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
ChampionsBrazil Vasco da Gama (1st title)
Runners-upBrazil Palmeiras
Tournament statistics
Matches played75
Goals scored239 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil 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

Country Team
 Argentina
(6 berths)
Boca Juniors
Independiente
River Plate
Rosario Central
San Lorenzo
Vélez Sársfield
 Brazil
(7 berths)
Atlético Mineiro
Corinthians
Cruzeiro
Flamengo
Palmeiras
São Paulo
Vasco da Gama
 Chile
(3 berths)
Colo-Colo
Universidad Católica
Universidad de Chile
 Paraguay
(2 berths)
Cerro Porteño
Olimpia
 Uruguay
(2 berths)
Nacional
Peñarol

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina RIV Brazil FLA Argentina VEL Chile UC
1 Argentina River Plate 6 4 2 0 10 5 +5 14 Advance to Quarter-finals 0–0 2–1 2–0
2 Brazil Flamengo 6 3 2 1 10 3 +7 11 1–2 2–0 2–0
3 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 6 1 3 2 7 8 1 6 1–1 1–1 3–1
4 Chile Universidad de Chile 6 0 1 5 4 15 11 1 2–3 0–4 1–1
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Brazil CRU Brazil PAL Argentina IND Chile CAT
1 Brazil Cruzeiro 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Advance to Quarter-finals 0–0 3–0 4–0
2 Brazil Palmeiras 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11 0–2 2–0 1–1
3 Argentina Independiente 6 2 1 3 9 10 1 7 2–0 1–2 3–0
4 Chile Universidad Católica 6 0 2 4 7 17 10 2 2–3 1–3 3–3
Source:

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina ROS Brazil SAO Paraguay CER Chile COL
1 Argentina Rosario Central 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to Quarter-finals 2–1 2–1 0–0
2 Brazil São Paulo 6 2 1 3 13 13 0 7 1–0 4–4 4–0
3 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6 2 1 3 13 15 2 7 1–4 4–2 2–1
4 Chile Colo Colo 6 2 1 3 6 9 3 7 0–1 3–1 2–1
Source:

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina BOC Uruguay NAC Paraguay OLI Brazil COR
1 Argentina Boca Juniors 6 3 3 0 15 8 +7 12 Advance to Quarter-finals 1–1 5–2 3–0
2 Uruguay Nacional 6 2 3 1 8 8 0 9 3–3 1–0 1–1
3 Paraguay Olimpia 6 3 0 3 9 10 1 9 0–1 4–3 3–2
4 Brazil Corinthians 6 0 2 4 7 13 6 2 2–2 1–2 1–2
Source:

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Brazil MIN Brazil VAS Uruguay PEÑ Argentina SAN
1 Brazil Atlético Mineiro 6 4 1 1 13 10 +3 13 Advance to Quarter-finals 2–0 2–1 3–2
2 Brazil Vasco da Gama 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 2–0 1–1 3–0
3 Uruguay Peñarol 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8 2–2 4–3 3–2
4 Argentina San Lorenzo 6 1 0 5 8 15 7 3 3–4 0–2 1–0
Source:

Quarter-finals

First leg

Flamengo Brazil1–2Argentina River Plate
Juan 66' 51' Saviola
81' Ortega


Palmeiras Brazil3–2Brazil Cruzeiro
Juninho 1'
Tuta 37'
Magrão 67'
72' Giovanni
79' Sorín

Atlético Mineiro Brazil2–0Argentina Boca Juniors
Marques 45'
Capria 81'

Second leg

River Plate Argentina4–3Brazil Flamengo
Saviola 53'
Aimar 83'
Cardetti 87'
Ortega 90'
46' Edílson
64' Juan
84' Petković

River Plate won 6–4 on aggregate.


Rosario Central Argentina1–0Brazil Vasco da Gama
Díaz 90'

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


Cruzeiro Brazil1–2Brazil Palmeiras
Sérgio Manoel 90' (pen.) Galeano 15'
Arce 89' (pen.)

Palmeiras won 5–3 on aggregate.


Atlético Mineiro won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

River Plate Argentina1–4Brazil Vasco da Gama
Cardetti 71' 22' Romário
32' Júnior Baiano
51'Juninho Paulista
65'Pedrinho

Palmeiras Brazil4–1Brazil Atlético Mineiro
Tuta 1', 43'
Paulo Turra 3'
Basílio 78'
64' (pen.) Cláudio Caçapa

Second leg

Vasco da Gama Brazil1–0Argentina River Plate
Juninho Paulista 46'

Vasco da Gama won 5–1 on aggregate.


Atlético Mineiro Brazil0–2Brazil Palmeiras
46' Tuta
87' Juninho

Palmeiras won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Second leg

Palmeiras Brazil1–0Brazil Vasco da Gama
Neném 21'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Oscar Roberto Godói Brazil

Final

Palmeiras Brazil3–4Brazil Vasco da Gama
Arce 36' (pen.)
Magrão 37'
Tuta 45+1'
59' (pen.), 69' (pen.), 93' Romário
86' Juninho Paulista
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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