Participants
Details
* The 20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays the other teams in the group twice. The top team from each group qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best 3 runners up. * From the quarter-finals to the final, two legs were played in each round. In the result of a draw, the match was decided by a penalty shoot out.Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Ranking of second place teams
The three best second-place teams from the five groups advanced to the quarterfinals along with the five group winners.Bracket
Quarter-finals
First leg
---- ---- ----Second leg
''Flamengo won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Corinthians won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''San Lorenzo won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Gremio won 2–0 on aggregate.''Semi-finals
First leg
----Second leg
''San Lorenzo won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate, Flamengo won 4–2 on penalties''Final
First leg
----Second leg
''Originally scheduled for Dec 19 but postponed to January 24, 2002 due to social unrest in Argentina'' ''1–1 on aggregate, San Lorenzo won 4–3 on penalties''References
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