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 36105815-7

Quarter-finals

First leg

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


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.


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' (pen.), 69' (pen.), 93' 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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