2000 in Paraguayan football

none The following article presents a summary of the 2000 football (soccer) season in Paraguay. First division results Torneo Apertura The Apertura tournament was played in a two-round all-play-all system, with the champion being the team with the most points at the end of the two rounds. PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededPoints1Olimpia1811523820382Sol de América189542721323Guaraní18954281632412 de Octubre188372122275San Lorenzo187651816276Cerro Porteño187562217267Sportivo Luqueño186572531238Atl. Colegiales1862102025209Cerro Corá18441017271610Universal18221420418 Torneo Clausura The Clausura tournament was played in a single all-play-all system. At the end, the top eight teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Clausura champion. PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededPoints1Olimpia944114616212 de Octubre9360148153Cerro Porteño93511610144Guaraní935186145Cerro Corá934298136Atl. Colegiales934299137Sol de América92521110118San Lorenzo93151318109Universal9135917610Sportivo Luqueño90368193 Clausura playoff stage The top eight teams qualified to this stage and were given bonus points based on their final standing in the table. Two groups of four teams were made, with the top two of each group advancing to a playoff stage. Group stage Group A PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededBonus PointsPoints1Olimpia6501133[3]182Guaraní631275[1.5]11.53Atlético Colegiales612359[0.5]5.54San Lorenzo6114614[0]4 Group B PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededBonus PointsPoints1Cerro Porteño6510255[2]18212 de Octubre6402710[2.5]14.53Sol de América61231113[0]54Cerro Corá6015520[1]2 Semifinals Olimpia 2-2 (3 - 1 pen) 12 de Octubre Cerro Porteño 1-2 Guaraní |} Clausura final Olimpia 4-1 Guaraní 1-0 3-1 |} Olimpia wins the Clausura tournament final by aggregate score of 4–1. National championship game Since Olimpia won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments they were declared as the national champions and no playoff game was played. To determine the second place an extra game between the Apertura runners-up (Sol de America) and the Clausura runners-up (Guarani) was played. Guaraní won the game and were declared runners-up of 2000 (aggregate score of 5–4; first leg 3–1 win by Sol, second leg 4–1 win by Guarani). Relegation / Promotion Universal automatically relegated to the second division after finishing last in the average points table based over a three-year period. Libertad promoted to the first division by winning the second division tournament. Qualification to international competitions Olimpia qualified to the 2001 Copa Libertadores by winning the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura. Guaraní qualified to the 2001 Copa Libertadores by finishing as runners-up of the 2000 season. The remaining spot for Copa Libertadores was decided in the Pre-Libertadores playoff tournament. Pre-Libertadores playoff Four teams participated based on aggregate points during the year. PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededPoints112 de Octubre320112862Cerro Porteño32018663Sol de América31116644San Lorenzo30127131 Since Cerro and 12 de Octubre finished tied in points an extra match was played, with Cerro winning 4-2 and qualifying to the 2001 Copa Libertadores. Lower divisions results LevelTournamentChampion2ndIntermediaLibertad3rd (G.A. teams)Primera de AscensoGeneral Caballero ZC3rd (interior teams)UFI Champions Cup3 de Febrero (Ciudad del Este)4th (G.A. teams)Segunda de AscensoCapitán Figari Paraguayan teams in international competitions 2000 Copa Libertadores: Cerro Porteño: round of 16 Olimpia: group stage Atl. Colegiales: group stage Copa MERCOSUR 2000: Cerro Porteño: group stage Olimpia: group stage Paraguay national team DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompParaguay scorersReport 2000-02-13 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción HUN 1 - 1 F Unknown N/A March 29, 2000 Estadio Nacional Jose Diaz Lima PER 2 - 0 WCQ 2002 - Report April 26, 2000 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción URU 1 - 0 WCQ 2002 Ayala 35 Report June 3, 2000 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción ECU 3 - 1 WCQ 2002 Toledo 10Brizuela 42, 63 Report 2000-06-09 Sydney Football Stadium Sydney AUS 0 - 0 F N/A 2000-06-12 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane AUS 0 - 0 F N/A 2000-06-15 Etihad Stadium Melbourne AUS 2 - 1 F Caceres 58 N/A June 29, 2000 Estadio Nacional de Chile Santiago CHI 3 - 1 WCQ 2002 Cardozo 71Report July 18, 2000 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción BRA 2 - 1 WCQ 2002 Paredes 6Campos 83 Report July 27, 2000 Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz BOL 0 - 0 WCQ 2002 - Report August 16, 2000 River Plate Stadium Buenos Aires ARG 1 - 1 WCQ 2002 Acuña 60 Report September 2, 2000 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción VEN 3 - 0 WCQ 2002 G. González 30 Cardozo 34 Paredes 43 Report October 7, 2000 Estadio El Campín Bogotá COL 0 - 2 WCQ 2002 Santa Cruz 3Chilavert 89 Report November 15, 2000 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción PER 5 - 1 WCQ 2002 Santa Cruz 15Del Solar 25 (o.g.)Cardozo 45Paredes 65Chilavert 83 (p.k.) Report References Paraguay 2000 by Eli Schmerler, Andy Bolander and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF Diario ABC Color Category:Seasons in Paraguayan football