2000 Copa Merconorte

Copa Merconorte 2000
Tournament details
Dates4 July – 9 November 2000
Teams16 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsColombia Atlético Nacional (2nd title)
Runners-upColombia Millonarios
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored148 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia León Darío Muñoz (6)
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Copa Merconorte was the 3rd edition of association football tournament Copa Merconorte held in 2000. Atlético Nacional of Colombia beat another Colombian club, Millonarios, in the final.

Participants

Country Team
 Bolivia
(1 berth) 		The Strongest
 Colombia
(3 berths) 		América de Cali
Atlético Nacional
Millonarios
Costa Rica Costa Rica
(1 berth) 		Alajuelense
 Ecuador
(3 berths) 		Barcelona
El Nacional
Emelec
 Mexico
(4 berths) 		Guadalajara
Necaxa
Pachuca
Toluca
 Peru
(3 berths) 		Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
 Venezuela
(1 berth) 		Estudiantes de Mérida

Group stage

Each team played the other teams in the group twice during the group stage. The first placed team advanced to the second round.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico GUA Ecuador NAC Venezuela EST Colombia AME
1 Mexico Guadalajara 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11 Advance to Semifinals — 1–0 4–0 1–1
2 Ecuador El Nacional 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9 3–3 — 2–1 1–0
3 Venezuela Estudiantes de Mérida 6 2 1 3 9 11 −2 7 2–3 1–1 — 3–0
4 Colombia América de Cali 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5 1–0 0–0 1–2 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Colombia ATL Costa Rica ALA Mexico NEC Peru ALI
1 Colombia Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 Advance to Semifinals — 2–0 0–0 4–1
2 Costa Rica Alajuelense 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9 3–0 — 2–2 2–1
3 Mexico Necaxa 6 1 4 1 5 5 0 7 2–1 1–1 — 0–0
4 Peru Alianza Lima 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5 2–3 1–1 1–0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Colombia MIL Mexico TOL Ecuador BAR Peru UNI
1 Colombia Millonarios 6 3 3 0 11 6 +5 12 Advance to Semifinals — 5–5 1–1 1–0
2 Mexico Toluca 6 2 2 2 15 11 +4 8 0–0 — 4–0 4–1
3 Ecuador Barcelona 6 1 3 2 6 10 −4 6 0–2 2–0 — 1–1
4 Peru Universitario 6 1 2 3 7 12 −5 5 0–2 3–2 2–2 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Ecuador EME Peru CRI Mexico PAC Bolivia ORI
1 Ecuador Emelec 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 Advance to Semifinals — 1–0 1–0 2–1
2 Peru Sporting Cristal 6 2 3 1 10 6 +4 9 2–2 — 2–1 5–1
3 Mexico Pachuca 6 3 0 3 6 7 −1 9 1–0 1–0 — 2–1
4 Bolivia Oriente Petrolero 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 0–0 1–1 3–1 —
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinals

First leg

Guadalajara Mexico1–1Colombia Atlético Nacional
Ruiz 75' Aristizábal 73'
Emelec Ecuador3–3Colombia Millonarios
Kenig 6' (pen), 52'
Juarez 8'		 Ramírez 4'
Jiménez 20'
Suárez 80'

Second leg

Atlético Nacional Colombia3–3Mexico Guadalajara
Muñoz 20',35'
Aristizábal 54' (pen)		 (pen 4–2) Ruiz 24'
Morales 43'
Nava 90'
MillonariosColombia2–0Ecuador Emelec
Oscar Millán 12'
Pérez 53'

Finals

First leg

MillonariosColombia0–0Colombia Atlético Nacional

Second leg

Atlético NacionalColombia2–1Colombia Millonarios
Moreno 8'
Aristizábal 49'		 Jiménez 56'

Champion

Copa Merconorte
2000 Winners
Colombia
Atlético Nacional
Second Title