2001 Copa Libertadores

The first round of the Copa Libertadores drew 32 teams into eight groups of four; two of these teams came from a preliminary round involving two Mexican clubs and two Venezuelan clubs. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. Teams receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking:

1. superior goal difference;
2. higher number of goals scored;
3. higher number of away goals scored;
4. draw.

The top two in each group advanced to the second round.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rosario Central	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	13
Junior	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
Vélez Sársfield	6	3	0	3	5	8	−3	9
Universitario	6	0	2	4	3	13	−10	2

Source:

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Palmeiras	6	5	1	0	16	5	+11	16
Cerro Porteño	6	4	1	1	17	6	+11	13
Universidad de Chile	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4
Sport Boys	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1

Source:

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nacional	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7	14
Concepción	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7
San Lorenzo	6	2	1	3	9	10	−1	7
Jorge Wilstermann	6	2	0	4	7	13	−6	6

Source:

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cruzeiro	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11	16
Emelec	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
Olimpia	6	1	2	3	10	13	−3	5
Sporting Cristal	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	3

Source:

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
River Plate	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12
El Nacional	6	3	0	3	8	9	−1	9
Guaraní	6	2	1	3	9	11	−2	7
The Strongest	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4	7

Source:

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vasco da Gama	6	6	0	0	16	5	+11	18
América	6	4	0	2	10	9	+1	12
Peñarol	6	1	1	4	7	10	−3	4
Deportivo Táchira	6	0	1	5	3	12	−9	1

Source:

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cruz Azul	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13
São Caetano	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8
Defensor Sporting	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7
Olmedo	6	2	0	4	11	15	−4	6

Source:

Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Boca Juniors	6	5	0	1	7	5	+2	15
Cobreloa	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
Deportivo Cali	6	3	0	3	13	8	+5	9
Oriente Petrolero	6	0	1	5	6	14	−8	1

Source:

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. If teams are tied on points and goals after both legs (180 minutes of play), a penalty shootout is carried out.

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	Rosario Central	3	1	4
	Cobreloa	2	1	3
							Rosario Central	1	2	3 (4)
							América	0	3	3 (3)
	Nacional	0	1	1
	América	2	3	5
													Rosario Central	0	3	3
												Cruz Azul	2	3	5
	River Plate	0	5	5
	Emelec	2	0	2
							River Plate	0	0	0
							Cruz Azul	0	3	3
	Cruz Azul	1	3	4
	Cerro Porteño	2	1	3
																		Cruz Azul	0	1	1 (1)
																			Boca Juniors	1	0	1 (3)
	Palmeiras	0	1	1 (5)
	São Caetano	1	0	1 (3)
							Palmeiras	3	2	5 (4)
							Cruzeiro	3	2	5 (3)
	Cruzeiro	2	4	6
	El Nacional	1	1	2
													Palmeiras	2	2	4 (2)
												Boca Juniors	2	2	4 (3)
	Vasco da Gama	3	1	4
	Concepción	1	0	1
							Vasco da Gama	0	0	0
							Boca Juniors	1	3	4
	Boca Juniors	3	1	4
	Junior	2	1	3

Finals

Main article: 2001 Copa Libertadores Finals

2001-06-20

19:30 (UTC-6)

Cruz Azul	0 – 1	Boca Juniors
	(Report)	Delgado  85'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 115,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

2001-06-28

21:30 (UTC-3)

Boca Juniors	0 – 1	Cruz Azul
	(Report)	Palencia  42'
Penalties
Riquelme Serna Delgado Bermúdez	3 – 1	Palencia Galdames Hernández Pinheiro

Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires

Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

• CONMEBOL: Copa Toyota Libertadores 2001