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 CountryTeam(6 berths)Boca JuniorsIndependienteRiver PlateRosario CentralSan LorenzoVélez Sársfield(7 berths) Atlético Mineiro Corinthians Cruzeiro Flamengo 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
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
River Plate won 6–4 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate, Vasco da Gama won 5–4 on penalties.
Palmeiras won 5–3 on aggregate.
Atlético Mineiro won 4–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Palmeiras won 6–1 on aggregate.
Vasco da Gama won 5–1 on aggregate. Final
First leg
Second leg
Since Vasco won the first leg and Palmeiras won the second leg, a third leg had to be played.
Final
2000 Copa Mercosur WinnerVasco da GamaFirst Title
References
External links 2000 Copa Mercosur