2000 Copa Mercosur

Copa Mercosur 2000
Tournament details
Dates 1 August – 20 December 2000
Teams 20 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions Brazil Vasco da Gama (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil Palmeiras
Tournament statistics
Matches played 75
Goals scored 239 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Romário (11 goals)

The Copa Mercosur 2000 was the 3rd staging of the international club cup.

The competition started on 1 August 2000 and concluded on 20 December 2000 with Vasco da Gama beating Palmeiras in the final.

Participants

Details

  • The 20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays othe other teams in the group twice. The top team from each group qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best 3 runners up.
  • From the quarter finals to the final, two legs were played in each round. In the result of a draw, the match was decided by a penalty shoot out.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Argentina River Plate 146420105+5
Brazil Flamengo 116321103+7
Argentina Vélez Sarsfield 6613278-1
Chile Universidad de Chile 16015415-11

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Brazil Cruzeiro 136411124+8
Brazil Palmeiras 11632185+3
Argentina Independiente 76213910-1
Chile Universidad Católica 26024717-10

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Argentina Rosario Central 13641194+5
Brazil São Paulo 762131313+0
Paraguay Cerro Porteño 762131315-2
Chile Colo-Colo 7621369-3

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Argentina Boca Juniors 126330158+7
Uruguay Nacional 9623188+0
Paraguay Olimpia 96303910-1
Brazil Corinthians 26024713-6

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Brazil Atlético Mineiro 1364111310+3
Brazil Vasco da Gama 106312117+4
Uruguay Peñarol 862221111+0
Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro 36105815-7

Quarter-finals

First leg

Flamengo Brazil 1 – 2 Argentina River Plate
Juan  66'  51' Saviola
 81' Ortega
Vasco da Gama Brazil 1 – 0 Argentina Rosario Central
Juninho Paulista  19'
Palmeiras Brazil 3 – 2 Brazil Cruzeiro
Juninho  1'
Tuta  37'
Magrão  67'		  72' Giovanni
 79' Sorín
Atlético Mineiro Brazil 2 – 0 Argentina Boca Juniors
Marques  45'
Capria  81'

Second leg

River Plate Argentina 4 – 3 Brazil Flamengo
Saviola  53'
Aimar  83'
Cardetti  87'
Ortega  90'		  46' Edílson
 64' Juan
 84' Petković

River Plate won 6–4 on aggregate.

Rosario Central Argentina 1 – 0 Brazil Vasco da Gama
Díaz  90'

1–1 on aggregate, Vasco da Gama won 5–4 on penalties.

Cruzeiro Brazil 1 – 2 Brazil Palmeiras
Sérgio Manoel  90' (pen.) Galeano  15'
Arce  89' (pen.)

Palmeiras won 5–3 on aggregate.

Boca Juniors Argentina 2 – 2 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
Barijho  10', 42'  38' Cláudio Caçapa
 90' André Neles[1]

Atlético Mineiro won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

River Plate Argentina 1 – 4 Brazil Vasco da Gama
Cardetti  71'  22' Romário
 32' Júnior Baiano
 51'Juninho Paulista
 65'Pedrinho
Palmeiras Brazil 4 – 1 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
Tuta  1', 43'
Paulo Turra  3'
Basílio  78'		  64' (pen.) Cláudio Caçapa

Second leg

Vasco da Gama Brazil 1 – 0 Argentina River Plate
Juninho Paulista  46'

Vasco da Gama won 5–1 on aggregate.

Atlético Mineiro Brazil 0 – 2 Brazil Palmeiras
 46' Tuta
 87' Juninho

Palmeiras won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Second leg

Palmeiras Brazil 1 – 0 Brazil Vasco da Gama
Neném  21'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Oscar Roberto Godói Brazil

Final

Palmeiras Brazil 3 – 4 Brazil Vasco da Gama
Arce  36' (pen.)
Magrão  37'
Tuta  45+1'		  59' (pen.), 69' (pen.), 90+3' Romário
 86' Juninho Paulista
Attendance: 30,000
Copa Mercosur
2000 Winner
Brazil
Vasco da Gama
First Title

References

  1. ↑ Note: At that time, he was known simply as André.
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