2000 Copa Apertura Explained

Copa Apertura
Year:	2000
Country:	Chile
Num Teams:	16
Defending Champions:	Universidad de Chile
Champions:	Universidad de Chile
Runner-Up:	Santiago Morning
Top Goal Scorer:	Fernando Martel (7 goals)
Prevseason:	1998
Nextseason:	2008–09

The 2000 Copa Apertura was the 28th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 19, 2000 and concluded on May 11, 2000. Only first level teams took part in the tournament. Universidad de Chile won the competition for their third time, beating Santiago Morning 2–1 in the final.

Calendar

Round	Date
Group Round	11 February 2000 2 April 2000
Semi-finals	3-4 May 2000
Finals	11-16 May 2000

Group Round

Group 1

	UCHI	UESP	OHIG	DCON
U. de Chile		3 - 1	4 - 0	0 - 0
U. Española	2 - 2		5 - 2	6 - 1
O'Higgins	0 - 4	2 - 3		0 - 0
D. Concepción	0 - 2	2 - 2	1 - 0

Rank	Team	Points
1	Universidad de Chile	14
2	Unión Española	11
3	Deportes Concepción	6
4	O'Higgins	1

Group 2

	AUDI	SWAN	SMOR	UCAT
Audax I.		2 - 0	2 - 2	2 - 3
S. Wanderers	0 - 3		0 - 1	0 - 0
S. Morning	2 - 1	1 - 0		3 - 0
U. Católica	1 - 1	2 - 0	1 - 0

Rank	Team	Points
1	Santiago Morning	13
2	Universidad Católica	11
3	Audax Italiano	8
4	Santiago Wanderers	1

Group 3

	COLO	DPMO	POSO	HUAC
Colo-Colo		5 - 2	4 - 0	2 - 1
D. Puerto Montt	1 - 2		1 - 0	1 - 1
P. Osorno	1 - 3	6 - 1		2 - 0
Huachipato	0 - 0	5 - 0	5 - 3

Rank	width=140	Team	Points
1	Colo-Colo	16
2	Huachipato	8
3	Provincial Osorno	6
4		4

Group 4

	CLOA	COQU	PALE	EVER
Cobreloa		2 - 0	3 - 0	1 - 2
Coquimbo U.	0 - 1		1 - 0	0 - 1
Palestino	2 - 2	1 - 0		2 - 1
Everton	0 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 0

Rank	width=135	Team	Points
1	Cobreloa	13
2	Everton	9
3	Palestino	7
4	Coquimbo Unido	6

Semifinals

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Final

See main article: 2000 Copa Apertura Final.

Top goalscorer

Fernando Martel (Santiago Morning) 7 goals

References

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