2001 Copa Mercosur
The Copa Mercosur 2001 was the 4th and final staging of the international club cup.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 July 2001 – 24 January 2002 | 
| Teams | 20 (from 5 associations) | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 73 | 
| Goals scored | 197 (2.7 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) | |
The competition started on 21 July 2001 and concluded on 24 January 2002 with San Lorenzo beating Flamengo in the final.[1]
Participants
    
| Country | Team | 
|---|---|
(6 berths)  | 
Boca Juniors | 
| Independiente | |
| River Plate | |
| San Lorenzo | |
| Talleres | |
| Vélez Sársfield | |
(7 berths)  | 
Corinthians | 
| Cruzeiro | |
| Flamengo | |
| Grêmio | |
| Palmeiras | |
| São Paulo | |
| Vasco da Gama | |
(3 berths)  | 
Colo-Colo | 
| Universidad Católica | |
| Universidad de Chile | |
(2 berths)  | 
Cerro Porteño | 
| Olimpia | |
(2 berths)  | 
Nacional | 
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | — | 
Source: CONMEBOL
| Universidad Católica  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Report | 
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| Vasco da Gama  | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
  | 
| Boca Juniors  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
Referee: 
 Wilson Souza Mendonça
| Cerro Porteño  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
Referee: 
 Oscar Sequeira
| Cerro Porteño  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Report | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Claudio Martín
| Universidad Católica  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Report | 
Referee: 
 Wagner Tardelli
| Cerro Porteño  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
  | 
| Vasco da Gama  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Report | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Gilberto Hidalgo
| Boca Juniors  | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
Referee: 
 Mario Sánchez
| Vasco da Gama  | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Report | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Daniel Giménez
| Boca Juniors  | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Antônio Pereira
Group B
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 15 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0[lower-alpha 1] | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 
Source: CONMEBOL
Notes:
Notes:
- 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.
 
| San Lorenzo  | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Report | 
| Olimpia  | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
| San Lorenzo  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
Referee: 
 Mario Sánchez
| Nacional  | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Horacio Elizondo
| San Lorenzo  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
Referee: 
 Wilson Souza Mendonça
| Flamengo  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Ubaldo Aquino
| Nacional  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
Referee: 
 Epifanio González
Group C
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | 0–2 | 4–1 | — | 1–1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 
Source: CONMEBOL
| Independiente  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Report | 
Referee: 
 Robert Troxler
| Colo Colo  | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Claudio Martín
| Corinthians  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Guido Aros
| Cruzeiro  | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
  | 
| Colo Colo  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Carlos Amarilla
| Cruzeiro  | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
  | 
| Corinthians  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
Referee: 
 Gabriel Brazenas
| Independiente  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Report | 
| Independiente  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Report | 
Referee: 
 Wilson Souza Mendonça
| Corinthians  | 2–4 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Report | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Wagner Tardelli
Group D
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | Advance to Quarterfinals | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | 1–4 | — | 4–2 | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 
Source: RSSSF.com
| São Paulo  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Referee: 
 Oscar Sequeira
| Peñarol  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
| Vélez Sársfield  | 1–4 | |
|---|---|---|
Referee: 
 Gabriel Brazenas
| São Paulo  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
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| Talleres  | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
| Peñarol  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Claudio Martín
| Peñarol  | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Ubaldo Aquino
Group E
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 14 | Advance to Quarterfinals | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 8 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 4–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 
Source: RSSSF.com
| River Plate  | 2–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad de Chile  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
  | 
Referee: 
 Byron Moreno
| Palmeiras  | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
| Grêmio  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
Referee: 
 Héctor Baldassi
| Grêmio  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Referee: 
 Epifanio González
| Universidad de Chile  | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Referee: 
 Roger Zambrano
| River Plate  | 3–3 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
Referee: 
 Carlos Chandía
| Universidad de Chile  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
  | 
Referee: 
 René Ortubé
| River Plate  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
Referee: 
 Saúl Feldmann
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 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | Advance to Quarterfinals | |
| 2 | C | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 3 | A | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | ||
| 4 | E | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | D | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | 
Source: RSSSF
Bracket
    
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | |||||||||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
    
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independiente  | 
0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | |
| Universidad Católica  | 
2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| San Lorenzo  | 
6–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | |
| Grêmio  | 
2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
First leg
    
| Universidad Católica  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
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  | 
Referee: 
 Daniel Giménez
| Grêmio  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
Referee: 
 Jorge Larrionda
Second leg
    
| Flamengo  | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
Referee: 
 Óscar Ruiz
Flamengo won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Corinthians  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
Referee: 
 Saúl Feldmann
Corinthians won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Cerro Porteño  | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
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 | 2–1 | 1–4 | |
| Flamengo  | 
2–2 (4–2 p) | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
Second leg
    
| San Lorenzo  | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
  | 
San Lorenzo won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Grêmio  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Penalties | ||
| 2–4 | ||
Referee: 
 Óscar Ruiz
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
| San Lorenzo  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
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| Penalties | ||
| 4–3 | 
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1-1 on aggregate, San Lorenzo won 4–3 on penalties
| Copa Mercosur 2001 Winner  | 
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San Lorenzo First title  | 
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