The Copa Mercosur 2001 was the 4th and last season of the Copa Mercosur, CONMEBOL's club tournament.
The competition started on 21 July 2001 and concluded on 24 January 2002 with San Lorenzo beating Flamengo in the final.– Copa Mercosur 2001 on the RSSSF
Participants CountryTeam(6 berths)Boca JuniorsIndependienteRiver PlateSan LorenzoTalleresVélez Sársfield(7 berths) Corinthians Cruzeiro FlamengoGrêmio Palmeiras São PauloVasco da Gama(3 berths)Colo-ColoUniversidad CatólicaUniversidad de Chile(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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Ranking of second place teams The three best second-place teams from the five groups advanced to the quarterfinals along with the five group winners.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Flamengo won 4–0 on aggregate.
Corinthians won 3–2 on aggregate.
San Lorenzo won 6–3 on aggregate.
Gremio won 2–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
San Lorenzo won 5–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate, Flamengo won 4–2 on penalties
Final
First leg
Second leg Originally scheduled for Dec 19 but postponed to January 24, 2002 due to social unrest in Argentina
1–1 on aggregate, San Lorenzo won 4–3 on penalties
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