1994 Copa Libertadores Explained

Tourney Name:	Copa Libertadores de América
Year:	1994
Size:	100px
Other Titles:	Libertadores 1994
Dates:	February 13 - August 31
Num Teams:	21
Associations:	10
Champion Other:	Vélez Sársfield
Count:	1
Second Other:	São Paulo
Matches:	90
Goals:	205
Top Scorer:	Stalin Rivas (7 Goals)
Prevseason:	1993
Nextseason:	1995

The 1994 Copa Libertadores was the 35th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international competition. Vélez Sársfield won the tournament for their first title against São Paulo in a penalty shootout with a score of 5–3. Vélez's goalkeeper José Chilavert scored one of the penalty kicks and saved another one. The top scorer of the tournament was Stalin Rivas of Minervén S.C., with 7 goals.

First Phase

Legend: Pts: Points; P: Played games; W: Won games; D: Drawn games; L: Lost games; F: Goals in favor; A: Goals against; D: Difference.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Independiente Medellín 6 3 2 1 6 1 +5 8 Olimpia 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 8 Junior 6 2 1 3 4 5 -1 5 Cerro Porteño 6 1 1 4 4 10 -6 3

OLI CPO JUN MED Olimpia 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 2 Cerro Porteño 1 - 3 1 - 0 0 - 0 Junior 0 - 0 3 - 2 0 - 1 I. Medellín 0 - 0 3 - 0 0 - 1

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Vélez Sarsfield 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 8 Cruzeiro 6 3 1 2 7 8 -1 7 Palmeiras 6 3 0 3 14 7 +7 6 Boca Juniors 6 1 1 4 7 14 -7 3

VEL BOC PAL CRU Vélez Sarsfield 1 - 1 1 - 0 2 - 0 Boca Juniors 1 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 2 Palmeiras 4 - 1 6 - 1 2 - 0 Cruzeiro 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 1

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Emelec 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 7 Barcelona 6 2 2 2 5 3 +2 6 Universitario 6 2 2 2 4 5 -1 6 Alianza Lima 6 2 1 3 6 11 -5 5

EME BSC UNI ALI Emelec 0 - 1 2 - 0 3 - 0 Barcelona 0 - 1 0 - 0 3 - 0 Universitario 2 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 1 Alianza Lima 2 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 2

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Colo-Colo 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 9 Unión Española 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 7 Defensor Sporting 6 1 3 2 3 5 -2 5 Nacional 6 1 1 4 5 8 -3 3

DEF NAC UES COL Defensor Sp. 1 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 Nacional 1 - 1 0 - 1 2 - 0 UE 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 2 Colo-Colo 2 - 0 4 - 2 3 - 1

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bolívar 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 9 The Strongest 6 2 3 1 13 7 +6 7 Minervén 6 2 1 3 10 17 -7 5 Marítimo 6 1 1 4 7 13 -6 3

BOL STR MIN SMA Bolívar 0 - 0 4 - 0 2 - 1 The Strongest 0 - 0 7 - 1 5 - 0 Minervén 1 - 1 5 - 0 2 - 1 Sport Marítimo 0 - 2 1 - 1 4 - 1

Finals

See main article: 1994 Copa Libertadores Finals.

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1994: Vélez Sarsfield First Title

External links

• Copa Libertadores de América 1994 results at RSSSF