2000 Copa Mercosur

Copa Mercosur 2000
Tournament details
Dates	1 August – 20 December 2000
Teams	20 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Vasco da Gama (1st title)
Runners-up	Palmeiras
Tournament statistics
Matches played	75
Goals scored	239 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Romário (11 goals)
	← 1999 2001 →

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

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 othe 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	14	6	4	2	0	10	5	+5
Flamengo	11	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7
Vélez Sarsfield	6	6	1	3	2	7	8	-1
Universidad de Chile	1	6	0	1	5	4	15	-11

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cruzeiro	13	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8
Palmeiras	11	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3
Independiente	7	6	2	1	3	9	10	-1
Universidad Católica	2	6	0	2	4	7	17	-10

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Rosario Central	13	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5
São Paulo	7	6	2	1	3	13	13	+0
Cerro Porteño	7	6	2	1	3	13	15	-2
Colo-Colo	7	6	2	1	3	6	9	-3

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Boca Juniors	12	6	3	3	0	15	8	+7
Nacional	9	6	2	3	1	8	8	+0
Olimpia	9	6	3	0	3	9	10	-1
Corinthians	2	6	0	2	4	7	13	-6

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Atlético Mineiro	13	6	4	1	1	13	10	+3
Vasco da Gama	10	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4
Peñarol	8	6	2	2	2	11	11	+0
San Lorenzo de Almagro	3	6	1	0	5	8	15	-7

Quarter-finals

First leg

31–10–2000

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

31–10–2000

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

01–11–2000

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

01–11–2000

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

Second leg

08–11–2000

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.

08–11–2000

Rosario Central	1 – 0	Vasco da Gama
Díaz 90'

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

08–11–2000

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

Palmeiras won 5–3 on aggregate.

07–11–2000

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

22–11–2000

9:40 PM

River Plate	1 – 4	Vasco da Gama
Cardetti 71'		22' Romário 32' Júnior Baiano 51'Juninho Paulista 65'Pedrinho

22–11–2000

10:15 PM

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

Second leg

30–11–2000

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

Vasco da Gama won 5–1 on aggregate.

28–11–2000

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

Palmeiras won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

06–12–2000

Vasco da Gama	2 – 0	Palmeiras
Juninho Pernambucano 45' Romário 77'

Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas

Second leg

12–12–2000

Palmeiras	1 – 0	Vasco da Gama
Neném 21'

Parque Antárctica, São Paulo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Oscar Roberto Godói

Final

20–12–2000

9:45 PM

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

Parque Antárctica, São Paulo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas

Copa Mercosur 2000 Winner

Vasco da Gama First Title

References

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

External links

- Copa Mercosur 2000

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

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