1997 Copa CONMEBOL

The 1997 Copa CONMEBOL was the sixth edition of CONMEBOL's annual club tournament. Teams that failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores played in this tournament. Eighteen teams from the ten South American football confederations qualified for this tournament. A preliminary round was played to narrow the teams down to sixteen for the first round. Atlético Mineiro defeated the defending champion Lanús in the finals.

1997 Copa CONMEBOL

Tournament details
Teams	18 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Mineiro (2nd title)
Runners-up	Lanús
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Top scorer(s)	Valdir (7)
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Qualified teams

Qualified teams
Colón	Estudiantes de Mérida	Lanús	Real Santa Cruz
The Strongest	Atlético Mineiro	Rio Branco	Vitória
Universidad de Chile	América de Cali	Deportes Tolima	Técnico Universitario
Sportivo Luqueño	Universitario	Danubio	Defensor Sporting
Unión Atlético Táchira	Portuguesa

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Estudiantes de Mérida	3–3 (3-4 p)	Unión Atlético Táchira	1–0	2–3
Real Santa Cruz	3–1	The Strongest	1–1	2–0

Bracket

	First round						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Deportivo Táchira	1	1	2
	América de Cali	1	3	4
							América de Cali	1	1	2
							Atlético Mineiro	2	1	3
	Portuguesa	1	0	1
	Atlético Mineiro	4	0	4
													Atlético Mineiro	2	4	6
													Universitario	0	0	0
	Universitario	3	0	3
	Técnico Universitario	0	0	0
							Universitario	0	2	2
							Deportes Tolima	1	0	1
	Deportes Tolima	2	0	2
	Rio Branco	1	1	2
																			Atlético Mineiro	4	1	5
																			Lanús	1	1	2
	Real Santa Cruz	1	0	1
	Lanús	1	5	6
							Lanús	0	3	3
							Vitória	1	1	2
	Vitória	2	4	6
	Sportivo Luqueño	0	1	1
													Lanús	2	1	3
													Colón	0	1	1
	Defensor Sporting	3	2	5
	Danubio	3	3	6
							Danubio	1	1	2
							Colón	1	1	2
	Universidad de Chile	2	1	3
	Colón	1	2	3

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Táchira	2–4	América de Cali	1–1	1–3
Deportes Tolima	2–2 (3–1 p)	Rio Branco	2–1	0–1
Universitario	3–0	Técnico Universitario	3–0	0–0
Vitória	6–1	Sportivo Luqueño	2–0	4–1
Real Santa Cruz	1–6	Lanús	1–1	0–5
Portuguesa	1–4	Atlético Mineiro	1–4	0–0
Universidad de Chile	3–3 (2–3 p)	Colón	2–1	1–2
Defensor Sporting	5–6	Danubio	3–3	2–3

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Colón	2–2 (3–2 p)	Danubio	1–1	1–1
Vitória	2–3	Lanús	1–0	1–3
Deportes Tolima	1–2	Universitario	1–0	0–2
Atlético Mineiro	3–2	América de Cali	2–1	1–1

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Colón	1–3	Lanús	0–2	1–1
Universitario	0–6	Atlético Mineiro	0–2	0–4

Finals

Main article: 1997 Copa CONMEBOL Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lanús	2–5	Atlético Mineiro	1–4	1–1

External links

• CONMEBOL 1997 at RSSSF
• CONMEBOL 1997 at CONMEBOL Official Website