2000 Copa Mercosur

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

Copa Mercosur 2000
Tournament details
Dates1 August – 20 December 2000
Teams20 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions Vasco da Gama (1st title)
Runners-up Palmeiras
Tournament statistics
Matches played75
Goals scored239 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Romário (11 goals)

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 the 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
River Plate 146420105+5
Flamengo 116321103+7
Vélez Sarsfield 6613278-1
Universidad de Chile 16015415-11

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Group E

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

Quarter-finals

First leg

Flamengo 1 – 2 River Plate
Juan  66'  51' Saviola
 81' Ortega

Vasco da Gama 1 – 0 Rosario Central
Juninho Paulista  19'

Palmeiras 3 – 2 Cruzeiro
Juninho  1'
Tuta  37'
Magrão  67'
 72' Giovanni
 79' Sorín

Atlético Mineiro 2 – 0 Boca Juniors
Marques  45'
Capria  81'

Second leg

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

River Plate won 6–4 on aggregate.


Rosario Central 1 – 0 Vasco da Gama
Díaz  90'

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


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

Palmeiras won 5–3 on aggregate.


Boca Juniors 2 – 2 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 1 – 4 Vasco da Gama
Cardetti  71'  22' Romário
 32' Júnior Baiano
 51'Juninho Paulista
 65'Pedrinho

Palmeiras 4 – 1 Atlético Mineiro
Tuta  1', 43'
Paulo Turra  3'
Basílio  78'
 64' (pen.) Cláudio Caçapa

Second leg

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

Vasco da Gama won 5–1 on aggregate.


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

Palmeiras won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Second leg

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

Final

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

References

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