Copa CONMEBOL
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Founded | 1992 |
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Abolished | 1999 |
Region | South America (CONMEBOL) |
Number of teams | 16 |
Most successful club(s) | ![]() (2 titles) |
The Copa CONMEBOL (English: CONMEBOL Cup) was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for South American football clubs.[1] 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 played in this tournament. The tournament was played as a knockout cup. The tournament ended in 1999, following the expansion of Copa Libertadores to 32 teams. The Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte, which both started in 1998, replaced the Copa CONMEBOL, and the merger of those three cups transformed in the current Copa Sudamericana, being all of them the precursors of the cup.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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 was never won consecutively.[9][10]
Contents
Format
Qualification
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 the Recopa Sudamericana, the Copa de Oro and the Copa Master de CONMEBOL, albeit irregularly.
Tournament
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 a penalty shootout after full-time of the second leg, if necessary.
Finals
Winners
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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2 | 1 | 1992, 1997 | 1995 |
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1 | 1 | 1995 | 1998 |
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1 | 1 | 1996 | 1997 |
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1 | 0 | 1993 | |
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1 | 0 | 1994 | |
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1 | 0 | 1998 | |
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1 | 0 | 1999 |
See also
- Copa Sudamericana
- Copa Mercosur
- Copa Merconorte
- Copa Interamericana
- Copa Libertadores
- Copa Master de CONMEBOL
References
- ↑ RSSSF SOUTH AMERICAN COMPETITIONS- RSSSF Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ Historia de la Copa Conmebol en página oficial Conmebol.com CONMEBOL Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ↑ CONMEBOL Cup / UEFA Cup RSSSF Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ↑ Información sobre la Copa Conmebol infofutbolonline.com Retrieved May 18, 2010
- ↑ THE BEST CLUB OF SOUTH AMERICA RSSSF Retrieved January 9, 2014
- ↑ Globo Esporte Retrieved December 10, 2007
- ↑ Terra Brazil- Retrieved December 5, 2012
- ↑ Santander Fútbol- Retrieved July 16, 2012
- ↑ Bola na Área Copa Conmebol- Retrieved 18, May 2010.
- ↑ RSSSF SOUTH AMERICAN COMPETITIONS- Retrieved January 9, 2014
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