| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 31 July – 20 December 2001 |
| Teams | 16 (from 7 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Millonarios (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Emelec |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 50 |
| Goals scored | 146 (2.92 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Otilino Tenorio (7) |
The Copa Merconorte 2001 was an association football tournament in 2001 and the last Copa Merconorte to be held. Millonarios of Colombia defeated Emelec of Ecuador in the final.
| Country | Team |
|---|---|
 Bolivia (1 berth) | Blooming |
| Colombia (3 berths) | América de Cali |
| Atlético Nacional | |
| Millonarios | |
| Ecuador (3 berths) | Aucas |
| Barcelona | |
| Emelec | |
 Mexico (3 berths) | Guadalajara |
| Necaxa | |
| Santos Laguna | |
 Peru (3 berths) | Alianza Lima |
| Sporting Cristal | |
| Universitario | |
 United States (2 berth) | Kansas City Wizards |
| MetroStars | |
 Venezuela (1 berth) | Deportivo Italchacao |
Each team played the other teams in the group twice during the group stage. The first place team advanced to the second round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NEC | ADC | ALI | SDA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Necaxa | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 | Advance to Semifinals | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
| 2 | América de Cali | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 4–1 | ||
| 4 | Aucas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
| América de Cali | 1–1 | Alianza Lima |
|---|---|---|
Mafla  27' | Report | Quinteros 13' |
| Alianza Lima | 4–1 | Aucas |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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| Necaxa | 1–0 | América de Cali |
|---|---|---|
| Delgado 38' (pen.) | Report |
| Necaxa | 2–1 | Alianza Lima |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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| Alianza Lima | 1–2 | América de Cali |
|---|---|---|
| Eduardo Esidio 30' | report | Mafla 57' Garcia 64' |
| Alianza Lima | 0–3 | Necaxa |
|---|---|---|
| report | Moreno 40', 55', 66' |
| América de Cali | 1–3 | Necaxa |
|---|---|---|
| Mauricio Romero 89' | report | Luís Roberto Alves 4', 63' Martínez Diego Alfonso 65' |
| Aucas | 1–1 | Alianza Lima |
|---|---|---|
| Raúl Duarte 13' | report | Roberto Farfán 30' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | ITA | MET | GUA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millonarios | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Advance to Semifinals | — | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Deportivo Italchacao | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 12 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | MetroStars | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Guadalajara | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |
| MetroStars | 2–0 | Deportivo Italchacao |
|---|---|---|
| Adolfo Valencia 23' Mike Petke 47' | report |
| Guadalajara | 3–0 | Millonarios |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Antonio Ruiz 44' Juan Antonio Torres 60' Carlos Hermosillo 87' | report |
| Millonarios | 5–0 | Deportivo Italchacao |
|---|---|---|
| Wilson Cano 41' (pen), 64', 73' Alexander Orrego 49' Marcio Rodríguez 91' | report |
| Millonarios | 2–1 | MetroStars |
|---|---|---|
| Wilson Cano 1', 31' | report | Adolfo Valencia 69' |
| MetroStars | forfeit | Guadalajara |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Pts. |
| Deportivo Italchacao | 3–0 | Millonarios |
|---|---|---|
| Félix Hernánex 3' Fernando Martínez 65', 89' | report |
| Deportivo Italchacao | 2–1 | MetroStars |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Diez 62', 88' | report | Carlos García 58' (OG) |
| Guadalajara | forfeit | Deportivo Italchacao |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Pts. |
| Millonarios | forfeit | Guadalajara |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Pts. |
