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 PointsPoints1Olimpia6501133182Guaraní631275[1.5]11.53Atlético Colegiales612359[0.5]5.54San Lorenzo61146144
Group B PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededBonus PointsPoints1Cerro Porteño651025518212 de Octubre6402710[2.5]14.53Sol de América6123111354Cerro Corá60155202
Semifinals
Clausura final
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 1 - 1 F Unknown N/A March 29, 2000 Estadio Nacional Jose Diaz Lima 2 - 0 WCQ 2002 - Report April 26, 2000 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción 1 - 0 WCQ 2002 Ayala Report June 3, 2000 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción 3 - 1 WCQ 2002 Toledo Brizuela , Report 2000-06-09 Sydney Football Stadium Sydney 0 - 0 F N/A 2000-06-12 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane 0 - 0 F N/A 2000-06-15 Etihad Stadium Melbourne 2 - 1 F Caceres N/A June 29, 2000 Estadio Nacional de Chile Santiago 3 - 1 WCQ 2002 Cardozo Report July 18, 2000 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción 2 - 1 WCQ 2002 Paredes Campos Report July 27, 2000 Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz 0 - 0 WCQ 2002 - Report August 16, 2000 River Plate Stadium Buenos Aires 1 - 1 WCQ 2002 Acuña Report September 2, 2000 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción 3 - 0 WCQ 2002 G. González Cardozo Paredes Report October 7, 2000 Estadio El Campín Bogotá 0 - 2 WCQ 2002 Santa Cruz Chilavert Report November 15, 2000 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción 5 - 1 WCQ 2002 Santa Cruz Del Solar (o.g.)Cardozo Paredes Chilavert (p.k.) Report
References Paraguay 2000 by Eli Schmerler, Andy Bolander and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF Diario ABC Color