The Copa Merconorte 2001 was the fourth and final edition of association football tournament Copa Merconorte held in 2001. Millonarios of Colombia defeated Emelec of Ecuador in the final. It was the first edition to include teams invited from the United States, the Kansas City Wizards and NY/NJ MetroStars. Several fixtures for the MetroStars were cancelled following the September 11 attacks.
Participants CountryTeam(1 berth)Blooming(3 berths)América de CaliAtlético NacionalMillonarios(3 berths)Aucas Barcelona Emelec (3 berths)GuadalajaraNecaxaSantos Laguna (3 berths)Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal Universitario (2 berth)Kansas City WizardsMetroStars(1 berth)Deportivo Italchacao
Group stage Each team played the other teams in the group twice during the group stage. The first place team advanced to the second round.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Semifinals The semifinals consisted of two games between the Necaxa (winner of Group A) and Millonarios (winner of Group B), and two games between the Santos Laguna (winner of Group C) and Emelec (winner of Group D). Both series were decided in penalty kicks because the net of both games was a draw.
5–5 on aggregate, Millonarios won 3–1 on penalties
5–5 on aggregate, Emelec won 4–2 on penalties
Finals After tying both matches, Millonarios defeated Emelec in penalty kicks.
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerTeamTotal1 Otilino Tenorio Emelec72 Alfredo David Moreno Necaxa63 Wilson Cano Millonarios5 Eduardo Lillingston Santos Laguna55 Jared Borgetti Santos Laguna4 Carlos Alfaro Moreno Barcelona4 Luis Roberto Alves Necaxa4 Carlos Augusto Gomes Santos Laguna49 Róbson Luís Santos Laguna3 Raúl Duarte Aucas3 Roy Lassiter Kansas City Wizards3 Martín Vilallonga Universitario3 Luis Ernesto Pérez Necaxa3
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