2016 Copa Verde

The 2016 Copa Verde was the third edition of the Copa Verde football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 18 clubs, Amazonas and Distrito Federal has two vacancies; Acre, Amapá, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins with one each. The others four berths will be set according to CBF ranking.[1]

2016 Copa Verde
Country Brazil
Dates6 February – 10 May
Teams18
Champions Paysandu (1st title)
Runners-up Gama
Matches played33
Goals scored86 (2.61 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Rafael Grampola
(6 goals)
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In the finals, Paysandu defeated Gama 3–2 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2017 Copa do Brasil.[2]

Qualified teams
Association Team Qualification method
Acre
1 berth		Rio Branco2015 Campeonato Acriano champions
Amapá
1 berth		Santos2015 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas
2 berths		Nacional2015 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Fast Clube2015 Copa Amazonas champions
Distrito Federal
2 berths		Gama2015 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Brasília2015 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo
1 berth		Espírito Santo2015 Copa Espírito Santo champions
Goiás
1+1 berths		Aparecidense2015 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
Vila Nova44th placed in 2016 CBF ranking
Mato Grosso
1+1 berths		Cuiabá2015 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
Luverdense36th placed in 2016 CBF ranking
Mato Grosso do Sul
1 berth		Comercial2015 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Pará
1+2 berths		Remo2015 Campeonato Paraense champions
Paysandu30th placed in 2016 CBF ranking
Águia de Marabá55th placed in 2016 CBF ranking
Rondônia
1 berth		Genus2015 Campeonato Rondoniense 2nd round champions
Roraima
1 berth		Náutico2015 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins
1 berth		Interporto2015 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[3]

Stage First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 6 and 18 February 2016 17 February and 3 March 2016
Round of 16 9, 10 and 24 March 2016 16, 17 and 27 March 2016
Quarter-finals 23 and 24 March and 7 April 2016 6, 7, 13 and 14 April 2016
Semi-finals 20 April 2016 23 April 2016
Finals 3 May 2016 10 May 2016

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fast Clube 0–4 Águia de Marabá [4] 0–1 0–3
Brasília 1–2 Vila Nova 1–1 0–1

Bracket
  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                                             
Fast Clube 1 0 1  
Paysandu 1 3 4  
  Paysandu 1 5 6  
  Rio Branco 0 2 2  
Genus [5] 2 — —
Rio Branco 1 — —  
  Paysandu 2 4 6  
  Remo 1 2 3  
Santos 3 2 5  
Nacional 3 4 7  
  Nacional 1 0 1
  Remo 1 1 2  
Náutico 1 0 1
Remo 3 4 7  
  Paysandu 2 1 3
  Gama 0 2 2
Comercial 0 0 0  
Cuiabá 0 2 2  
  Cuiabá 1 1 2
  Aparecidense 3 0 3  
Espírito Santo 0 0 0
Aparecidense 0 2 2  
  Aparecidense 1 2 3
  Gama 3 1 4  
Vila Nova 4 1 5  
Luverdense 0 0 0  
  Vila Nova 0 0 0 (3)
  Gama (p) 0 0 0 (4)  
Interporto 1 0 1
Gama 1 3 4  

Finals
Main article: 2016 Copa Verde Finals
Paysandu 2–0 Gama
Celsinho  9'
Leandro Cearense  90+4'		 Report
Mangueirão, Belém
Attendance: 24,160
Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado
Gama 2–1 Paysandu
Rafael Grampola  73', 78' (pen.) Report Raí  3'
Attendance: 9,090
Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha

Paysandu won 3–2 on aggregate.

References
  1. "CBF divulga regulamento, tabela e plano de ação". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 8 December 2015.
  2. "Papão perde para o Gama por 2 a 1, mas fica com o título da Copa Verde". Globo Esporte. 11 May 2016.
  3. "Regulamento Específico da Competição / Copa Verde 2016" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  4. Águia de Marabá was eliminated for using an irregular player.
  5. Genus was eliminated for using an irregular player.
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