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2000 Copa Mercosur
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Copa Mercosur |
| size | |
| dates | 1 August – 20 December 2000 |
| num_teams | 20 |
| associations | 5 |
| champion_other | BRA Vasco da Gama |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | BRA Palmeiras |
| matches | 75 |
| goals | 239 |
| top_scorer | BRA Romário (11 goals) |
| prevseason | [1999](1999-copa-mercosur) |
| nextseason | [2001](2001-copa-mercosur) |
| year | 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
| Country | Team |
|---|---|
| Argentina | |
| (6 berths) | Boca Juniors |
| Independiente | |
| River Plate | |
| Rosario Central | |
| San Lorenzo | |
| Vélez Sársfield | |
| (7 berths) | Atlético Mineiro |
| Corinthians | |
| Cruzeiro | |
| Flamengo | |
| Palmeiras | |
| São Paulo | |
| Vasco da Gama | |
| (3 berths) | Colo-Colo |
| Universidad Católica | |
| Universidad de Chile | |
| Paraguay | |
| (2 berths) | Cerro Porteño |
| Olimpia | |
| (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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Quarter-finals
First leg
Ortega
Tuta Magrão Sorín
Capria
Second leg
Aimar Cardetti Ortega Juan Petković
River Plate won 6–4 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate, Vasco da Gama won 5–4 on penalties.
Arce
Palmeiras won 5–3 on aggregate.
André Neles
Atlético Mineiro won 4–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Júnior Baiano Juninho Paulista Pedrinho
Paulo Turra
Basílio
Second leg
Juninho Palmeiras won 6–1 on aggregate. ----{{football box Vasco da Gama won 5–1 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Romário
Second leg
Since Vasco won the first leg and Palmeiras won the second leg, a third leg had to be played.
Final
Magrão
Tuta
Juninho Paulista
| 2000 Copa Mercosur Winner |
|---|
| BRA |
| **Vasco da Gama** |
| **First Title** |
References
References
- Note: At that time, he was known simply as André.
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