Copa Mercosur 2000 Dates 1 August – 20 December 2000 Teams 20 (from 5 associations) Champions Vasco da Gama (1st title) Runners-up Palmeiras Matches played 75 Goals scored 239 (3.19 per match) Top scorer(s) Romário (11 goals)
International football competition
The Copa Mercosur 2000 was the 3rd staging of the international club cup.
The competition started on 1 August 2000 and concluded on 20 December 2000 with Vasco da Gama beating Palmeiras in the final.
Participants
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
Vasco da Gama won 5–1 on aggregate.
Palmeiras won 6–1 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
Final
References
^ Note: At that time, he was known simply as André.
External links
Copa CONMEBOL era, 1992–1999
Copa Merconorte era, 1998–2001
Seasons
Copa Mercosur era, 1998–2001
Seasons Finals