The following article presents a summary of the 2000 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.
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The Apertura tournament was played in a two-round all-play-all system, with the champion being the team with the most points at the end of the two rounds.
Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Scored | Conceded | Points |
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1 | Olimpia | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 20 | 38 |
2 | Sol de América | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 32 |
3 | Guaraní | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 32 |
4 | 12 de Octubre | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 27 |
5 | San Lorenzo | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 27 |
6 | Cerro Porteño | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 26 |
7 | Sportivo Luqueño | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 23 |
8 | Atl. Colegiales | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 20 |
9 | Cerro Corá | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 16 |
10 | Universal | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 41 | 8 |
The Clausura tournament was played in a single all-play-all system. At the end, the top eight teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Clausura champion.
Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Scored | Conceded | Points |
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1 | Olimpia | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 16 |
2 | 12 de Octubre | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 15 |
3 | Cerro Porteño | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 14 |
4 | Guaraní | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
5 | Cerro Corá | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
6 | Atl. Colegiales | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
7 | Sol de América | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
8 | San Lorenzo | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 |
9 | Universal | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 |
10 | Sportivo Luqueño | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 3 |
The top eight teams qualified to this stage and were given bonus points based on their final standing in the table. Two groups of four teams were made, with the top two of each group advancing to a playoff stage.
Group A
Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Scored | Conceded | Bonus Points | Points |
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1 | Olimpia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | [3] | 18 |
2 | Guaraní | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | [1.5] | 11.5 |
3 | Atlético Colegiales | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | [0.5] | 5.5 |
4 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | [0] | 4 |
Group B
Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Scored | Conceded | Bonus Points | Points |
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1 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | [2] | 18 |
2 | 12 de Octubre | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | [2.5] | 14.5 |
3 | Sol de América | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | [0] | 5 |
4 | Cerro Corá | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | [1] | 2 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Olimpia | 2-2 (3 - 1 pen) |
12 de Octubre |
Cerro Porteño | 1-2 | Guaraní |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Olimpia | 4-1 | Guaraní | 1-0 | 3-1 |
Olimpia wins the Clausura tournament final by aggregate score of 4-1.
Since Olimpia won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments they were declared as the national champions and no playoff game was played.
To determine the second place an extra game between the Apertura runners-up (Sol de America) and the Clausura runners-up (Guarani) was played. Guaraní won the game and were declared runners-up of 2000 (aggregate score of 5-4; first leg 3-1 win by Sol, second leg 4-1 win by Guarani).
Four teams participated based on aggregate points during the year.
Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Scored | Conceded | Points |
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1 | 12 de Octubre | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
2 | Cerro Porteño | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
3 | Sol de América | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
4 | San Lorenzo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
Level | Tournament | Champion |
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2nd | Intermedia | Libertad |
3rd (G.A. teams) | Primera de Ascenso | General Caballero ZC |
3rd (interior teams) | UFI Champions Cup | 3 de Febrero (Ciudad del Este) |
4th (G.A. teams) | Segunda de Ascenso | Capitán Figari |
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