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The 2001 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 42nd in the tournament's history. It was held between February 6 and June 28. Boca Juniors emerged victorious, winning the Copa Libertadores for the fourth time in their history.

[edit] First Round

Teams in green qualified to the Round of 16
Teams in red were eliminated

[edit] Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Rosario Central	13	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9
Atlético Junior	10	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4
Vélez Sársfield	9	6	3	0	3	5	8	-3
Universitario	2	6	0	2	4	3	13	-10


February 6, 2001
Universitario	0–2	Vélez Sársfield	Lima
February 7, 2001
Atlético Junior	3–1	Rosario Central	Barranquilla
February 21, 2001
Rosario Central	6–0	Universitario	Rosario
February 22, 2001
Vélez Sársfield	2–0	Atlético Junior	Buenos Aires
March 8, 2001
Rosario Central	2–0	Vélez Sársfield	Rosario
March 15, 2001
Universitario	1–2	Atlético Junior	Lima
March 20, 2001
Universitario	1–1	Rosario Central	Lima
March 22, 2001
Atlético Junior	4–0	Vélez Sársfield	Barranquilla
April 4, 2001
Rosario Central	1–0	Atlético Junior	Rosario
April 5, 2001
Vélez Sársfield	1–0	Universitario	Buenos Aires
April 19, 2001
Atlético Junior	1–1	Universitario	Barranquilla
Vélez Sársfield	0–2	Rosario Central	Buenos Aires

[edit] Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Palmeiras	16	6	5	1	0	16	5	+11
Cerro Porteño	13	6	4	1	1	17	6	+11
Universidad de Chile	4	6	1	1	4	5	13	-8
Sport Boys	1	6	0	1	5	3	17	-14


February 8, 2001
Universidad de Chile	0–2	Cerro Porteño	Santiago
February 15, 2001
Cerro Porteño	3–1	Sport Boys	Asunción
February 27, 2001
Sport Boys	0–2	Universidad de Chile	Callao
March 8, 2001
Palmeiras	2–1	Universidad de Chile	São Paulo
March 14, 2001
Sport Boys	1–4	Palmeiras	Lima
March 22, 2001
Sport Boys	0–4	Cerro Porteño	Callao
April 4, 2001
Cerro Porteño	0–0	Palmeiras	Asunción
April 10, 2001
Cerro Porteño	6–0	Universidad de Chile	Asunción
April 11, 2001
Palmeiras	3–0	Sport Boys	São Paulo
April 18, 2001
Universidad de Chile	1–2	Palmeiras	Santiago
May 2, 2001
Universidad de Chile	1–1	Sport Boys	Santiago
Palmeiras	5–2	Cerro Porteño	São Paulo

[edit] Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nacional	14	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7
Deportes Concepción	7	6	2	1	3	8	8	0
San Lorenzo	7	6	2	1	3	9	10	-1
Jorge Wilstermann	6	6	2	0	4	7	13	-6


February 7, 2001
Jorge Wilstermann	4–2	San Lorenzo	Cochabamba
February 15, 2001
Nacional	3–0	Jorge Wilstermann	Montevideo
February 20, 2001
Deportes Concepción	0–0	Nacional	Concepción
March 1, 2001
San Lorenzo	2–1	Deportes Concepción	Buenos Aires
March 8, 2001
Jorge Wilstermann	2–1	Deportes Concepción	Cochabamba
March 13, 2001
Nacional	1–0	San Lorenzo	Montevideo
April 3, 2001
San Lorenzo	2–0	Jorge Wilstermann	Buenos Aires
April 11, 2001
Nacional	2–0	Deportes Concepción	Montevideo
April 17, 2001
Jorge Wilstermann	1–2	Nacional	Cochabamba
Deportes Concepción	3–2	San Lorenzo	Concepción
May 3, 2001
Deportes Concepción	3–0	Jorge Wilstermann	Concepción
San Lorenzo	1–1	Nacional	Buenos Aires

