombia, as the team headed to the first of two matches against Colombian club Atletico Nacional to determine the champion of the Copa Sudamericana — Latin America’s No. 2 club tournament.
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