2000 Copa Merconorte

Copa Merconorte 2000

Tournament details
Dates	4 July – 9 November 2000
Teams	16 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Nacional (2nd title)
Runners-up	Millonarios
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	148 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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 (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		GUA	NAC	EST	AME
1	Guadalajara	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11	Advance to Semifinals		—	1–0	4–0	1–1
2	El Nacional	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9			3–3	—	2–1	1–0
3	Estudiantes de Mérida	6	2	1	3	9	11	−2	7			2–3	1–1	—	3–0
4	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		ATL	ALA	NEC	ALI
1	Atlético Nacional	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Advance to Semifinals		—	2–0	0–0	4–1
2	Alajuelense	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9			3–0	—	2–2	2–1
3	Necaxa	6	1	4	1	5	5	0	7			2–1	1–1	—	0–0
4	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		MIL	TOL	BAR	UNI
1	Millonarios	6	3	3	0	11	6	+5	12	Advance to Semifinals		—	5–5	1–1	1–0
2	Toluca	6	2	2	2	15	11	+4	8			0–0	—	4–0	4–1
3	Barcelona	6	1	3	2	6	10	−4	6			0–2	2–0	—	1–1
4	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		EME	CRI	PAC	ORI
1	Emelec	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10	Advance to Semifinals		—	1–0	1–0	2–1
2	Sporting Cristal	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4	9			2–2	—	2–1	5–1
3	Pachuca	6	3	0	3	6	7	−1	9			1–0	1–0	—	2–1
4	Oriente Petrolero	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	5			0–0	1–1	3–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

First leg

October 18

Guadalajara	1–1	Atlético Nacional
Ruiz 75'		Aristizábal 73'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

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October 19

Emelec	3–3	Millonarios
Kenig 6' (pen), 52' Juarez 8'		Ramírez 4' Jiménez 20' Suárez 80'

Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil

Second leg

October 25

Atlético Nacional	3–3	Guadalajara
Muñoz 20',35' Aristizábal 54' (pen)	(pen 4–2)	Ruiz 24' Morales 43' Nava 90'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

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October 26

Millonarios	2–0	Emelec
Oscar Millán 12' Pérez 53'

Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá

Finals

First leg

November 2

Millonarios	0–0	Atlético Nacional

Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá

Second leg

November 9

Atlético Nacional	2–1	Millonarios
Moreno 8' Aristizábal 49'		Jiménez 56'

Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Champion

Copa Merconorte 2000 Winners
Atlético Nacional Second Title

External links

• 2000 Copa Merconorte game summaries^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• 2000 Copa Merconorte stats