1997 Supercopa Libertadores 1997 Supercopa Libertadores 1997 Supercopa Sudamericana João Havelange Dates 15 June – 17 December Teams 17 (from 6 confederations) Champions River Plate (1st title) Runners-up São Paulo Matches played 60 Goals scored 187 (3.12 per match) Top scorer(s) Ivo Basay (8 goals)
International football competition
The 1997 Supercopa Libertadores was the tenth and final season of the Supercopa Libertadores , a club football tournament for past Copa Libertadores winners.
Vasco da Gama were admitted to the tournament for the first time in recognition of winning the South American Championship of Champions in 1948. Argentinos Juniors did not take part. River Plate won the competition for the first time, defeating São Paulo 2–1 on aggregate in the final.
For its final season, the format of the first round was changed from a two-legged knockout round to four groups of four teams playing each other twice. As 17 teams were scheduled to take part, a preliminary round was played to eliminate one team.
As through the successive editions of this cup were added new champions from the Copa Libertadores, in 1997 the Conmebol decided that the last teams of each group would descend to reduce the number of teams to disputed it. That year descended Velez Sarsfield, Racing Club and Boca Juniors (all teams from Argentina) and Gremio (Brazil).
Teams
Association
Team (Berth)
Entry stage
Qualification method
Argentina 6 berths [Note ARG]
Independiente (Argentina 1)
Group stage
1964 , 1965 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1984 Copa Libertadores champions
Estudiantes (Argentina 2)
1968 , 1969 , 1970 Copa Libertadores champions
River Plate (Argentina 3)
1986 , 1996 Copa Libertadores champions
Boca Juniors (Argentina 4)
1977 , 1978 Copa Libertadores champions
Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina 5)
1994 Copa Libertadores champions
Racing (Argentina 6)
1967 Copa Libertadores champions
Brazil 6 berths
Grêmio (Brazil 1)
Group stage
1983 , 1995 Copa Libertadores champions
São Paulo (Brazil 2)
1992 , 1993 Copa Libertadores champions
Santos (Brazil 3)
1962 , 1963 Copa Libertadores champions
Flamengo (Brazil 4)
1981 Copa Libertadores champions
Cruzeiro (Brazil 5)
1976 Copa Libertadores champions
Vasco da Gama (Brazil 6)
Preliminary round
1948 Campeonato de Campeones Sudamericano champions
Chile 1 berth
Colo-Colo (Chile 1)
Group stage
1991 Copa Libertadores champions
Colombia 1 berth
Atlético Nacional (Colombia 1)
Group stage
1989 Copa Libertadores champions
Paraguay 1 berth
Olimpia (Paraguay 1)
Group stage
1979 , 1990 Copa Libertadores champions
Uruguay 2 berths
Peñarol (Uruguay 1)
Preliminary round
1960 , 1961 , 1966 , 1982 , 1987 Copa Libertadores champions
Nacional (Uruguay 2)
1971 , 1980 , 1988 Copa Libertadores champions
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Preliminary round
The matches were played from 15 June to 13 July.
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Source:
RSSSF Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group stage
The matches were played from 26 August to 30 October.
Group 1
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Source:
RSSSF Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group 2
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Source:
RSSSF Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group 3
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Source:
RSSSF Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group 4
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Source:
RSSSF Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, the four group winners played a single-elimination tournament . Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.
Bracket
Semifinals
The matches were played on 5 November, 6 November, 26 November and 27 November.
Finals
The matches were played on 5 November, 6 November, 26 November and 27 November.
River Plate won 2–1 on aggregate.
1997 Supercopa Sudamericana winners
River Plate First title
Top goalscorers
See also
External links