[edit] Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cruzeiro	16	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11
Emelec	9	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1
Olimpia	5	6	1	2	3	10	13	-3
Sporting Cristal	3	6	1	0	5	4	13	-9


February 13, 2001
Emelec	1–1	Olimpia	Guayaquil
February 22, 2001
Olimpia	1–0	Sporting Cristal	Asunción
March 1, 2001
Sporting Cristal	0–1	Emelec	Lima
March 13, 2001
Sporting Cristal	0–1	Cruzeiro	Lima
April 3, 2001
Cruzeiro	2–0	Emelec	Belo Horizonte
April 6, 2001
Olimpia	3–4	Cruzeiro	Asunción
April 10, 2001
Cruzeiro	5–0	Sporting Cristal	Belo Horizonte
April 12, 2001
Olimpia	2–2	Emelec	Asunción
April 17, 2001
Emelec	0–0	Cruzeiro	Guayaquil
April 18, 2001
Sporting Cristal	3–2	Olimpia	Lima
May 1, 2001
Emelec	3–1	Sporting Cristal	Guayaquil
Cruzeiro	3–1	Olimpia	Ipatinga

[edit] Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
River Plate	12	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7
El Nacional	9	6	3	0	3	8	9	-1
Guaraní	7	6	2	1	3	9	11	-2
The Strongest	7	6	2	1	3	10	14	-4


February 13, 2001
Guaraní	3–1	El Nacional	Asunción
February 22, 2001
River Plate	5–1	The Strongest	Buenos Aires
February 28, 2001
El Nacional	1–0	River Plate	Quito
March 1, 2001
The Strongest	1–1	Guaraní	La Paz
March 6, 2001
River Plate	4–0	Guaraní	Buenos Aires
March 13, 2001
El Nacional	3–1	Guaraní	Quito
April 5, 2001
The Strongest	4–1	River Plate	La Paz
April 10, 2001
El Nacional	2–1	The Strongest	Quito
April 17, 2001
Guaraní	4–1	The Strongest	Asunción
April 18, 2001
River Plate	2–0	El Nacional	Buenos Aires
May 3, 2001
Guaraní	0–1	River Plate	Asunción
The Strongest	2–1	El Nacional	La Paz

[edit] Group 6

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Vasco da Gama	18	6	6	0	0	16	5	+11
América de Cali	12	6	4	0	2	10	9	+1
Peñarol	4	6	1	1	4	7	10	-3
Deportivo Táchira	1	6	0	1	5	3	12	-9


February 13, 2001
Peñarol	1–2	América de Cali	Montevideo
February 22, 2001
Deportivo Táchira	0–0	Peñarol	San Cristóbal
February 27, 2001
América de Cali	3–0	Deportivo Táchira	Cali
March 6, 2001
América de Cali	2–1	Peñarol	Cali
March 14, 2001
América de Cali	0–3	Vasco da Gama	Cali
March 21, 2001
Deportivo Táchira	0–1	Vasco da Gama	San Cristóbal
April 5, 2001
Vasco da Gama	2–1	Peñarol	Rio de Janeiro
April 12, 2001
Vasco da Gama	4–1	América de Cali	Rio de Janeiro
April 18, 2001
Peñarol	3–1	Deportivo Táchira	Montevideo
April 21, 2001
Vasco da Gama	3–2	Deportivo Táchira	Rio de Janeiro
May 2, 2001
Deportivo Táchira	0–2	América de Cali	San Cristóbal
Peñarol	1–3	Vasco da Gama	Montevideo

[edit] Group 7

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cruz Azul	13	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5
São Caetano	8	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2
Defensor Sporting	7	6	2	1	3	8	11	-3
Olmedo	6	6	2	0	4	11	15	-4


