First Round
Nacional (Montevideo) bye to the second round as holders.
Group 1 [Argentina, Colombia]
Mar 18: Rosario Central - River Plate 0-1
Mar 25: Atlético Junior - Deportivo Cali 1-0
Mar 31: Atlético Junior - River Plate 0-0
Mar 31: Deportivo Cali - Rosario Central 1-0
Apr 3: Atlético Junior - Rosario Central 1-2
Apr 3: Deportivo Cali - River Plate 2-1
Apr 9: Deportivo Cali - Atlético Junior 4-1
Apr 22: River Plate - Deportivo Cali 1-2
Apr 22: Rosario Central - Atlético Junior 5-0
Apr 24: River Plate - Atlético Junior 3-0
Apr 24: Rosario Central - Deportivo Cali 2-1
May 19: River Plate - Rosario Central 3-2
1.Deportivo Cali 6 4 0 2 10- 6 8
2.River Plate (Buenos Aires) 6 3 1 2 9- 6 7
3.Rosario Central 6 3 0 3 11- 7 6
4.Atlético Junior (Barranquilla) 6 1 1 4 3-14 3
Group 2 [Chile, Peru]
Apr 14: Cobreloa - Sporting Cristal 6-1
Apr 7: Cobreloa - Universidad de Chile 1-0
Apr 10: Cobreloa - Atlético Torino 6-1
Mar 27: Sporting Cristal - Cobreloa 0-0
Mar 24: Sporting Cristal - Universidad de Chile 3-2
Mar 18: Sporting Cristal - Atlético Torino 2-1
Mar 18: Universidad de Chile - Cobreloa 0-0
Apr 10: Universidad de Chile - Sporting Cristal 1-1
Apr 14: Universidad de Chile - Atlético Torino 3-0
Mar 24: Atlético Torino - Cobreloa 1-1
Apr 7: Atlético Torino - Sporting Cristal 1-2
Mar 27: Atlético Torino - Universidad de Chile 1-2
1.Cobreloa (Calama) 6 3 3 0 14- 3 9
2.Sporting Cristal (Lima) 6 3 2 1 9-11 8
3.Universidad de Chile (Santiago) 6 2 2 2 8- 6 6
4.Atlético Torino (Talara) 6 0 1 5 5-16 1
Group 3 [Brazil, Paraguay]
Jul 3: Atlético Mineiro - Flamengo 2-2
Jul 7: Cerro Porteño - Olimpia 0-0
Jul 14: Flamengo - Cerro Porteño 5-2
Jul 17: Olimpia - Atlético Mineiro 0-0
Jul 21: Cerro Porteño - Atlético Mineiro 0-1
Jul 24: Flamengo - Olimpia 1-1
Jul 28: Atlético Mineiro - Olimpia 1-0
Jul 31: Atlético Mineiro - Cerro Porteño 2-2
Aug 7: Flamengo - Atlético Mineiro 2-2
Aug 8: Olimpia - Cerro Porteño 0-3
Aug 11: Cerro Porteño - Flamengo 2-4
Aug 14: Olimpia - Flamengo 0-0
1.Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro) 6 2 4 0 14- 9 8
Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horiz.) 6 2 4 0 8- 6 8
3.Cerro Porteño (Asunción) 6 1 2 3 9-12 4
4.Olimpia (Asunción) 6 0 4 2 1- 5 4
First Place Playoff (Goiânia)
Aug 21: Flamengo - Atlético Mineiro 0-0
Match abandoned after 35 minutes (Atlético had 6 players left after
5 sendings-off) and awarded to Flamengo
Group 4 [Bolivia, Ecuador]
Mar 29: Jorge Wilstermann - The Strongest 3-2
Mar 29: Barcelona - Técnico Universitario 2-1
Apr 4: Técnico Universitario - J. Wilstermann 1-2
Apr 5: Barcelona - The Strongest 2-1
Apr 8: Técnico Universitario - The Strongest 2-3
Apr 8: Barcelona - Jorge Wilstermann 3-0
Apr 12: J. Wilstermann - Técnico Universitario 3-1
Apr 12: The Strongest - Barcelona 1-0
Apr 19: Jorge Wilstermann - Barcelona 1-0
Apr 19: The Strongest - Técnico Universitario 4-2
Apr 26: The Strongest - Jorge Wilstermann 2-0
Apr 26: Técnico Universitario - Barcelona 4-1
1.Jorge Wilstermann (Cochabamba) 6 4 0 2 9- 9 8
