# 2001 Copa Mercosur

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.

## Participants

| Country | Team |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Boca Juniors |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Independiente |
| Argentina (6 berths) | River Plate |
| Argentina (6 berths) | San Lorenzo |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Talleres |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Vélez Sársfield |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Corinthians |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Cruzeiro |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Flamengo |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Grêmio |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Palmeiras |
| Brazil (7 berths) | São Paulo |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Vasco da Gama |
| Chile (3 berths) | Colo-Colo |
| Chile (3 berths) | Universidad Católica |
| Chile (3 berths) | Universidad de Chile |
| Paraguay (2 berths) | Cerro Porteño |
| Paraguay (2 berths) | Olimpia |
| Uruguay (2 berths) | Nacional |
| Uruguay (2 berths) | Peñarol |

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CER | UCA | VAS | BOC |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FLA | SLA | NAC | OLI |
| 1 | Flamengo | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 15 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Nacional | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |
* ↑ Flamengo v Olimpia match was awarded 2–0 win to Flamengo due to Olimpia being temporarily suspended due to a legal dispute with the Paraguayan FA.

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | COR | IND | CRU | COL |
| 1 | Corinthians | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Independiente | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | | 0–2 | 4–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Colo Colo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TAL | VEL | SPA | PEÑ |
| 1 | Talleres | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | Advance to Quarterfinals | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Vélez Sársfield | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | | 1–4 | — | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Peñarol | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GRE | RIV | PAL | UNI |
| 1 | Grêmio | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 14 | Advance to Quarterfinals | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | River Plate | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 8 | | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Universidad de Chile | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 4 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — |

### 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.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | San Lorenzo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | C | Independiente | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | A | Universidad Católica | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | E | River Plate | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 8 | |
| 5 | D | Vélez Sársfield | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Flamengo | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Independiente | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Independiente | 0 | 0 | 0 | Flamengo (p) | 2 | 0 | 2 (4) | | | | |
| | | | | Grêmio | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | | | | |
| Grêmio | 0 | 2 | 2 | Grêmio | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | | | | |
| Talleres | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Talleres | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Flamengo | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) |
| | | | | | | | | San Lorenzo (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (4) |
| Corinthians | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | San Lorenzo (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (4) |
| Universidad Católica | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Universidad Católica | 2 | 0 | 2 | Corinthians | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | San Lorenzo | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| San Lorenzo | 4 | 2 | 6 | San Lorenzo | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| Cerro Porteño | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Independiente | 0–4 | Flamengo | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Universidad Católica | 2–3 | Corinthians | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| San Lorenzo | 6–3 | Cerro Porteño | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Grêmio | 2–0 | Talleres | 0–0 | 2–0 |

### 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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Corinthians | 3–5 | San Lorenzo | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Flamengo | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Grêmio | 2–2 | 0–0 |

### Second leg

San Lorenzo won 5–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate, Flamengo won 4–2 on penalties

## Final
### 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
* Copa Mercosur 2001 Winner
* San Lorenzo First title