February 14, 2001
Defensor Sporting	3–2	Olmedo	Montevideo
February 20, 2001
Cruz Azul	2–0	Defensor Sporting	Mexico City
February 27, 2001
Olmedo	2–3	Cruz Azul	Riobamba
March 6, 2001
São Caetano	1–1	Cruz Azul	São Caetano do Sul
March 7, 2001
Olmedo	4–2	Defensor Sporting	Riobamba
March 15, 2001
Olmedo	2–1	São Caetano	Riobamba
March 21, 2001
Cruz Azul	1–0	São Caetano	Mexico City
April 6, 2001
São Caetano	0–0	Defensor Sporting	São Caetano do Sul
April 12, 2001
Defensor Sporting	3–2	Cruz Azul	Montevideo
April 19, 2001
São Caetano	3–0	Olmedo	São Caetano do Sul
May 4, 2001
Cruz Azul	3–1	Olmedo	Mexico City
Defensor Sporting	0–1	São Caetano	Montevideo

[edit] Group 8

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Boca Juniors	15	6	5	0	1	7	5	+2
Cobreloa	10	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1
Deportivo Cali	9	6	3	0	3	13	8	+5
Oriente Petrolero	1	6	0	1	5	6	14	-8


February 14, 2001
Deportivo Cali	1–2	Cobreloa	Cali
February 21, 2001
Boca Juniors	2–1	Oriente Petrolero	Buenos Aires
February 28, 2001
Cobreloa	0–1	Boca Juniors	Calama
March 2, 2001
Oriente Petrolero	1–3	Deportivo Cali	Santa Cruz
March 7, 2001
Cobreloa	2–1	Oriente Petrolero	Calama
Boca Juniors	2–1	Deportivo Cali	Buenos Aires
March 20, 2001
Boca Juniors	1–0	Cobreloa	Buenos Aires
April 4, 2001
Cobreloa	2–1	Deportivo Cali	Calama
Oriente Petrolero	0–1	Boca Juniors	Santa Cruz
April 20, 2001
Deportivo Cali	4–1	Oriente Petrolero	Cali
May 2, 2001
Deportivo Cali	3–0	Boca Juniors	Cali
Oriente Petrolero	2–2	Cobreloa	Santa Cruz

[edit] Round of 16

First leg matches were played between May 5 and May 10. Second leg matches were played between May 15 and May 17.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cobreloa	3-4	Rosario Central	2-3	1-1
América de Cali	5-1	Nacional	2-0	3-1
São Caetano	1-1 (3-5 pk)	Palmeiras	1-0	0-1
El Nacional	2-6	Cruzeiro	1-2	1-4
Emelec	2-5	River Plate	2-0	0-5
Cerro Porteño	3-4	Cruz Azul	2-1	1-3
Deportes Concepción	1-4	Vasco da Gama	1-3	0-1
Junior	3-4	Boca Juniors	2-3	1-1

[edit] Quarterfinals

First leg matches were played on May 22 and May 23. Second leg matches were played on May 29 and May 30.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosario Central	3-3 (4-3 pk)	América de Cali	1-0	2-3
Palmeiras	5-5 (4-3 pk)	Cruzeiro	3-3	2-2
River Plate	0-3	Cruz Azul	0-0	0-3
Vasco da Gama	0-4	Boca Juniors	0-1	0-3

[edit] Semifinals

First leg matches were played on June 7. Second leg matches were played on June 13 and June 14.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruz Azul	5-3	Rosario Central	2-0	3-3
Boca Juniors	4-4 (3-2 pk)	Palmeiras	2-2	2-2

[edit] Final

Main article: 2001 Copa Libertadores Final

First leg match was played on June 20. Second leg match was played on June 28.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruz Azul	1-1 (1-3 pk)	Boca Juniors	0-1	1-0

[edit] Champion

Copa Libertadores 2001 Winners
Club Atlético Boca Juniors Fourth Title

[edit] References

CONMEBOL: Copa Toyota Libertadores 2001

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