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2002 Copa Libertadores de América

2002 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América
Tournament details
Dates	5 February – 31 July
Teams	32 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Olimpia (3rd title)
Runners-up	São Caetano
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	347 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer	Rodrigo Mendes (10 goals)
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The 2002 Copa Libertadores de América was the 43rd edition of CONMEBOL's premier club football tournament. It was won by the Paraguayan club Olimpia; their third title.

First round

The first round of the Copa Libertadores drew 32 teams into eight groups of four; two of these teams came from the preliminary round. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top two in each group advanced to the second round.

Real Potosí, Talleres, Tuluá, 12 de Octubre and Monarcas Morelia made their debuts in this tournament.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SÃO	COB	CER	ALI
1	São Caetano	6	4	0	2	14	4	+10	12			3–0	0–1	4–0
2	Cobreloa	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12		2–1		3–0	5–0
3	Cerro Porteño	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10		1–3	3–0		2–0
4	Alianza Lima	6	0	1	5	1	16	−15	1		0–3	1–2	0–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GRE	CIE	OCT	ORI
1	Grêmio	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12			2–0	1–0	3–2
2	Cienciano	6	3	0	3	8	7	+1	9		2–1		3–0	2–0
3	12 de Octubre	6	3	0	3	5	7	−2	9		1–0	1–0		3–2
4	Oriente Petrolero	6	2	0	4	10	13	−3	6		2–4	3–1	1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PEÑ	NAC	SLA	REA
1	Peñarol	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12			3–0	1–0	4–0
2	El Nacional	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12		1–0		3–0	2–0
3	San Lorenzo	6	2	0	4	6	8	−2	6		0–2	1–0		5–1
4	Real Potosí	6	2	0	4	10	16	−6	6		6–1	2–4	1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AME	OLM	BOL	PAR
1	América de Cali	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	11			1–0	2–0	5–0
2	Olmedo	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	9		1–0		4–1	2–1
3	Bolívar	6	2	2	2	11	13	−2	8		1–1	2–0		5–5
4	Atlético Paranaense	6	1	2	3	10	15	−5	5		1–1	2–0	1–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MOR	NAC	VEL	SC
1	Morelia	6	4	2	0	15	7	+8	14			4–2	0–0	4–0
2	Nacional	6	3	2	1	13	12	+1	11		3–3		2–2	1–0
3	Vélez Sársfield	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8		2–3	0–1		1–0
4	Sporting Cristal	6	0	0	6	5	14	−9	0		0–1	3–4	2–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BOC	MON	SAN	EME
1	Boca Juniors	6	4	1	1	7	2	+5	13			2–0	0–0	1–0
2	Montevideo Wanderers	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10		0–2		3–1	3–1
3	Santiago Wanderers	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	9		1–0	1–1		2–1
4	Emelec	6	0	1	5	4	10	−6	1		1–2	0–1	1–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AME	RIV	TAL	TUL
1	América	6	5	1	0	9	2	+7	16			0–0	2–0	3–2
2	River Plate	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	9		0–1		0–0	2–0
3	Talleres	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5		0–1	1–1		2–1
4	Tuluá	6	1	0	5	9	16	−7	3		0–2	2–5	4–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		OLI	UCA	ONC	FLA
1	Olimpia	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11			1–1	3–2	2–0
2	Universidad Católica	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10		0–1		3–1	2–1
3	Once Caldas	6	3	0	3	10	11	−1	9		2–1	3–0		1–0
4	Flamengo	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	4		0–0	1–3	4–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	El Nacional	0	0	0
	Boca Juniors	0	2	2
							Boca Juniors	1	0	1
							Olimpia	1	1	2
	Cobreloa	0	1	1
	Olimpia	2	2	4
													Olimpia (p)	3	0	3 (5)
													Grêmio	2	1	3 (4)
	River Plate	1	0	1
	Grêmio	2	4	6
							Grêmio	1	1	2
							Nacional	0	1	1
	Nacional	1	0	1
	América	0	0	0
																			Olimpia (p)	0	2	2 (4)
																			São Caetano	1	1	2 (2)
	Montevideo Wanderers	2	2	4 (0)
	Peñarol (p)	2	2	4 (3)
							Peñarol	1	1	2 (1)
							São Caetano (p)	0	2	2 (3)
	Universidad Católica	1	1	2 (2)
	São Caetano (p)	1	1	2 (4)
													São Caetano	2	1	3
													América	0	1	1
	Olmedo	0	2	2
	Morelia	5	3	8
							Morelia	1	1	2
							América	2	2	4
	Cienciano	0	1	1
	América	1	4	5

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	4–1	Cobreloa	2–0	2–1
Universidad Católica	2–2 (2–4 p)	São Caetano	1–1	1–1
River Plate	1–6	Grêmio	1–2	0–4
Montevideo Wanderers	4–4 (0–3 p)	Peñarol	2–2	2–2
Nacional	1–0	América	1–0	0–0
Olmedo	2–8	Morelia	0–5	2–3
El Nacional	0–2	Boca Juniors	0–0	0–2
Cienciano	1–5	América	0–1	1–4

• The first leg match between Olimpia and Cobreloa played in Calama was suspended at the end of the first half due to crowd interference; a coin was thrown at the referee Ángel Sánchez and sustained an injury. At half-time the result was 1–1, but CONMEBOL awarded Olimpia a 2–0 victory and closed Cobreloa's stadium for a period of time.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Peñarol	2–2 (1–3 p)	São Caetano	1–0	1–2
Grêmio	2–1	Nacional	1–0	1–1
Morelia	2–4	América	1–2	1–2
Olimpia	2–1	Boca Juniors	1–1	1–0

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Caetano	3–1	América	2–0	1–1
Olimpia	3–3 (5–4 p)	Grêmio	3–2	0–1

Finals

Main article: 2002 Copa Libertadores Finals

24 July 2002

21:45 (UTC-3)

Olimpia	0–1	São Caetano
	(Report)[link removed]	Ailton 61'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

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31 July 2002

21:45 (UTC-3)

São Caetano	1–2	Olimpia
Ailton 31'	(Report)	Córdoba 49' Báez 59'
Penalties
Adãozinho Marcos Senna Marlon Serginho	2–4	Enciso Órteman López Caballero

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Copa Libertadores de América 2002 champion
Third title

External links

• 2002 Libertadores Cup in CONMEBOL's Website
• Copa Libertadores 2002 in RSSSF