Copa Merconorte 2001

The Copa Merconorte 2001 was an association football tournament in 2001 and the last Copa Merconorte to be held. Millonarios of Colombia beat Emelec of Ecuador 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

footballbox
date = August 1
team1 = Kansas City Wizards flagicon|United States
goals1 = Onandi Lowe 7'
score = 1–2
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=3&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Peru Sporting Cristal
goals2 = Erick Torres 31'
Gastón Córdoba 79'
stadium = Kansas City, Missouri----footballbox
date = August 8
team1 = Santos Laguna flagicon|Mexico
score = 4–2
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=5&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|United States Kansas City Wizards
goals1 = Héctor Altamirano 28' (pen)
Robson Luiz 36'
Eduardo Lillingston 83' (pen)
Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 84'
goals2 = Matt McKeon 53'
Roy Lassiter 88'
stadium = Torreón, Mexico----footballbox
date = August 14
team1 = Santos Laguna flagicon|Mexico
goals1 = Jared Borgetti 20', 59'
Luis Ramón Romero 49'
score = 3–1
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=8&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Ecuador Barcelona
goals2 = Nicolás Asencio 56'
stadium = Torreón, Mexico----footballbox
date = August 21
team1 = Barcelona flagicon|Ecuador
score = 2–2
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=9&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Peru Sporting Cristal
goals1 = Máximo Tenorio 3'
Moreno Carlos Alfaro 56'
goals2 = Jean Ferrari 24'
Jorge Soto 76'
stadium = Guayaquil, Ecuador----footballbox
date = August 29
team1 = Barcelona flagicon|Ecuador
score = 2–3
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=15&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|United States Kansas City Wizards
goals1 = Carlos Alfaro Moreno 13'
Fricson George 76'
goals2 = Roy Lassiter 31'
Chris Brown 46', 50'
stadium = Guayaquil, Ecuador----footballbox
date = September 12
team1 = Sporting Cristal flagicon|Peru
score = 2–1
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=19&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|United States Kansas City Wizards
goals1 = Luis Bonnet 23', 25'
goals2 = Onandi Lowe 40'
stadium = Estadio Nacional
Lima, Peru----footballbox
date = September 20
team1 = Santos Laguna flagicon|Mexico
score = 3–0
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=24&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Peru Sporting Cristal
goals1 = Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 17'
Rodrigo Ruiz 72'
Eduardo Fabián Lillingston 78'
goals2 =
stadium = Torreón, Mexico----footballbox
date = October 10
team1 = Barcelona flagicon|Ecuador
score = 1–3
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=31&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Mexico Santos Laguna
goals1 = Carlos Alfaro Moreno 10'
goals2 = Jared Borgetti 62', 64'
Eduardo Fabián Lillingston 89'
stadium = Guayaquil, Ecuador----footballbox
date = October 17
team1 = Kansas City Wizards flagicon|United States
score = 1–1
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=34&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Ecuador Barcelona
goals1 = Roy Lassiter 32'
goals2 = Clovis Bento da Cruz 41'
stadium = Kansas City, Missouri----footballbox
date = October 23
team1 = Sporting Cristal flagicon|Peru
score = 2–1
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=36&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Mexico Santos Laguna
goals1 = Piero Alva 38', 59'
goals2 = Johan Rubén Rodríguez 21'
stadium = Estadio Nacional
Lima, Peru----footballbox
date = November 21
team1 = Kansas City Wizards flagicon|United States
score = 0–1
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=47&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Mexico Santos Laguna
goals1 =
goals2 = Eduardo Lillingston 12'
stadium = Kansas City, Missouri----footballbox
date = November 22
team1 = Sporting Cristal flagicon|Peru
score = 2–2
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=48&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Ecuador Barcelona
goals1 = Gastón Córdoba 83'
Diego Martínez 92'+
goals2 = Clovis Bento da Cruz 44'
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 86'
stadium = Estadio Nacional
Lima, Peru

