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Tournament details
Dates21 February – 16 June
Teams21 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil Palmeiras (1st title)
Runners-upColombia Deportivo Cali
Tournament statistics
Matches played90
Goals scored257 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Víctor Bonilla (6 goals)
Brazil Fernando Baiano (6 goals)
Brazil Gauchinho (6 goals)
Venezuela Ruberth Morán (6 goals)
Uruguay Rubén Sosa (6 goals)
Colombia Martín Zapata (6 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Marcos[1]
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The 1999 Copa Libertadores was the 40th edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club championship. It was held between February 21 and June 16. Palmeiras became the champions after beating Deportivo Cali on penalties for the first time in their history.

First round

Twenty teams were distributed among five groups in the First Round; the top three of each group qualified to the playoff bracket. Vasco da Gama (winner of the previous edition of the tournament) received a bye to the playoff bracket.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Uruguay Nacional 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 12
2 Venezuela Estudiantes de Mérida 6 3 0 3 9 14 −5 9
3 Uruguay Bella Vista 6 2 1 3 9 6 +3 7
4 Mexico Monterrey 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 7
Source:[citation needed]


Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 6 2 3 1 6 3 +3 9
2 Colombia Deportivo Cali 6 3 0 3 4 8 −4 9
3 Argentina River Plate 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
4 Colombia Once Caldas 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 7
Source:[citation needed]


Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Brazil Corinthians 6 4 0 2 16 8 +8 12
2 Brazil Palmeiras 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 10
3 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6 2 1 3 14 20 −6 7
4 Paraguay Olimpia 6 1 2 3 11 15 −4 5
Source:[citation needed]


Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chile Universidad Católica 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11
2 Chile Colo Colo 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8
3 Peru Universitario 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7
4 Peru Sporting Cristal 6 0 5 1 7 8 −1 5
Source:[citation needed]


Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ecuador LDU Quito 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10
2 Ecuador Emelec 6 3 0 3 9 12 −3 9
3 Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 8
4 Bolivia Blooming 6 2 1 3 5 4 +1 7
Source:[citation needed]


Knockout stages

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                
Colombia Deportivo Cali 2 0 2
Chile Colo-Colo 0 1 1
Colombia Deportivo Cali 2 1 3
Uruguay Bella Vista 1 1 2
Uruguay Bella Vista 2 3 5
Chile U. Católica 2 1 3
Colombia Deportivo Cali 4 2 6
Paraguay Cerro Porteño 0 3 3
Ecuador Emelec 1 1 2
Venezuela Estudiantes 3 0 3
Venezuela Estudiantes 3 0 3
Paraguay Cerro Porteño 0 4 4
Paraguay Cerro Porteño 5 1 6
Uruguay Nacional 0 2 2
Colombia Deportivo Cali 1 1 2 (3)
Brazil Palmeiras 0 2 2 (4)
Argentina River Plate 1 0 1 (5)
Ecuador LDU Quito 0 1 1 (4)
Argentina River Plate 2 0 2
Argentina Vélez Sarsfield 0 1 1
Peru Universitario 0 0 0
Argentina Vélez Sarsfield 0 4 4
Argentina River Plate 1 0 1
Brazil Palmeiras 0 3 3
Brazil Palmeiras 1 4 5
Brazil Vasco da Gama 1 2 3
Brazil Palmeiras 2 0 2 (4)
Brazil Corinthians 0 2 2 (2)
Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann 1 2 3
Brazil Corinthians 1 5 6

Round of 16

First leg matches were played on April 14. Second leg matches were on April 20 and April 21.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cerro Porteño Paraguay 6–2 Uruguay Nacional 5–0 1–2
Universitario Peru 0–4 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 0–0 0–4
Jorge Wilstermann Bolivia 3–6 Brazil Corinthians 1–1 2–5
Bella Vista Uruguay 5–3 Chile Universidad Católica 2–2 3–1
River Plate Argentina 1–1 (5–4 pk) Ecuador LDU Quito 1–0 0–1
Emelec Ecuador 2–3 Venezuela Estudiantes 1–3 1–0
Deportivo Cali Colombia 2–1 Chile Colo Colo 2–0 0–1
Palmeiras Brazil 5–3 Brazil Vasco da Gama 1–1 4–2

Quarterfinals

First leg matches were played on May 5. Second leg matches were played on May 12.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate Argentina 2–1 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 2–0 0–1
Palmeiras Brazil 2–2 (4–2 pk) Brazil Corinthians 2–0 0–2
Estudiantes Venezuela 3–4 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 3–0 0–4
Deportivo Cali Colombia 3–2 Uruguay Bella Vista 2–1 1–1

Semi-finals

Main article: 1999 Copa Libertadores Semi-Finals

First leg matches were played on May 19. Second leg matches were played on May 26.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Cali Colombia 6–3 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 4–0 2–3
River Plate Argentina 1–3 Brazil Palmeiras 1–0 0–3

Finals

Main article: 1999 Copa Libertadores Finals

First leg match were played on June 2. Second leg match were played on June 16.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Cali Colombia 2–2 (3–4 pk) Brazil Palmeiras 1–0 1–2

Champion

 Copa Libertadores 1999 
Brazil
Palmeiras
First title

Broadcasting rights

Americas

References

  1. ^ "Conoce a los jugadores más valiosos de la Libertadores". 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
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