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Copa Mercosur

The trophy awarded to champions
Organizing body	CONMEBOL
Founded	1998
Abolished	2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Region	South America
Number of teams	20
Related competitions	Copa Merconorte
Most successful club(s)	Palmeiras Flamengo Vasco San Lorenzo (1 title each)
Television broadcasters	PSN

The Copa Mercosur (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkopa meɾkoˈsuɾ], Portuguese: Copa Mercosul [ˈkɔpɐ meʁkoˈsuw], "Mercosur Cup") was a football competition played from 1998 to 2001 by the traditional top clubs from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile. The competition was created by CONMEBOL to generate TV money to the participating teams, but it went beyond and ended up, together with the Copa Merconorte, as natural replacement to the CONMEBOL Cup. These two, Copa Merconorte and Copa Mercosur, were replaced in 2002 by the Copa Sudamericana.

Format

Twenty teams played in the tournament. The teams were divided in five groups of four teams each and the matches were played in two legs. The group winners and the best three runners-up qualified for the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals, the semifinals were played in two legs. In 1998 and 2000 the finals were played in three legs. In 1999 and 2001 the finals were played in two legs.

Final venues

Throughout the brief history of the competition a total of five venues were used to host the final series:

Belo Horizonte	São Paulo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Buenos Aires
Mineirão	Estádio Palestra Itália	Maracanã Stadium	Estádio São Januário	Estadio Pedro Bidegain
Capacity: 61,800	Capacity: 27,600	Capacity: 78,800	Capacity: 24,500	Capacity: 48,000

List of champions

Finals

Keys

• aet: after extra time
• p: defined on penalty shoot-out
•   Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
•   Match playoff after the series ended tied on aggregate
•   Defined on penalty shoot-out in the second leg

Year	Winners	1st. leg	2nd. leg	Playoff/ Agg.	Runners-up	Venue (1st leg)	City (1st leg)	Venue (2nd leg)	City (2nd leg)	Venue (Playoff)	City (Playoff)
1998	Palmeiras	1–2	3–1	1–0	Cruzeiro	Mineirão	Belo Horizonte	Palestra Itália	São Paulo	Palestra Itália	São Paulo
1999	Flamengo	4–3	3–3	–	Palmeiras	Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro	Palestra Itália	São Paulo	–	–
2000	Vasco da Gama	2–0	0–1	4–3	Palmeiras	São Januário	Rio de Janeiro	Palestra Itália	São Paulo	Palestra Itália	São Paulo
2001	San Lorenzo	0–0	1–1	4–3 (p)	Flamengo	Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro	Pedro Bidegain	Buenos Aires	–	–

Performances

By club

Team	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Palmeiras	1	2	1998	1999, 2000
Flamengo	1	1	1999	2001
San Lorenzo	1	0	2001	—
Vasco da Gama	1	0	2000	—
Cruzeiro	0	1	—	1998

By country

Country	Won	Runners-Up	Winning Clubs	Runners-Up
Brazil	3	4	Flamengo (1); Palmeiras (1); Vasco da Gama (1)	Palmeiras (2); Flamengo (1); Cruzeiro (1)
Argentina	1	0	San Lorenzo (1)	—

Top scorers

Year	Player (team)	Goals
1998	Alex (Palmeiras) Fábio Júnior (Cruzeiro)	6
1999	Romário (Flamengo)	8
2000	Romário (Vasco da Gama)	11
2001	Bernardo Romeo (San Lorenzo)	10

See also

• Copa CONMEBOL
• Copa Merconorte
• Torneio Mercosul

References

• Copa Mercosur at RSSSF

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Brazil (CBF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Copa do Brasil Supercopa do Brasil
Chile (FFC)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-17) Primera División Copa Chile Supercopa de Chile
Colombia (FCF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera A Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana
Ecuador (FEF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team Serie A Copa Ecuador Supercopa Ecuador
Paraguay (APF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Paraguay Supercopa Paraguay
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