Group D

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date = August 9
team1 = Atlético Nacional flagicon|Colombia
goals1 = Juan David Restrepo 18'
Oscar Restrepo 78'
Néstor Fabián Salazar 85'
score = 3–0
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=6&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Peru Universitario
goals2 =
stadium = Medellín, Colombia----footballbox
date = August 22
team1 = Blooming flagicon|Bolivia
goals1 = Walter Otta 33', 71'
score = 2–3
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=11&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Peru Universitario
goals2 = Martín Vilallonga 44', 47'
Paolo Maldonado 57'
stadium = Santa Cruz, Bolivia----footballbox
date = August 30
team1 = Blooming flagicon|Bolivia
goals1 =
score = 0–2
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=16&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Colombia Atlético Nacional
goals2 = Gustavo Díaz 19'
Jorge Humberto Agudelo 45'
stadium = Santa Cruz, Bolivia----footballbox
date = September 13
team1 = Universitario flagicon|Peru
goals1 =
score = 0–0
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=20&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Ecuador Emelec
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Monumental
Lima, Peru----footballbox
date = September 18
team1 = Atlético Nacional flagicon|Colombia
goals1 =
score = 0–0
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=21&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Ecuador Emelec
goals2 =
stadium = Medellín, Colombia----footballbox
date = September 19
team1 = Universitario flagicon|Peru
goals1 = Sergio Ibarra 22'
Martín Vilallonga 68'
score = 2–0
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=23&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Bolivia Bloomin
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Monumental
Lima, Peru----footballbox
date = September 26
team1 = Emelec flagicon|Ecuador
goals1 = Walter Ayoví 3'
score = 1–0
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=27&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Peru Universitario
goals2 =
stadium = Guayaquil, Ecuador----footballbox
date = October 10
team1 = Universitario flagicon|Peru
goals1 = Luis Cordero 74'
Sergio Ibarra 90'
score = 2–1
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=30&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Colombia Atlético Nacional
goals2 = Diego Toro 55'
stadium = Estadio Monumental
Lima, Peru----footballbox
date = October 10
team1 = Blooming flagicon|Bolivia
goals1 =
score = 0–0
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=29&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Ecuador Emelec
goals2 =
stadium = Santa Cruz, Bolivia----footballbox
date = October 25
team1 = Atlético Nacional flagicon|Colombia
goals1 = José María Ocampo 48'
score = 1–0
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=39&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Bolivia Blooming
goals2 =
stadium = Medellín, Colombia----footballbox
date = October 28
team1 = Emelec flagicon|Ecuador
goals1 = Cristian Adrián Gómez 2'
Luis Hebertson Moreira 13'
Juan Ignacio Triviño 20'
Rafael Manosalvas 50'
score = 4–1
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=40&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Bolivia Blooming
goals2 = Diego Cabrera 15'
stadium = Guayaquil, Ecuador----footballbox
date = November 20
team1 = Emelec flagicon|Ecuador
goals1 = Otilino George Tenorio 29', 51'
Carlos Ramón Hidalgo 78'
score = 3–0
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=45&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Colombia Atlético Nacional
goals2 =
stadium = Guayaquil, Ecuador

emifinals

The semifinals consisted of two games between the Necaxa (winner of Group A) and Millonarios (winner of Group B), and two games between the Santos Laguna (winner of Group C) and Emelec (winner of Group D). Both series were decided in penalty kicks because the net of both games was a draw.

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date = November 20
team1 = Necaxa flagicon|Mexico
goals1 = Alfredo Moreno 9'
Diego Martínez 85'
Luis Roberto Alves 89'
score = 3–2
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=S&id=49&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Colombia Millonarios
goals2 = Carlos Gutierrez 25', 29'
stadium = Aguascalientes, Mexico----footballbox
date = November 27
team1 = Millonarios flagicon|Colombia
goals1 = Alexander Orrego 38'
Harold Rivera 64'
Juan Carlos Jaramillo 85'
score = 3–2

report= (pen 3–1)
[http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=S&id=51&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Mexico Necaxa
goals2 = Markus López 21'
Alfredo Moreno 28'
stadium = Bogotá, Colombia----footballbox
date = November 29
team1 = Santos Laguna flagicon|Mexico
goals1 = Robson Luiz 14',33'
Eduardo Fabián Lillingston 25'
Carlos Augusto Gomes De Oliveira 58'
score = 4–1
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=S&id=50&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Ecuador Emelec
goals2 = Otilino Tenorio 75'
stadium = Torreón, Mexico----footballbox
date = December 6
team1 = Emelec flagicon|Ecuador
goals1 = Otilino Tenorio 5', 13'
Carlos Hidalgo 24'
Luis Moreira 44'
score = 4–1
report= (pen 4–2)
[http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=S&id=50&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Mexico Santos Laguna
goals2 = Carlos Augusto Gomes De Oliveira 71'
stadium = Guayaquil, Ecuador

Finals

After tying both matches, Millonarios defended Emelec in penalty kicks.

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date = December 13
team1 = Millonarios flagicon|Colombia
goals1 = Carlos Castro 76'
score = 1–1
report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=Z&id=53&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Ecuador Emelec
goals2 = Otilino Tenorio 75'
stadium = Bogotá, Colombia----footballbox
date = December 20
team1 = Emelec flagicon|Ecuador
goals1 = Otilino Tenorio 50'
score = 1–1
report= (pen 1–3)
[http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=Z&id=54&slangab=S report]
team2 = flagicon|Colombia Millonarios
goals2 = Juan Carlos Jaramillo 29'
stadium = Guayaquil, Ecuador

Champion

External links

* [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_partidos.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&slangab=S 2001 Copa Merconorte game summaries]
* [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_estadisticas.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&slangab=S 2001 Copa Merconorte stats]