# 1997 Copa CONMEBOL

The 1997 Copa CONMEBOL was the sixth edition of CONMEBOL's annual club tournament. Teams that failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores played in this tournament. Eighteen teams from the ten South American football confederations qualified for this tournament. A preliminary round was played to narrow the teams down to sixteen for the first round. Atlético Mineiro defeated the defending champion Lanús in the finals.

## Qualified teams

Qualified teams :
| Colón | Estudiantes de Mérida | Lanús | Real Santa Cruz |
| The Strongest | Atlético Mineiro | Rio Branco | Vitória |
| Universidad de Chile | América de Cali | Deportes Tolima | Técnico Universitario |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Universitario | Danubio | Defensor Sporting |
| Unión Atlético Táchira | Portuguesa |

## Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Estudiantes de Mérida | 3–3 (3–4 p) | Unión Atlético Táchira | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Real Santa Cruz | 3–1 | The Strongest | 1–1 | 2–0 |

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Deportivo Táchira | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| América de Cali | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| América de Cali | 1 | 3 | 4 | América de Cali | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Portuguesa | 1 | 0 | 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético Mineiro | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético Mineiro | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Universitario | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Universitario | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Universitario | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Técnico Universitario | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Técnico Universitario | 0 | 0 | 0 | Universitario | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Deportes Tolima | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Deportes Tolima | 2 | 0 | 2 | Deportes Tolima | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Rio Branco | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rio Branco | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Atlético Mineiro | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lanús | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Real Santa Cruz | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lanús | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lanús | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lanús | 1 | 5 | 6 | Lanús | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Vitória | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Vitória | 2 | 4 | 6 | Vitória | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | Lanús | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Colón | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Defensor Sporting | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | Colón | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Danubio | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Danubio | 3 | 3 | 6 | Danubio | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Colón | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Universidad de Chile | 2 | 1 | 3 | Colón | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Colón | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Deportivo Táchira | 2–4 | América de Cali | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Deportes Tolima | 2–2 (3–1 p) | Rio Branco | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Universitario | 3–0 | Técnico Universitario | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Vitória | 6–1 | Sportivo Luqueño | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Real Santa Cruz | 1–6 | Lanús | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Portuguesa | 1–4 | Atlético Mineiro | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| Universidad de Chile | 3–3 (2–3 p) | Colón | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Defensor Sporting | 5–6 | Danubio | 3–3 | 2–3 |

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Colón | 2–2 (3–2 p) | Danubio | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Vitória | 2–3 | Lanús | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Deportes Tolima | 1–2 | Universitario | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Atlético Mineiro | 3–2 | América de Cali | 2–1 | 1–1 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Colón | 1–3 | Lanús | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Universitario | 0–6 | Atlético Mineiro | 0–2 | 0–4 |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Lanús | 2–5 | Atlético Mineiro | 1–4 | 1–1 |