# 2000 Copa Mercosur

The 2000 Copa Mercosur was the 3rd season of the Copa Mercosur, CONMEBOL's club tournament for countries in the southern part of the continent.
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

| Country | Team |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Boca Juniors |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Independiente |
| Argentina (6 berths) | River Plate |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Rosario Central |
| Argentina (6 berths) | San Lorenzo |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Vélez Sársfield |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Atlético Mineiro |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Corinthians |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Cruzeiro |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Flamengo |
| 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 | RIV | FLA | VEL | UC |
| 1 | River Plate | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 14 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 11 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Vélez Sársfield | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Universidad de Chile | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 1 | | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CRU | PAL | IND | CAT |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Independiente | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 2 | | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROS | SAO | CER | COL |
| 1 | Rosario Central | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 2 | São Paulo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 7 | | 1–0 | — | 4–4 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 7 | | 1–4 | 4–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Colo Colo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BOC | NAC | OLI | COR |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 12 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Nacional | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | | 3–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 | | 0–1 | 4–3 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIN | VAS | PEÑ | SAN |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 13 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Peñarol | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | | 2–2 | 4–3 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 3 | | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |

## Quarter-finals
### 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
### Second leg

Palmeiras won 6–1 on aggregate.
Vasco da Gama won 5–1 on aggregate.

## Final
### 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 Winner
* Vasco da Gama First Title