2000 Copa Mercosur

September 2020 July 2026 July 2026 Copa Mercosur 1 August – 20 December 2000 20 5 BRA Vasco da Gama 1 BRA Palmeiras 75 239 BRA Romário (11 goals) 1999 2001 2000 The 2000 Copa Mercosur was the 3rd season of the Copa Mercosur, CONMEBOL's club tournament for countries in the southern part of America. The competition started on 1 August 2000 and concluded on 20 December 2000 with Vasco da Gama beating Palmeiras in the final for its first title. Romario was the top scorer with 11 goals. Participants CountryTeamArgentina(6 berths)Boca JuniorsIndependienteRiver PlateRosario CentralSan LorenzoVélez Sársfield(7 berths) Atlético Mineiro Corinthians Cruzeiro Flamengo Palmeiras São PauloVasco da Gama(3 berths)Colo-ColoUniversidad CatólicaUniversidad de ChileParaguay 1990(2 berths)Cerro PorteñoOlimpia(2 berths)NacionalPeñarol 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 main WDL true FBR Group A Q RIV ARG River Plate FLA BRA Flamengo VEL ARG Vélez Sársfield UC Chile Universidad de Chile 4 2 0 10 5 3 2 1 10 3 1 3 2 7 8 0 1 5 4 15 #CCFFCC Advance to Quarter-finals A A complete 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–4 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 Group B main WDL true FBR Group B Q CRU BRA Cruzeiro PAL BRA Palmeiras IND ARG Independiente CAT Chile Universidad Católica 4 1 1 12 4 3 2 1 8 5 2 1 3 9 10 0 2 4 7 17 #CCFFCC Advance to Quarter-finals A A complete 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–3 3–3 1–3 Group C main WDL true FBR Group C Q ROS ARG Rosario Central SAO BRA São Paulo CER Paraguay 1990 Cerro Porteño COL Chile Colo Colo 4 1 1 9 4 2 1 3 13 13 2 1 3 13 15 2 1 3 6 9 #CCFFCC Advance to Quarter-finals A complete 2–1 1–4 4–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–4 4–0 1–0 Group D main WDL true FBR Group D Q BOC ARG Boca Juniors NAC Uruguay Nacional OLI Paraguay 1990 Olimpia COR BRA Corinthians 3 3 0 15 8 2 3 1 8 8 3 0 3 9 10 0 2 4 7 13 #CCFFCC Advance to Quarter-finals A complete 3–0 1–1 5–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 4–3 Group E main WDL true FBR Group E Q MIN BRA Atlético Mineiro VAS BRA Vasco da Gama PEÑ Uruguay Peñarol SAN ARG San Lorenzo 4 1 1 13 10 3 1 2 11 7 2 2 2 11 11 1 0 5 8 15 #CCFFCC Advance to Quarter-finals A A complete 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–2 3–2 4–3 3–4 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 Quarter-finals First leg 31 October 2000 Flamengo BRA 1–2 ARG River Plate Juan 66 51 Saviola81 Ortega 31 October 2000 Vasco da Gama BRA 1–0 ARG Rosario Central Juninho Paulista 19 1 November 2000 Palmeiras BRA 3–2 BRA Cruzeiro Juninho 1Tuta 37Magrão 67 72 Giovanni79 Sorín 1 November 2000 Atlético Mineiro BRA 2–0 ARG Boca Juniors Marques 45Capria 81 Second leg 8 November 2000 River Plate ARG 4–3 BRA Flamengo Saviola 53Aimar 83Cardetti 87Ortega 90 46 Edílson64 Juan84 Petković River Plate won 6–4 on aggregate. 8 November 2000 Rosario Central ARG 1–0 BRA Vasco da Gama Díaz 90 1–1 on aggregate, Vasco da Gama won 5–4 on penalties. 8 November 2000 Cruzeiro BRA 1–2 BRA Palmeiras Sérgio Manoel 90 pen. Galeano 15 Arce 89 pen. Palmeiras won 5–3 on aggregate. 7 November 2000 Boca Juniors ARG 2–2 BRA Atlético Mineiro Barijho 10 42 38 Cláudio Caçapa 90 André NelesNote: At that time, he was known simply as André. Atlético Mineiro won 4–2 on aggregate. Semi-finals First leg 22 November 2000 9:40 PM River Plate ARG 1–4 BRA Vasco da Gama Cardetti 71 22 Romário32 Júnior Baiano51Juninho Paulista65Pedrinho 22 November 2000 10:15 PM Palmeiras BRA 4–1 BRA Atlético Mineiro Tuta 1 43 Paulo Turra 3 Basílio 78 64 pen. Cláudio Caçapa Second leg 28 November 2000 Atlético Mineiro BRA 0–2 BRA Palmeiras 46 Tuta87 Juninho Palmeiras won 6–1 on aggregate. 30 November 2000 Vasco da Gama BRA 1–0 ARG River Plate Juninho Paulista 46 Vasco da Gama won 5–1 on aggregate. Final First leg 6 December 2000 Vasco da Gama BRA 2–0 BRA Palmeiras Juninho Pernambucano 45Romário 77 Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro 25,000 Márcio Rezende de Freitas BRA Second leg 12 December 2000 Palmeiras BRA 1–0 BRA Vasco da Gama Neném 21 Parque Antárctica, São Paulo 20,000 Oscar Roberto Godói BRA Since Vasco won the first leg and Palmeiras won the second leg, a third leg had to be played. Final 20 December 2000 9:45 PM Palmeiras BRA 3–4 BRA Vasco da Gama Arce 36 pen.Magrão 37 Tuta 45+1 59 pen. 69 pen. 93 Romário86 Juninho Paulista Parque Antárctica, São Paulo 30,000 Márcio Rezende de Freitas BRA 2000 Copa Mercosur WinnerBRA 100pxVasco da GamaFirst Title References External links 2000 Copa Mercosur Category:Copa Mercosur 3