1996 Copa CONMEBOL

1996 Copa CONMEBOL

Tournament details
Teams	16 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Template:Flagicon Lanús ( title)
Runners-up	Template:Flagicon Santa Fe
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Top scorerTemplate:Pluralize from text	Template:Flagicon Oscar Mena (5)
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The 1996 Copa CONMEBOL was the fifth 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. Lanús defeated Santa Fe in the finals.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams from 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament.

• 1995 Copa CONMEBOL champions
• Brazil: 4 berths
• Colombia, Uruguay: 2 berths
• All other associations: 1 berth each

Association	Team (Berth)	Qualification method
Template:Fba 1 berth + reigning champion	Rosario Central	1995 Copa CONMEBOL champion
	Lanús	1995–96 Argentine Primera División best placed team not participating in either the 1996 Supercopa Sudamericana or 1997 Copa Libertadores
Template:Fba 1 berth	Bolívar	1995 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 3rd place
Template:Fba 4 berths	Fluminense	1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A best placed team not qualified for 1996 Copa Libertadores or 1996 Supercopa Libertadores
	Palmeiras	1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd best placed team not qualified for 1996 Copa Libertadores or 1996 Supercopa Libertadores
	Bragantino	1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd best placed team not qualified for 1996 Copa Libertadores or 1996 Supercopa Libertadores
	Vasco da Gama	1995 Copa do Brasil best placed team not qualified for 1996 Copa Libertadores or 1996 Supercopa Libertadores
Template:Fba 1 berth	Cobreloa	1996 Liguilla Pre-CONMEBOL winner
Template:Fba 2 berths	Deportes Tolima	1995–96 Categoría Primera A 4th place
	Santa Fe	1995–96 Categoría Primera A Liguilla Pre-CONMEBOL winner
Template:Fba 1 berth	Emelec	1995 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A winner of the Pre-CONMEBOL phase
Template:Fba 1 berth	Guaraní	1996 Paraguayan Primera División Torneo Apertura winner
Template:Fba 1 berth	Alianza Lima	1995 Torneo Descentralizado 3rd place
Template:Fba 2 berths	River Plate	1995 Campeonato Uruguayo Primera División Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 5th place
	Porongos	1995 Campeonato Uruguayo Primera División Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 6th place
Template:Fba 1 berth	Unión Atlético Táchira	1995–96 Venezuelan Primera División 4th place

Bracket

	First round						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Template:Flagicon Lanús	4	0	4
	Template:Flagicon Bolívar	1	1	2
							Template:Flagicon Lanús	2	6	8
							Template:Flagicon Guaraní	0	2	2
	Template:Flagicon Fluminense	1	2	3
	Template:Flagicon Guaraní	3	2	5
													Template:Flagicon Lanús	3	3	6
													Template:Flagicon Rosario Central	0	1	1
	Template:Flagicon Rosario Central	2	4	6
	Template:Flagicon Cobreloa	3	1	4
							Template:Flagicon Rosario Central	4	0	4
							Template:Flagicon River Plate	0	0	0
	Template:Flagicon River Plate	2	6	8
	Template:Flagicon Porongos	2	0	2
																			Template:Flagicon Lanús	2	0	2
																			Template:Flagicon Santa Fe	0	1	1
	Template:Flagicon Deportes Tolima	1	0	1
	Template:Flagicon Vasco da Gama	0	4	4
							Template:Flagicon Vasco da Gama	2	0	2
							Template:Flagicon Emelec	0	1	1
	Template:Flagicon Emelec	1	2	3 (4)
	Template:Flagicon Alianza Lima	2	1	3 (3)
													Template:Flagicon Vasco da Gama	2	0	2 (5)
													Template:Flagicon Santa Fe	1	1	2 (6)
	Template:Flagicon Palmeiras	1	3	4
	Template:Flagicon Bragantino	5	0	5
							Template:Flagicon Bragantino	0	0	0
							Template:Flagicon Santa Fe	1	0	1
	Template:Flagicon Santa Fe	2	3	5
	Template:Flagicon Unión Atlético Táchira	2	0	2

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lanús	4–2	Bolívar	4–1	0–1
Fluminense	3–5	Guaraní	1–3	2–2
Rosario Central	6–4	Cobreloa	2–3	4–1
River Plate	8–2	Porongos	2–2	6–0
Vasco da Gama	4–1	Deportes Tolima	0–1	4–0
Emelec	3–3 (4–3 p)	Alianza Lima	1–2	2–1
Bragantino	5–4	Palmeiras	5–1	0–3
Unión Atlético Táchira	2–5	Santa Fe	2–2	0–3

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lanús	8–2	Guaraní	2–0	6–2
Rosario Central	4–0	River Plate	4–0	0–0
Vasco da Gama	2–1	Emelec	2–0	0–1
Bragantino	0–1	Santa Fe	0–1	0–0

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lanús	6–1	Rosario Central	3–1	3–0
Vasco da Gama	2–2 (5–6 p)	Santa Fe	2–1	0–1

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lanús	2–1	Santa Fe	2–0	0–1

External links

• CONMEBOL 1996 at RSSSF
• CONMEBOL 1996 at CONMEBOL Official Website