2000 in Paraguayan football
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The following article presents a summary of the 2000 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.
[[Liga Paraguaya: Primera División|First division]] results
=Torneo Apertura=
The Apertura tournament was played in a two-round all-play-all system, with the champion being the team with the most points at the end of the two rounds.
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| Position
!Team !Played !Wins !Draws !Losses !Scored !Conceded !Points |
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| style="background:gold;"
!1 |18 |11 |5 |2 |38 |20 |38 |
| 2
|18 |9 |5 |4 |27 |21 |32 |
| 3
|18 |9 |5 |4 |28 |16 |32 |
| 4
|18 |8 |3 |7 |21 |22 |27 |
| 5
|18 |7 |6 |5 |18 |16 |27 |
| 6
|18 |7 |5 |6 |22 |17 |26 |
| 7
|18 |6 |5 |7 |25 |31 |23 |
| 8
|18 |6 |2 |10 |20 |25 |20 |
| 9
|18 |4 |4 |10 |17 |27 |16 |
| 10
|18 |2 |2 |14 |20 |41 |8 |
=Torneo Clausura=
The Clausura tournament was played in a single all-play-all system. At the end, the top eight teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Clausura champion.
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| Position
!Team !Played !Wins !Draws !Losses !Scored !Conceded !Points |
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| 1
|9 |4 |4 |1 |14 |6 |16 |
| 2
|9 |3 |6 |0 |14 |8 |15 |
| 3
|9 |3 |5 |1 |16 |10 |14 |
| 4
|9 |3 |5 |1 |8 |6 |14 |
| 5
|9 |3 |4 |2 |9 |8 |13 |
| 6
|9 |3 |4 |2 |9 |9 |13 |
| 7
|9 |2 |5 |2 |11 |10 |11 |
| 8
|9 |3 |1 |5 |13 |18 |10 |
| 9
|9 |1 |3 |5 |9 |17 |6 |
| 10
|9 |0 |3 |6 |8 |19 |3 |
==Clausura playoff stage==
The top eight teams qualified to this stage and were given bonus points based on their final standing in the table. Two groups of four teams were made, with the top two of each group advancing to a playoff stage.
===Group stage===
Group A
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| Position
!Team !Played !Wins !Draws !Losses !Scored !Conceded !Bonus Points !Points |
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!1 |6 |5 |0 |1 |13 |3 |[3] |18 |
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!2 |6 |3 |1 |2 |7 |5 |[1.5] |11.5 |
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!3 |6 |1 |2 |3 |5 |9 |[0.5] |5.5 |
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!4 |6 |1 |1 |4 |6 |14 |[0] |4 |
Group B
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| Position
!Team !Played !Wins !Draws !Losses !Scored !Conceded !Bonus Points !Points |
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!1 |6 |5 |1 |0 |25 |5 |[2] |18 |
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!2 |6 |4 |0 |2 |7 |10 |[2.5] |14.5 |
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!3 |6 |1 |2 |3 |11 |13 |[0] |5 |
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!4 |6 |0 |1 |5 |5 |20 |[1] |2 |
===Semifinals===
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|Olimpia|| 2-2
(3 - 1 pen)|12 de Octubre}}
{{OneLegResult|Cerro Porteño|| 1-2 |Guaraní}}
|}
===Clausura final===
=National championship game=
Since Olimpia won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments they were declared as the national champions and no playoff game was played.
To determine the second place an extra game between the Apertura runners-up (Sol de America) and the Clausura runners-up (Guarani) was played. Guaraní won the game and were declared runners-up of 2000 (aggregate score of 5–4; first leg 3–1 win by Sol, second leg 4–1 win by Guarani).
=Relegation / Promotion=
- Universal automatically relegated to the second division after finishing last in the average points table based over a three-year period.
- Libertad promoted to the first division by winning the second division tournament.
=Qualification to international competitions=
- Olimpia qualified to the 2001 Copa Libertadores by winning the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura.
- Guaraní qualified to the 2001 Copa Libertadores by finishing as runners-up of the 2000 season.
- The remaining spot for Copa Libertadores was decided in the Pre-Libertadores playoff tournament.
==Pre-Libertadores playoff==
Four teams participated based on aggregate points during the year.
