2000 Copa Merconorte

The Copa Merconorte 2000 was an association football tournament held in 2000. Atlético Nacional of Colombia beat Millonarios also of Colombia in the final.

Group stage

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

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Guadalajara	11	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5
El Nacional	9	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1
Estudiantes de Mérida	7	6	2	1	3	9	11	-2
América de Cali	5	6	1	2	3	3	7	-4

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Atlético Nacional	10	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2
L.D. Alajuelense	9	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2
Necaxa	7	6	1	4	1	5	5	+0
Alianza Lima	5	6	1	2	3	6	10	-4

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Millonarios	12	6	3	3	0	11	6	+5
Toluca	8	6	2	2	2	15	11	+4
Barcelona	6	6	1	3	2	6	10	-4
Universitario	5	6	1	2	3	7	12	-5

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Emelec	10	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1
Sporting Cristal	9	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4
Pachuca	9	6	3	0	3	6	7	-1
Oriente Petrolero	5	6	1	2	3	7	11	-4

Semifinals

First Leg

October 18	Guadalajara	1–1	Atlético Nacional	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
	Ruiz 75'		Aristizábal 73'

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October 19	Emelec	3–3	Millonarios	Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil
	Kenig 6' (pen), 52' Juarez 8'		Ramírez 4' Jiménez 20' Suárez 80'

Second Leg

October 25	Atlético Nacional	3–3	Guadalajara	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
	Muñoz 20',35' Aristizábal 54' (pen)	(pen 4–2)	Ruiz 24' Morales 43' Nava 90'

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October 26	Millonarios	2–0	Emelec	Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá
	Oscar Millán 12' Pérez 53'

Finals

First Leg

November 2	Millonarios	0–0	Atlético Nacional	Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá

Second Leg

November 9	Atlético Nacional	2–1	Millonarios	Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
	Moreno 8' Aristizábal 49'		Jiménez 56'

Champion

Copa Merconorte 2001 Winners
Atlético Nacional Second Title

External links

• 2000 Copa Merconorte game summaries
• 2000 Copa Merconorte stats