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 de Almagro|San Lorenzo] beating Flamengo 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


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Group B


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Group C


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Group D


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Group E


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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.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Flamengo won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Corinthians won 3–2 on aggregate.
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San Lorenzo won 6–3 on aggregate.
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''Gremio won 2–0 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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

Final

First leg

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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''