1997 Copa CONMEBOL

1997 Copa CONMEBOL
Tournament details
Teams 18 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Atlético Mineiro (2nd title)
Runners-up Lanús
Tournament statistics
Matches played 34
Top scorer(s) Valdir (7)

The 1997 Copa CONMEBOL was the sixth edition of CONMEBOL's annual club tournament. Teams that failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores played in this tournament. Eighteen teams from the ten South American football confederations qualified for this tournament. A preliminary round was played to narrow the teams down to sixteen for the first round. Atlético Mineiro defeated the defending champion Lanús in the finals.

Contents

Qualified teams

Qualified teams
Colón Estudiantes de Mérida LanúsTH Real Santa Cruz
The Strongest Atlético Mineiro Rio Branco Vitória
U. de Chile América Deportes Tolima Técnico Universitario
Sportivo Luqueño Universitario Danubio Defensor Sporting
Deportivo Táchira Portuguesa

Preliminary round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Estudiantes de Mérida 3–3 (3-4 p) Deportivo Táchira 1–0 2–3
Real Santa Cruz 3–1 The Strongest 1–1 2–0

Bracket

  First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                             
  Deportivo Táchira 1 1 2  
  América 1 3 4  
    América 1 1 2  
    Atlético Mineiro 2 1 3  
  Portuguesa 1 0 1
  Atlético Mineiro 4 0 4  
    Atlético Mineiro 2 4 6  
    Universitario 0 0 0  
  Universitario 3 0 3  
  Téc. Universitario 0 0 0  
    Universitario 0 2 2
    Deportes Tolima 1 0 1  
  Deportes Tolima 2 0 2
  Rio Branco 1 1 2  
    Atlético Mineiro 4 1 5
    Lanús 1 1 2
  Real Santa Cruz 1 0 1  
  Lanús 1 5 6  
    Lanús 0 3 3
    Vitória 1 1 2  
  Vitória 2 4 6
  Sportivo Luqueño 0 1 1  
    Lanús 2 1 3
    Colón 0 1 1  
  Defensor Sporting 3 2 5  
  Danubio 3 3 6  
    Danubio 1 1 2
    Colón 1 1 2  
  U. de Chile 2 1 3
  Colón 1 2 3  

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Deportivo Táchira 2–4 América 1–1 1–3
Deportes Tolima 2–2 (3-1 p) Rio Branco 2–1 0–1
Universitario 3–0 Técnico Universitario 3–0 0–0
Vitória 6–1 Sportivo Luqueño 2–0 4–1
Real Santa Cruz 1–6 Lanús 1–1 0–5
Portuguesa 1–4 Atlético Mineiro 1–4 0–0
U. de Chile 3–3 (2-3 p) Colón 2–1 1–2
Defensor Sporting 5–6 Danubio 3–3 2–3

Quarterfinals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Colón 2–2 (3-2 p) Danubio 1–1 1–1
Vitória 2–3 Lanús 1–0 1–3
Deportes Tolima 1–2 Universitario 1–0 0–2
Atlético Mineiro 3–2 América 2–1 1–1

Semifinals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Colón 1–3 Lanús 0–2 1–1
Universitario 0–6 Atlético Mineiro 0–2 0–4

Finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Lanús 2–5 Atlético Mineiro 1–4 1–1

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