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| Position
!Team !Played !Wins !Draws !Losses !Scored !Conceded !Points |
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| 1
|3 |2 |0 |1 |12 |8 |6 |
| 2
|3 |2 |0 |1 |8 |6 |6 |
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!3 |3 |1 |1 |1 |6 |6 |4 |
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!4 |3 |0 |1 |2 |7 |13 |1 |
- Since Cerro and 12 de Octubre finished tied in points an extra match was played, with Cerro winning 4-2 and qualifying to the 2001 Copa Libertadores.
Lower divisions results
Paraguayan teams in international competitions
- 2000 Copa Libertadores:
- Cerro Porteño: round of 16
- Olimpia: group stage
- Atl. Colegiales: group stage
- Copa MERCOSUR 2000:
- Cerro Porteño: group stage
- Olimpia: group stage
[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay national team]]
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| Date
!Venue !Opponents !Score !Comp !Paraguay scorers !Report |
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| 2000-02-13
| Estadio Defensores del Chaco | {{fb|HUN}} | style="background:lightyellow;"| 1 - 1 | F | Unknown | N/A |
| March 29, 2000
| Estadio Nacional Jose Diaz | {{fb|PER}} | style="background:pink;"| 2 - 0 | WCQ 2002 | - | [https://web.archive.org/web/20081002162239/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19319/report.html Report] |
| April 26, 2000
| Estadio Defensores del Chaco | {{fb|URU}} | style="background:lightgreen;"| 1 - 0 | WCQ 2002 | Ayala {{goal|35}} | [https://web.archive.org/web/20080421104208/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19324/report.html Report] |
| June 3, 2000
| Estadio Defensores del Chaco | {{fb|ECU}} | style="background:lightgreen;"| 3 - 1 | WCQ 2002 | Toledo {{goal|10}} | [https://web.archive.org/web/20080613023152/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19329/report.html Report] |
| 2000-06-09
| Sydney Football Stadium | {{fb|AUS}} | style="background:lightyellow;"| 0 - 0 | F | | N/A |
| 2000-06-12
| {{fb|AUS}} | style="background:lightyellow;"| 0 - 0 | F | | N/A |
| 2000-06-15
| {{fb|AUS}} | style="background:pink;"| 2 - 1 | F | Caceres {{goal|58}} | N/A |
| June 29, 2000
| Estadio Nacional de Chile | {{fb|CHI}} | style="background:pink;"| 3 - 1 | WCQ 2002 | Cardozo {{goal|71}} |[https://web.archive.org/web/20071121130029/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19335/report.html Report] |
| July 18, 2000
| Estadio Defensores del Chaco | {{fb|BRA}} | style="background:lightgreen;"| 2 - 1 | WCQ 2002 | Paredes {{goal|6}} | [https://web.archive.org/web/20080615174155/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19337/report.html Report] |
| July 27, 2000
| Estadio Hernando Siles | {{fb|BOL}} | style="background:lightyellow;"| 0 - 0 | WCQ 2002 | - | [https://web.archive.org/web/20080623080018/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19343/report.html Report] |
| August 16, 2000
| River Plate Stadium | {{fb|ARG}} | style="background:lightyellow;"| 1 - 1 | WCQ 2002 | Acuña {{goal|60}} | [https://web.archive.org/web/20080129021909/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19350/report.html Report] |
| September 2, 2000
| Estadio Defensores del Chaco | {{fb|VEN}} | style="background:lightgreen;"| 3 - 0 | WCQ 2002 | G. González {{goal|30}} | [https://web.archive.org/web/20080415080534/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19356/report.html Report] |
| October 7, 2000
| {{fb|COL}} | style="background:lightgreen;"| 0 - 2 | WCQ 2002 | Santa Cruz {{goal|3}} | [https://web.archive.org/web/20080619072016/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19359/report.html Report] |
| November 15, 2000
| Estadio Defensores del Chaco | {{fb|PER}} | style="background:lightgreen;"| 5 - 1 | WCQ 2002 | Santa Cruz {{goal|15}} | [https://web.archive.org/web/20081004190232/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19364/report.html Report] |
References
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/para00.html Paraguay 2000] by Eli Schmerler, Andy Bolander and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF
- [http://www.abc.com.py/ Diario ABC Color]
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