Soccer: Mercosur Cup, Summary and Data

Information about the Mercosur Cup with the last 10 winners of the competition, the teams with the most trophies won in the history of the tournment and an index to every final played.

Copa Mercosur (English: Mercosur Cup, Portuguese: Copa Mercosul) was a competition played from 1998 to 2001 by the traditional top clubs from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Twenty teams played in the tournament. The teams were divided in five groups of four teams each. The matches were played in two legs. The group winners and the best three runners-up qualified for the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals, the semifinals were played in two legs. In 1998 and 2000 the finals were played in three legs. In 1999 and 2001 the finals were played in two legs.

The competition was created by CONMEBOL to generate TV money to the participating teams, but it went beyond and ended up as a natural replacement to CONMEBOL Cup. It was later replaced by Copa Sudamericana in 2002.

Years: 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998