The Strongest (La Paz) 6 4 0 2 13- 9 8
3.Barcelona (Guayaquil) 6 3 0 3 8- 8 6
4.Técnico Universitario (Ambato) 6 1 0 5 11-15 2
First Place Playoff (Santa Cruz)
May 8: Jorge Wilstermann - The Strongest 4-1
Group 5 [Uruguay, Venezuela]
Mar 25: Peñarol - Bella Vista 3-1
Apr 5: Estudiantes - Portuguesa 1-1
Apr 22: Portuguesa - Peñarol 0-1
Apr 22: Estudiantes - Bella Vista 1-4
Apr 26: Portuguesa - Bella Vista 0-4
Apr 26: Estudiantes - Peñarol 0-2
May 3: Portuguesa - Estudiantes 0-0
May 6: Bella Vista - Peñarol 0-0
May 13: Peñarol - Portuguesa 3-0
May 13: Bella Vista - Estudiantes 3-1
May 17: Bella Vista - Portuguesa 4-0
May 18: Peñarol - Estudiantes 4-2
1.Peñarol (Montevideo) 6 5 1 0 13- 3 11
2.Bella Vista (Montevideo) 6 4 1 1 16- 5 9
3.Estudiantes (Mérida) 6 0 2 4 5-14 2
4.Portuguesa (Acarigua) 6 0 2 4 1-13 2
Semi-Finals
Group 1
Oct 2: Deportivo Cali - Flamengo 0-1
Oct 13: Jorge Wilstermann - Flamengo 1-2
Oct 16: Deportivo Cali - Jorge Wilstermann 1-0
Oct 23: Flamengo - Deportivo Cali 3-0
Oct 27: Jorge Wilstermann - Deportivo Cali 1-1
Oct 30: Flamengo - Jorge Wilstermann 4-1
1.Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro) 4 4 0 0 10- 2 8
2.Deportivo Cali 4 1 1 2 2- 5 3
3.Jorge Wilstermann (Cochabamba) 4 0 1 3 3- 8 1
Group 2
Sep 30: Peñarol - Nacional 1-1
Oct 8: Nacional - Cobreloa 1-2
Oct 13: Peñarol - Cobreloa 0-1
Oct 21: Nacional - Peñarol 1-1
Oct 28: Cobreloa - Peñarol 4-2
Nov 4: Cobreloa - Nacional 2-2
1.Cobreloa (Calama) 4 3 1 0 9- 5 7
2.Nacional (Montevideo) 4 0 3 1 5- 6 3
3.Peñarol (Montevideo) 4 0 2 2 4- 7 2
Final (Nov 13 & 20)
Flamengo Bra Cobreloa Chi 2-1 0-1x
x 2nd leg in Santiago
Playoff (Nov 23) (in Montevideo)
Flamengo Bra Cobreloa Chi 2-0
1st leg. Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, 13-11-1981
Flamengo - Cobreloa 2-1
12' Zico 1-0
30' Zico 2-0
65' Merello 2-1
Flamengo: Raúl, Leandro, Figueiredo, Mozer, Júnior, Andrade, Zico, Adilio, Lico
(Baroninho), Nunes, Tita.
Cobreloa: Wirth, Rojas, Soto, Tabilo, Escobar, Alarcón, Jiménez, Merello, Múñoz
(R. Gómez), Siviero, Puebla.
Referee: Espósito (Argentina)
Attendance: 93,985
2nd leg. Estadio Nacional, Santiago, 20-11-1981
Cobreloa - Flamengo 1-0
79' Merello 1-0
Cobreloa: Wirth, Jiménez, Tabilo, Soto, Escobar, Merello, Alarcón, R. Gómez
(Múñoz), Puebla, Siviero, W. Olivera.
Flamengo: Raúl, Leandro, Figueiredo, Mozer, Júnior, Andrade, Adilio, Zico, Lico
(Baroninho), Nunes (Nei Dias), Tita.
Referee: Barreto (Uruguay)
Attendance: 61,721
Play-off. Centenario, Montevideo, 23-11-1981
Flamengo - Cobreloa 2-0
18' Zico 1-0
79' Zico 2-0
Flamengo: Raúl, Nei Dias, Marinho, Mozer, Júnior, Leandro, Andrade, Zico, Tita,
Nunes (Anselmo), Adilio.
Cobreloa: Wirth, Tabilo, Páez (Múñoz), Soto, Escobar, Jiménez, Merello, Alarcón,
Puebla, Siviero, W. Olivera.
Referee: Cerullo (Uruguay)
Attendance: 30,200
Source: [CSF 00]
With thanks to Frank Ballesteros and Alan Cushway (floyd@merlin.net.au)
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Last updated: 9 Aug 2000
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