Copa Mercosur

 ( Defunct Conmebol Club Competitions ) 

The Copa Mercosur (, , "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.

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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.

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

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

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Records and statistics

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List of finals

São Paulo

São Paulo

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Performances by club

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Performances by nation

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Top scorers

1998	Alex Fábio Júnior	6
1999	Romário	8
2000	Romário	11
2001	Bernardo Romeo	10

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See also

• Copa CONMEBOL
• Copa Merconorte
• Torneio Mercosul

• Copa Mercosur at RSSSF

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