2001 Copa Libertadores

2001 Copa Libertadores de América
2001 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América; 2001 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	6 February – 28 June
Teams	32 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Boca Juniors (4th title)
Runners-up	Cruz Azul
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	378 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lopes (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Juan Román Riquelme
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The 2001 Copa Libertadores de América was the 42nd edition of CONMEBOL's premier club football tournament. The winners were Boca Juniors, beating Mexican club Cruz Azul in the finals on penalties and lifting its fourth Copa Libertadores trophy.

First round

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:

superior goal difference;
higher number of goals scored;
higher number of away goals scored;
draw.

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

Group 1

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 7

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 8

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout phase

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

Deportes Concepción	1	0	1
				Vasco da Gama	0	0	0

				Boca Juniors	1	3	4
Boca Juniors	3	1	4

Junior	2	1	3