1997 Copa CONMEBOL

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	Valdir (7)
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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.

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

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

	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

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

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

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

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