The 2000 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 41st in the tournament's history. It was held between February 15 and June 21. Thirty-two teams participated in this event.

Contents 1 First round 1.1 Group 1 1.2 Group 2 1.3 Group 3 1.4 Group 4 1.5 Group 5 1.6 Group 6 1.7 Group 7 1.8 Group 8 2 Round of 16 3 Quarterfinals 4 Semifinals 5 Final 6 Champion 7 References

[edit] First round

• Teams in green qualified to the next round
• Teams in red were eliminated

[edit] Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Atlético Paranaense	16	6	5	1	0	11	2	+9
Nacional	10	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1
Alianza Lima	5	6	1	2	3	7	12	-5
Emelec	2	6	0	2	4	3	8	-5

February 16, 2000
Alianza Lima	0–3	Atlético Paranaense	Lima
February 23, 2000
Emelec	0–2	Nacional	Guayaquil
February 29, 2000
Alianza Lima	2–1	Emelec	Lima
March 8, 2000
Nacional	2–0	Alianza Lima	Montevideo
March 9, 2000
Atlético Paranaense	1–0	Emelec	Curitiba
March 15, 2000
Nacional	1–3	Atlético Paranaense	Montevideo
March 22, 2000
Nacional	1–0	Emelec	Montevideo
Atlético Paranaense	2–1	Alianza Lima	Curitiba
April 4, 2000
Emelec	0–0	Atlético Paranaense	Guayaquil
April 5, 2000
Alianza Lima	2–2	Nacional	Lima
April 12, 2000
Emelec	2–2	Alianza Lima	Guayaquil
Atlético Paranaense	2–0	Nacional	Curitiba

[edit] Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Boca Juniors	13	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9
Peñarol	9	6	2	3	1	12	9	+3
Blooming	7	6	2	1	3	9	17	-8
Universidad Católica	4	6	1	1	4	10	14	-4

February 22, 2000
Universidad Católica	1–1	Peñarol	Santiago
February 23, 2000
Blooming	1–0	Boca Juniors	Santa Cruz
March 2, 2000
Peñarol	2–1	Blooming	Montevideo
Boca Juniors	2–1	Universidad Católica	Buenos Aires
March 9, 2000
Blooming	3–1	Universidad Católica	Santa Cruz
March 16, 2000
Peñarol	0–0	Boca Juniors	Montevideo
March 22, 2000
Boca Juniors	6–1	Blooming	Buenos Aires
April 5, 2000
Peñarol	5–1	Universidad Católica	Montevideo
April 12, 2000
Universidad Católica	1–3	Boca Juniors	Santiago
April 13, 2000
Blooming	3–3	Peñarol	Santiago
April 19, 2000
Universidad Católica	5–0	Blooming	Santiago
Boca Juniors	3–1	Peñarol	Buenos Aires

[edit] Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Corinthians	13	6	4	1	1	17	9	+8
CF América	10	6	3	1	2	15	9	+6
Olimpia	8	6	2	2	2	13	17	-4
Liga Deportiva Universitaria	2	6	0	2	4	3	13	-10

February 16, 2000
CF América	2–0	Corinthians	Mexico City
February 22, 2000
Liga Deportiva Universitaria	0–1	Olimpia	Quito
March 1, 2000
Olimpia	3–1	CF América	Asunción
March 3, 2000
Corinthians	6–0	Liga Deportiva Universitaria	São Paulo
March 14, 2000
CF América	1–0	Liga Deportiva Universitaria	Mexico City
Olimpia	2–2	Corithians	Asunción
April 5, 2000
Corinthians	2–1	CF América	São Paulo
Olimpia	1–1	Liga Deportiva Universitaria	Asuncion
April 11, 2000
Liga Deportiva Universitaria	0–2	Corinthians	Quito
April 12, 2000
CF América	8–2	Olimpia	Mexico City
April 19, 2000
Liga Deportiva Universitaria	2–2	CF América	Quito
Corinthians	5–4	Olimpia	São Paulo

[edit] Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
River Plate	9	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2
Atlas	8	6	2	2	2	13	10	+3
Universidad de Chile	8	6	2	2	2	10	10	0
Atlético Nacional	7	6	2	1	3	11	16	-5

February 23, 2000
Atlas	1–1	River Plate	Guadalajara
Universidad de Chile	4–0	Atlético Nacional	Santiago
February 29, 2000
Atlético Nacional	2–3	Atlas	Medellin
March 1, 2000
River Plate	3–1	Universidad de Chile	Buenos Aires
March 8, 2000
Atlas	0–0	Universidad de Chile	Guadalajara
Atlético Nacional	1–1	River Plate	Medellin
March 15, 2000
River Plate	3–2	Atlas	Buenos Aires
March 16, 2000
Atlético Nacional	4–1	Universidad de Chile	Medellin
March 22, 2000
Atlas	5–1	Atlético Nacional	Guadalajara
April 6, 2000
Universidad de Chile	1–1	River Plate	Santiago
April 20, 2000
Universidad de Chile	3–2	Atlas	Santiago
River Plate	2–3	Atlético Nacional	Buenos Aires

[edit] Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Junior	12	6	4	0	2	7	4	+3
Cerro Porteño	10	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3
San Lorenzo	8	6	2	2	2	10	9	+1
Universitario	4	6	1	1	4	2	9	-7

February 17, 2000
Cerro Porteño	1–0	Junior	Asuncion
February 22, 2000
San Lorenzo	3–0	Universitario	Buenos Aires
March 2, 2000
Universitario	1–0	Cerro Porteño	Lima
Junior	3–1	San Lorenzo	Barranquilla
March 7, 2000
San Lorenzo	2–2	Cerro Porteño	Buenos Aires
March 9, 2000
Junior	1–0	Universitario	Barranquilla
March 15, 2000
Junior	2–0	Cerro Porteño	Barranquilla
March 16, 2000
Universitario	1–1	San Lorenzo	Lima
March 21, 2000
Cerro Porteño	3–0	Universitario	Asuncion
San Lorenzo	2–0	Junior	Buenos Aires
April 6, 2000
Universitario	0–1	Junior	Lima
Cerro Porteño	3–1	San Lorenzo	Asuncion

