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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 [[Round-robin tournament|all-play-all]] system, with the champion being the team with the most points at the end of the two rounds.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Position
!Team
!Played
!Wins
!Draws
!Losses
!Scored
!Conceded
!Points
|- style="background:gold;"
!1
|'''[[Olimpia Asunción|Olimpia]]'''
|18
|11
|5
|2
|38
|20
|'''38'''
|-
!2
|[[Club Sol de América|Sol de América]]
|18
|9
|5
|4
|27
|21
|'''32'''
|-
!3
|[[Club Guaraní|Guaraní]]
|18
|9
|5
|4
|28
|16
|'''32'''
|-
!4
|[[Club 12 de Octubre|12 de Octubre]]
|18
|8
|3
|7
|21
|22
|'''27'''
|-
!5
|[[Club Sportivo San Lorenzo|San Lorenzo]]
|18
|7
|6
|5
|18
|16
|'''27'''
|-
!6
|[[Cerro Porteño]]
|18
|7
|5
|6
|22
|17
|'''26'''
|-
!7
|[[Club Sportivo Luqueño|Sportivo Luqueño]]
|18
|6
|5
|7
|25
|31
|'''23'''
|-
!8
|[[Club Atlético Colegiales (Paraguay)|Atl. Colegiales]]
|18
|6
|2
|10
|20
|25
|'''20'''
|-
!9
|[[Club Cerro Corá|Cerro Corá]]
|18
|4
|4
|10
|17
|27
|'''16'''
|-
!10
|[[Club Universal|Universal]]
|18
|2
|2
|14
|20
|41
|'''8'''
|}

===Torneo Clausura===
The [[Clausura]] tournament was played in a single [[Round-robin tournament|all-play-all]] system. At the end, the top eight teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Clausura champion.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Position
!Team
!Played
!Wins
!Draws
!Losses
!Scored
!Conceded
!Points
|-
!1
|[[Olimpia Asunción|Olimpia]]
|9
|4
|4
|1
|14
|6
|'''16'''
|-
!2
|[[Club 12 de Octubre|12 de Octubre]]
|9
|3
|6
|0
|14
|8
|'''15'''
|-
!3
|[[Cerro Porteño]]
|9
|3
|5
|1
|16
|10
|'''14'''
|-
!4
|[[Club Guaraní|Guaraní]]
|9
|3
|5
|1
|8
|6
|'''14'''
|-
!5
|[[Club Cerro Corá|Cerro Corá]]
|9
|3
|4
|2
|9
|8
|'''13'''
|-
!6
|[[Club Atlético Colegiales (Paraguay)|Atl. Colegiales]]
|9
|3
|4
|2
|9
|9
|'''13'''
|-
!7
|[[Club Sol de América|Sol de América]]
|9
|2
|5
|2
|11
|10
|'''11'''
|-
!8
|[[Club Sportivo San Lorenzo|San Lorenzo]]
|9
|3
|1
|5
|13
|18
|'''10'''
|-
!9
|[[Club Universal|Universal]]
|9
|1
|3
|5
|9
|17
|'''6'''
|-
!10
|[[Club Sportivo Luqueño|Sportivo Luqueño]]
|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'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Position
!Team
!Played
!Wins
!Draws
!Losses
!Scored
!Conceded
!Bonus Points
!Points
|- style="background:lightgreen;"
!1
|[[Olimpia Asunción|Olimpia]]
|6
|5
|0
|1
|13
|3
|[3]
|'''18'''
|- style="background:lightgreen;"
!2
|[[Club Guaraní|Guaraní]]
|6
|3
|1
|2
|7
|5
|[1.5]
|'''11.5'''
|- style="background:pink;"
!3
|[[Club Atlético Colegiales (Paraguay)|Atlético Colegiales]]
|6
|1
|2
|3
|5
|9
|[0.5]
|'''5.5'''
|- style="background:pink;"
!4
|[[Club Sportivo San Lorenzo|San Lorenzo]]
|6
|1
|1
|4
|6
|14
|[0]
|'''4'''
|}

