The Copa CONMEBOL (English: CONMEBOL Cup ) was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was a very prestigious South American club football contest, similar to the UEFA Cup . Clubs qualified for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Teams that were not able to qualify for the Copa Libertadores would play in this tournament. The tournament was played as a knockout cup. The tournament ended in 1999, following the expansion of the Copa Libertadores to 32 teams.
5-465: The Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte -which both started in 1998- replaced the Copa CONMEBOL, and the merger of those 3 cups would later transformed in the current Copa Sudamericana . The last champion of the competition was Talleres , while Atlético Mineiro is the most successful club in the cup history, having won the tournament two times. The cup was won by seven different clubs but it
10-412: A penalty shootout after full-time of the second leg, if necessary. Copa Mercosur The Copa Mercosur ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkopa meɾkoˈsuɾ] , Portuguese : Copa Mercosul [ˈkɔpɐ meʁkoˈsuw] , "Mercosur Cup") was a football competition played from 1998 to 2001 by the traditional top clubs from Brazil , Argentina , Paraguay , Uruguay and Chile . The competition
15-638: The Recopa Sudamericana , the Copa de Oro and the Copa Master de CONMEBOL , albeit irregularly. The tournament started in the first stage in which 16 clubs were paired in a series of two-legged knockout ties in the round of 16, the first of four stages that worked on a single elimination phase knockout system that culminated in the finals. During each stage of the tournament, ties were decided on points, followed by goal difference, away goals, then
20-638: Was created by CONMEBOL to generate TV money to the participating teams, but it went beyond and ended up, together with the Copa Merconorte , as natural replacement to the CONMEBOL Cup . These two, Copa Merconorte and Copa Mercosur, were replaced in 2002 by the Copa Sudamericana . Twenty teams played in the tournament. The teams were divided in five groups of four teams each and the matches were played in two legs. The group winners and
25-480: Was never won consecutively. Each national association was assigned a number of entries determined by CONMEBOL which changed slightly from one edition to another. The best teams from the previous season that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores through their league qualified for the Copa CONMEBOL. The tournament itself was played in two-legged knockout stages. The champion of the Copa CONMEBOL disputed
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