The Copa CONMEBOL (, , both meaning CONMEBOL Cup) was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for South American football clubs.RSSSF SOUTH AMERICAN COMPETITIONS - RSSSF Retrieved January 9, 2014. During its time of existence, it was a very prestigious South American club football contest, similar to the UEFA Cup. Clubs qualified for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Teams that were not able to qualify for the Copa Libertadores would play in this tournament. The tournament was played as a knockout cup. The tournament ended in 1999, following the expansion of the Copa Libertadores to 32 teams.
The Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte - which both started in 1998 - replaced the Copa CONMEBOL, and the merger of those 3 cups would later transformed in the current Copa Sudamericana.Copa Conmebol at the official page of Conmebol.com CONMEBOL Retrieved May 18, 2010.CONMEBOL Cup / UEFA Cup RSSSF Retrieved May 18, 2010.Información sobre la Copa Conmebol infofutbolonline.com Retrieved May 18, 2010THE BEST CLUB OF SOUTH AMERICA RSSSF Retrieved January 9, 2014Globo Esporte Retrieved December 10, 2007Terra Brazil - Retrieved December 5, 2012Santander Fútbol - Retrieved July 16, 2012
The last champion of the competition was Talleres, while Atlético Mineiro is the most successful club in the cup history, having won the tournament two times. The cup was won by seven different clubs but it was never won consecutively.Bola na Área Copa Conmebol - Retrieved 18, May 2010.RSSSF SOUTH AMERICAN COMPETITIONS - Retrieved January 9, 2014
Format
Qualification Each national association was assigned a number of entries determined by CONMEBOL which changed slightly from one edition to another. The best teams from the previous season that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores through their league qualified for the Copa CONMEBOL. The tournament itself was played in two-legged knockout stages. The champion of the Copa CONMEBOL disputed the Recopa Sudamericana, the Copa de Oro and the Copa Master de CONMEBOL, albeit irregularly.
Tournament The tournament started in the first stage in which 16 clubs were paired in a series of two-legged knockout ties in the round of 16, the first of four stages that worked on a single elimination phase knockout system that culminated in the finals. During each stage of the tournament, ties were decided on points, followed by goal difference, away goals, then a penalty shootout after full-time of the second leg, if necessary.
Records and statistics List of finals
Year Winners1st.leg2nd.leg Runners-up Venue (1st leg) City (1st leg) Venue (2nd leg) City (2nd leg) Ref. 1992 Atlético Mineiro Olimpia Mineirão Belo Horizonte Estadio Manuel Ferreira Asunción 1993 Botafogo Peñarol Centenario Montevideo Maracanã Rio de Janeiro 1994 São Paulo Peñarol Morumbi São Paulo Centenario Montevideo 1995 Rosario Central Atlético Mineiro Mineirão Belo Horizonte Gigante de Arroyito Rosario 1996 Lanús Santa Fe La Fortaleza Lanús El Campín Bogotá 1997 Atlético Mineiro Lanús La Fortaleza Lanús Mineirão Belo Horizonte 1998 Santos Rosario Central Vila Belmiro Santos Gigante de Arroyito Rosario 1999 Talleres (C) CSA Rei Pelé Maceió Olímpico Córdoba
Performances by club
+Performance in the Copa CONMEBOL by clubClubTitlesRunners-upSeasons wonSeasons runner-up Atlético Mineiro211992, 19971995 Rosario Central1119951998 Lanús1119961997 Botafogo101993 São Paulo101994 Santos101998 Talleres101999 Peñarol0 21993, 1994 Olimpia0 11992 Santa Fe0 11996 CSA0 11999
Performances by nation +NationWinnerRunner-upTotal 5 2 7 3 2 5 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 Top scorers
YearPlayer (team)Goals1992 Aílton Delfino 61993 Sinval 81994 Juninho Tupãzinho (Corinthians)51995 Horacio Carbonari Rubén da Silva Álex Escobar 41996 Oscar Mena 51997 Valdir 71998 Carlos María Morales Viola 41999 Marcelo Araxá Missinho 4
See also Copa Sudamericana Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Copa Interamericana Copa Libertadores Copa Master de CONMEBOL
References
External links
CONMEBOL Cup at RSSSF Información sobre la Copa Conmebol Globo Esporte