'''Group B'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Position
!Team
!Played
!Wins
!Draws
!Losses
!Scored
!Conceded
!Bonus Points
!Points
|- style="background:lightgreen;"
!1
|[[Cerro Porteño]]
|6
|5
|1
|0
|25
|5
|[2]
|'''18'''
|- style="background:lightgreen;"
!2
|[[Club 12 de Octubre|12 de Octubre]]
|6
|4
|0
|2
|7
|10
|[2.5]
|'''14.5'''
|- style="background:pink;"
!3
|[[Club Sol de América|Sol de América]]
|6
|1
|2
|3
|11
|13
|[0]
|'''5'''
|- style="background:pink;"
!4
|[[Club Cerro Corá|Cerro Corá]]
|6
|0
|1
|5
|5
|20
|[1]
|'''2'''
|}

=====Semifinals=====
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|'''[[Olimpia Asunción|Olimpia]]'''|| 2-2 <br /><small>(3 - 1 [[Penalty shootout (football)|pen]])</small>|[[Club 12 de Octubre|12 de Octubre]]}}
{{OneLegResult|[[Cerro Porteño]]|| 1-2 |'''[[Club Guaraní|Guaraní]]'''}}
|}

=====Clausura final=====
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Olimpia Asunción|Olimpia]]'''|| 4-1 |[[Club Guaraní|Guaraní]]|| 1-0 | 3-1 }}
|}

Olimpia wins the Clausura tournament final by aggregate score of 4–1.

===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===
* [[Club Universal|Universal]] automatically relegated to the [[Liga Paraguaya: Segunda División|second division]] after finishing last in the average points table based over a three-year period.
* [[Club Libertad|Libertad]] promoted to the first division by winning the second division tournament.

===Qualification to international competitions===
*[[Olimpia Asunción|Olimpia]] qualified to the [[2001 Copa Libertadores]] by winning the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura.
*[[Club Guaraní|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.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Position
!Team
!Played
!Wins
!Draws
!Losses
!Scored
!Conceded
!Points
|-
!1
|[[Club 12 de Octubre|12 de Octubre]]
|3
|2
|0
|1
|12
|8
|'''6'''
|-
!2
|[[Cerro Porteño]]
|3
|2
|0
|1
|8
|6
|'''6'''
|- style="background:pink;"
!3
|[[Club Sol de América|Sol de América]]
|3
|1
|1
|1
|6
|6
|'''4'''
|- style="background:pink;"
!4
|[[Club Sportivo San Lorenzo|San Lorenzo]]
|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==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Level
!Tournament
!Champion
|-
|[[Paraguayan football league system|2nd]]
|[[Liga Paraguaya: Segunda División|Intermedia]]
|[[Club Libertad|Libertad]]
|-
|[[Paraguayan football league system|3rd]] ([[Gran Asunción|G.A.]] teams)
|[[Liga Paraguaya: Tercera División|Primera de Ascenso]]
|[[Club General Caballero (Zeballos Cue)|General Caballero ZC]]
|-
|[[Paraguayan football league system|3rd]] (interior teams)
|[[Unión del Fútbol del Interior|UFI]] Champions Cup
|[[Club Atlético 3 de Febrero|3 de Febrero]] ([[Ciudad del Este]])
|-
|[[Paraguayan football league system|4th]] ([[Gran Asunción|G.A.]] teams)
|Segunda de Ascenso
|[[Club Capitán Figari|Capitán Figari]]
|}

==Paraguayan teams in international competitions==
*'''[[2000 Copa Libertadores]]''':
**[[Cerro Porteño]]: round of 16
**[[Olimpia Asunción|Olimpia]]: group stage
**[[Club Atlético Colegiales (Paraguay)|Atl. Colegiales]]: group stage
*'''[[Copa MERCOSUR 2000]]''':
**[[Cerro Porteño]]: group stage
**[[Olimpia Asunción|Olimpia]]: group stage