| Guadalajara | forfeit | MetroStars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Pts. |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAN | CRI | KAN | BAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santos Laguna | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 15 | Advance to Semifinals | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 | Kansas City Wizards | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Barcelona | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | — |
| Kansas City Wizards | 1–2 | Sporting Cristal |
|---|---|---|
| Onandi Lowe 7' | report | Erick Torres 31' Gastón Córdoba 79' |
| Santos Laguna | 4–2 | Kansas City Wizards |
|---|---|---|
| Héctor Altamirano 28' (pen) Robson Luiz 36' Eduardo Lillingston 83' (pen) Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 84' | report | Matt McKeon 53' Roy Lassiter 88' |
| Santos Laguna | 3–1 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Jared Borgetti 20', 59' Luis Ramón Romero 49' | report | Nicolás Asencio 56' |
| Barcelona | 2–2 | Sporting Cristal |
|---|---|---|
| Máximo Tenorio 3' Moreno Carlos Alfaro 56' | report | Jean Ferrari 24' Jorge Soto 76' |
| Barcelona | 2–3 | Kansas City Wizards |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Alfaro Moreno 13' Fricson George 76' | report | Roy Lassiter 31' Chris Brown 46', 50' |
| Sporting Cristal | 2–1 | Kansas City Wizards |
|---|---|---|
| Luis Bonnet 23', 25' | report | Onandi Lowe 40' |
| Santos Laguna | 3–0 | Sporting Cristal |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 17' Rodrigo Ruiz 72' Eduardo Lillingston 78' | report |
| Barcelona | 1–3 | Santos Laguna |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Alfaro Moreno 10' | report | Jared Borgetti 62', 64' Eduardo Lillingston 89' |
| Sporting Cristal | 2–1 | Santos Laguna |
|---|---|---|
| Piero Alva 38', 59' | report | Johan Rodríguez 21' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EME | ATL | UNI | BLO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emelec | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 12 | Advance to Semifinals | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Universitario | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Blooming | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — |
| Atlético Nacional | 3–0 | Universitario |
|---|---|---|
| Juan David Restrepo 18' Oscar Restrepo 78' Néstor Fabián Salazar 85' | report |
| Blooming | 2–3 | Universitario |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Otta 33', 71' | report | Martín Vilallonga 44', 47' Paolo Maldonado 57' |
| Universitario | 2–0 | Bloomin |
|---|---|---|
| Sergio Ibarra 22' Martín Vilallonga 68' | report |
| Universitario | 2–1 | Atlético Nacional |
|---|---|---|
| Luis Cordero 74' Sergio Ibarra 90' | report | Diego Toro 55' |
| Emelec | 4–1 | Blooming |
|---|---|---|
| Cristian Adrián Gómez 2' Luis Hebertson Moreira 13' Juan Ignacio Triviño 20' Rafael Manosalvas 50' | report | Diego Cabrera 15' |
| Emelec | 3–0 | Atlético Nacional |
|---|---|---|
| Otilino George Tenorio 29', 51' Carlos Ramón Hidalgo 78' | report |
The semifinals consisted of two games between the Necaxa (winner of Group A) and Millonarios (winner of Group B), and two games between the Santos Laguna (winner of Group C) and Emelec (winner of Group D). Both series were decided in penalty kicks because the net of both games was a draw.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Necaxa | 5–5 (1–3 p) | Millonarios | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Santos Laguna | 5–5 (2–4 p) | Emelec | 4–1 | 1–4 |
| Necaxa | 3–2 | Millonarios |
|---|---|---|
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| Millonarios | 3–2 | Necaxa |
|---|---|---|
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| Penalties | ||
| 3–1 | ||
5-5 on aggregate, Millonarios won 3-1 on penalties
| Santos Laguna | 4–1 | Emelec |
|---|---|---|
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| Emelec | 4–1 | Santos Laguna |
|---|---|---|
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| Penalties | ||
| 4–2 |
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5-5 on aggregate, Emelec won 4-2 on penalties
After tying both matches, Millonarios defeated Emelec in penalty kicks.
| Emelec | 1–1 | Millonarios |
|---|---|---|
| Otilino Tenorio 50' | (pen 1–3) report | Luis Eduardo Zapata 19' |
| Copa Merconorte 2001 Winners |
|---|
 Millonarios First Title |
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