Copa Mercosur

Copa Mercosur
The trophy awarded to champions
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded1998
Abolished2001; 23 years ago (2001)
RegionSouth America
Number of teams20
Related competitionsCopa Merconorte
Most successful club(s)Brazil Palmeiras
Brazil Flamengo
Brazil Vasco
Argentina San Lorenzo
(1 title each)
Television broadcastersPSN

The Copa Mercosur (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkopa meɾkoˈsuɾ], Portuguese: Copa Mercosul [ˈkɔpɐ meʁkoˈsuw], "Mercosur Cup") was a football competition played from 1998 to 2001 by the traditional top clubs from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile. The competition was created by CONMEBOL to generate TV money to the participating teams, but it went beyond and ended up, together with the Copa Merconorte, as natural replacement to the CONMEBOL Cup. These two, Copa Merconorte and Copa Mercosur, were replaced in 2002 by the Copa Sudamericana.