==[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay national team]]==
{| class="wikitable"  style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; width:100%;"
|-
!Date
!Venue
!Opponents
!Score
!Comp
!Paraguay scorers
!Report
|-
| 2000-02-13
| [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]] <br /> [[Asunción]]
| {{fb|HUN}}
| style="background:lightyellow;"| <u>1</u> - 1
| [[Friendly match|F]]
| ''Unknown''
| N/A
|-
| March 29, 2000
| [[Estadio Nacional Jose Diaz]]<br /> [[Lima]]
| {{fb|PER}}
| style="background:pink;"| 2 - <u>0</u>
| [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|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]] <br /> [[Asunción]]
| {{fb|URU}}
| style="background:lightgreen;"| <u>1</u> - 0
| [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|WCQ 2002]]
| [[Celso Ayala|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]] <br /> [[Asunción]]
| {{fb|ECU}}
| style="background:lightgreen;"| <u>3</u> - 1
| [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|WCQ 2002]]
| [[Delio Toledo|Toledo]] {{goal|10}}<br />[[Hugo Brizuela|Brizuela]] {{goal|42}}, {{goal|63}}
| [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 (1988)|Sydney Football Stadium]] <br /> [[Sydney]]
| {{fb|AUS}}
| style="background:lightyellow;"| 0 - <u>0</u>
| [[Friendly match|F]]
| 
| N/A
|-
| 2000-06-12
| [[Suncorp Stadium]] <br /> [[Brisbane]]
| {{fb|AUS}}
| style="background:lightyellow;"| 0 - <u>0</u>
| [[Friendly match|F]]
| 
| N/A
|-
| 2000-06-15
| [[Docklands Stadium|Etihad Stadium]] <br /> [[Melbourne]]
| {{fb|AUS}}
| style="background:pink;"| 2 - <u>1</u>
| [[Friendly match|F]]
| [[Miguel Caceres|Caceres]] {{goal|58}}
| N/A
|-
| June 29, 2000
| [[Estadio Nacional de Chile]] <br /> [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]
| {{fb|CHI}}
| style="background:pink;"| 3 - <u>1</u>
| [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|WCQ 2002]]
| [[José Cardozo|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]] <br /> [[Asunción]]
| {{fb|BRA}}
| style="background:lightgreen;"| <u>2</u> - 1
| [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|WCQ 2002]]
| [[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Paredes]] {{goal|6}}<br />[[Jorge Luis Campos|Campos]] {{goal|83}}
| [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]] <br /> [[La Paz]]
| {{fb|BOL}}
| style="background:lightyellow;"| 0 - <u>0</u>
| [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|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]] <br /> [[Buenos Aires]]
| {{fb|ARG}}
| style="background:lightyellow;"| 1 - <u>1</u>
| [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|WCQ 2002]]
| [[Roberto Acuña|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]] <br /> [[Asunción]]
| {{fb|VEN}}
| style="background:lightgreen;"| <u>3</u> - 0
| [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|WCQ 2002]]
| [[Gabriel González (Paraguayan footballer)|G. González]] {{goal|30}}<br /> [[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|34}} <br /> [[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Paredes]] {{goal|43}}
| [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
| [[Estadio El Campín]] <br /> [[Bogotá]]
| {{fb|COL}}
| style="background:lightgreen;"| 0 - <u>2</u>
| [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|WCQ 2002]]
| [[Roque Santa Cruz|Santa Cruz]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Jose Luis Chilavert|Chilavert]] {{goal|89}} 
| [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]] <br /> [[Asunción]]
| {{fb|PER}}
| style="background:lightgreen;"| <u>5</u> - 1
| [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|WCQ 2002]]
| [[Roque Santa Cruz|Santa Cruz]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[José del Solar|Del Solar]] {{goal|25}} ([[own goal|o.g.]])<br />[[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|45}}<br />[[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Paredes]] {{goal|65}}<br />[[Jose Luis Chilavert|Chilavert]] {{goal|83}} ([[Penalty kick (association football)|p.k.]])
| [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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