Copa CONMEBOL

Founded	1992
Region	South America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams	16 (First round) 14, 16 or 18 (total)
Most successful club	Atlético Mineiro (2)

The Copa CONMEBOL (English: CONMEBOL Cup) was an annual football tournament played between 1992 and 1999. It was the South American equivalent of the European UEFA Cup. It replaced the Supercopa Sudamericana which featured past Copa Libertadores champions. Teams that were not able to qualify for the Copa Libertadores played in this tournament. The tournament was played as a knockout cup. Six of the eight editions were played with sixteen teams whilst one was played with eighteen, featuring a preliminary round, and another with fourteen teams. The title was won by seven different teams and twice by Atlético Mineiro. All of the champions were from Argentina and Brazil. The tournament ended in 1999, following the expansion of Copa Libertadores to 32 teams. The Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte, which both started in 1998, replaced the Copa CONMEBOL, and the merger of those 3 cups transformed in the current Copa Sudamericana^{[1][2][3][4][5]}.

Contents 1 Format 2 Finals 3 Titles by team 4 Championships by country 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Format

The tournament was played in four rounds as a knockout cup. Six of the eight editions were played with sixteen teams. One edition was played with eighteen which featured a preliminary round. Another edition was played with fourteen teams as Uruguay decided not to send any teams.

[edit] Finals

Season	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue
1992 Details	Atlético Mineiro	2–0	Olimpia	Estadio Mineirão
		0–1		Estadio Defensores del Chaco
	Atlético Mineiro won 2–1 on aggregate
1993 Details	Botafogo	1–1	Peñarol	Estadio Centenario
		2–2		Estádio do Maracanã
	2–2 on points, aggregate 3–3, Botafogo won 3-1 in a penalty shootout *
1994 Details	São Paulo	6–1	C.A. Peñarol	Estádio do Morumbi
		0–3		Estadio Centenario
	São Paulo won 6–4 on aggregate
1995 Details	Rosario Central	0–4	Atlético Mineiro	Estadio Mineirão
		4–0		Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
	3–3 on points, aggregate 4–4, Rosario Central won 4-3 in a penalty shootout *
1996 Details	Lanús	2–0	Santa Fe	La Fortaleza
		0–1		Estadio Nemesio Camacho
	Lanús won 2–1 on aggregate
1997 Details	Atlético Mineiro	4–1	Lanús	La Fortaleza
		1–1		Estadio Mineirão
	Atlético Mineiro won 5–2 on aggregate
1998 Details	Santos	1–0	Rosario Central	Estádio Vila Belmiro
		0–0		Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
	Santos won 1–0 on aggregate
1999 Details	Talleres	2–4	Alagoano	Estádio Rei Pelé
		3–0		Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras
	Talleres won 5–4 on aggregate

[edit] Titles by team

Team	Country	Titles
Atlético Mineiro	Brazil	2 titles
Botafogo	Brazil	1 title
Lanús	Argentina	1 title
Rosario Central	Argentina	1 title
Santos	Brazil	1 title
São Paulo	Brazil	1 title
Talleres	Argentina	1 title

[edit] Championships by country

• Brazil 5 times
• Argentina 3 times

[edit] See also

• Copa Sudamericana
• Copa Mercosur
• Copa Merconorte
• International club competition records
• Copa Interamericana

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• CONMEBOL Cup at RSSSF
• Diario On Line "Edición Nacional"
• "Breve historia de la Copa Sudamericana"
• Información sobre la Copa Conmebol
• Globo Esporte

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