1998 Copa CONMEBOL

The 1998 Copa CONMEBOL was the seventh edition of CONMEBOL's annual club tournament. Teams that failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores played in this tournament. Sixteen teams from the ten South American football confederations qualified for this tournament. Santos defeated Rosario Central in the finals.

1998 Copa CONMEBOL

Tournament details
Teams	16 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Santos (1st title)
Runners-up	Rosario Central
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Top scorer(s)	Carlos María Morales Viola (4 goals each)
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Qualified teams

Qualified teams
Santos	Deportivo Chacao	Rosario Central	Jorge Wilstermann
Atlético Mineiro	Sampaio Corrêa	Gimnasia y Esgrima	América (RN)
Audax Italiano	Once Caldas	Deportes Quindío	LDU Quito
Melgar	Cerro Corá	Huracán Buceo	River Plate

Bracket

	First round						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Santos	2	1	3 (3)
	Once Caldas	1	2	3 (2)
							Santos	2	3	5
							LDU Quito	2	0	2
	Melgar	1	1	2
	LDU Quito	3	3	6
													Santos	0	5	5
													Sampaio Corrêa	0	1	1
	Sampaio Corrêa	0	3	3
	América (RN)	0	1	1
							Sampaio Corrêa	1	1	2
							Deportes Quindío	0	0	0
	Deportes Quindío	2	2	4
	Deportivo Chacao	2	1	3
																			Santos	1	0	1
																			Rosario Central	0	0	0
	Audax Italiano	0	1	1
	Rosario Central	2	0	2
							Rosario Central	3	2	5
							Huracán Buceo	2	0	2
	Huracán Buceo	0	4	4
	River Plate	0	1	1
													Rosario Central	1	1	2
													Atlético Mineiro	1	0	1
	Cerro Corá	2	0	2 (2)
	Atlético Mineiro	2	0	2 (4)
							Atlético Mineiro	3	0	3
							Jorge Wilstermann	1	1	2
	Jorge Wilstermann	0	1	1 (4)
	Gimnasia y Esgrima	0	1	1 (2)

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	3–3 (3–2 p)	Once Caldas	2–1	1–2
LDU Quito	6–2	Melgar	3–1	3–1
Sampaio Corrêa	3–1	América (RN)	0–0	3–1
Deportes Quindío	4–3	Deportivo Chacao	2–2	2–1
Audax Italiano	1–2	Rosario Central	0–2	1–0
Huracán Buceo	4–1	River Plate	0–0	4–1
Cerro Corá	2–2 (2–4 p)	Atlético Mineiro	2–2	0–0
Jorge Wilstermann	1–1 (4–2 p)	Gimnasia y Esgrima	0–0	1–1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	5–2	LDU Quito	2–2	3–0
Deportes Quindío	0–2	Sampaio Corrêa	0–1	0–1
Rosario Central	5–2	Huracán Buceo	3–2	2–0
Atlético Mineiro	4–1	Jorge Wilstermann	3–1	1–0

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	5–1	Sampaio Corrêa	0–0	5–1
Rosario Central	2–1	Atlético Mineiro	1–1	1–0

Finals

Main article: 1998 Copa CONMEBOL Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	1–0	Rosario Central	1–0	0–0

External links

• CONMEBOL 1998 at RSSSF