[edit] Group 6

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
América de Cali	16	6	5	1	0	20	10	+10
Rosario Central	9	6	2	3	1	19	17	+2
Sporting Cristal	4	6	1	1	4	9	13	-4
Atlético Colegiales	4	6	1	1	4	10	18	-8

February 22, 2000
Atlético Colegiales	2–5	América de Cali	Ciudad del Este
Rosario Central	3–1	Sporting Cristal	Rosario
March 7, 2000
Sporting Cristal	3–0	Atlético Colegiales	Lima
América de Cali	5–3	Rosario Central	Bogota
March 14, 2000
América de Cali	3–1	Sporting Cristal	Bogota
Rosario Central	4–2	Atlético Colegiales	Rosario
March 22, 2000
América de Cali	2–1	Atlético Colegiales	Bogota
March 23, 2000
Sporting Cristal	3–3	Rosario Central	Rio de Janeiro
April 4, 2000
Atlético Colegiales	2–1	Sporting Cristal	Luque
Rosario Central	3–3	América de Cali	Rosario
April 19, 2000
Sporting Cristal	0–2	América de Cali	Lima
Atlético Colegiales	3–3	Rosario Central	Luque

[edit] Group 7

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Palmeiras	10	6	3	1	2	16	10	+6
El Nacional	10	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3
Juventude	7	6	2	1	3	8	12	-4
The Strongest	7	6	2	1	3	10	15	-5

February 15, 2000
Palmeiras	4–0	The Strongest	São Paulo
February 16, 2000
Juventude	1–0	El Nacional	Caxias do Sul
March 8, 2000
The Strongest	5–1	Juventude	La Paz
March 16, 2000
El Nacional	3–1	Palmeiras	Quito
March 21, 2000
El Nacional	0–0	The Strongest	Quito
Palmeiras	3–0	Juventude	São Paulo
April 6, 2000
El Nacional	2–0	Juventude	Quito
The Strongest	4–2	Palmeiras	La Paz
April 12, 2000
Juventude	4–0	The Strongest	Caxias do Sul
April 13, 2000
Palmeiras	4–1	El Nacional	São Paulo
April 20, 2000
The Strongest	1–4	El Nacional	La Paz
Juventude	2–2	Palmeiras	Caxias do Sul

[edit] Group 8

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bolívar	10	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3
Atlético Mineiro	9	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2
Bella Vista	8	6	2	2	2	8	5	+3
Cobreloa	6	6	1	3	2	7	15	-8

February 17, 2000
Atlético Mineiro	1–0	Bolívar	Belo Horizonte
February 24, 2000
Bella Vista	1–1	Cobreloa	Maldonado
March 1, 2000
Bolívar	1–0	Bella Vista	La Paz
March 9, 2000
Cobreloa	1–0	Atlético Mineiro	Calama
March 14, 2000
Cobreloa	3–3	Bolívar	Calama
Atlético Mineiro	2–1	Bella Vista	Belo Horizonte
March 22, 2000
Cobreloa	1–1	Bella Vista	Calama
Bolívar	4–0	Atlético Mineiro	La Paz
April 4, 2000
Bella Vista	4–0	Bolívar	Maldonado
April 5, 2000
Atlético Mineiro	6–0	Cobreloa	Belo Horizonte
April 18, 2000
Bolívar	4–1	Cobreloa	La Paz
Bella Vista	1–0	Atlético Mineiro	Maldonado

[edit] Round of 16

First leg matches were played between May 2 and May 4. Second leg matches were played between May 9 and May 11.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	2-2 (5-3 pk)	Atlético Paranaense	1-0	1-2
El Nacional	3-5	Boca Juniors	0-0	3-5
Rosario Central	5-5 (3-4 pk)	Corinthians	3-2	2-3
River Plate	5-0	Cerro Porteño	4-0	1-0
Atlas	5-1	Junior	2-0	3-1
CF América	5-3	América de Cali	2-1	3-2
Peñarol	3-3 (2-3 pk)	Palmeiras	2-0	1-3
Nacional	3-3 (3-5 pk)	Bolívar	3-0	0-3

[edit] Quarterfinals

First leg matches were played on May 17 and May 18. Second leg matches were played between May 23 and May 25.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	2-3	Corinthians	1-1	1-2
River Plate	2-4	Boca Juniors	2-1	0-3
Atlas	2-5	Palmeiras	0-2	2-3
CF América	4-1	Bolívar	2-0	2-1

[edit] Semifinals

First leg matches were played on May 30 and May 31. Second leg matches were played between June 6 and June 7.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boca Juniors	5-4	CF América	4-1	1-3
Corinthians	6-6 (4-5 pk*)	Palmeiras	4-3	2-3

• ¹ To Palmeiras : Marcelo, Roque Júnior, Alex, Asprilla e Junior. All scored.

To Corinthians : Ricardinho, Fábio Luciano, Eduardo, Índio e Marcelinho. The first four players scored and Marcos saved Marcelinho's penalty.

[edit] Final

First leg match was played on June 14. Second leg match was played on June 21.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boca Juniors	2-2 (4-2 pk)	Palmeiras	2-2	0-0

[edit] Champion

Copa Libertadores 2000 Winners
Club Atlético Boca Juniors Third Title

[edit] References

• CONMEBOL: Copa Toyota Libertadores 2000

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