Copa dos Campeões

Copa dos Campeões (Portuguese for Brazilian Champions Cup) was a Brazilian football competition, organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), contested by the best teams from each one of the regional cups.

Copa dos Campeões
Organising bodyBrazilian Football Confederation
Founded2000
Abolished2002
RegionBrazil
Number of teams9 (2000, 2001)
16 (2002)
Most successful club(s) Flamengo
Palmeiras
Paysandu
(1 title each)

The Copa dos Campeões winner was automatically qualified to following year's Copa Libertadores.

In 1968, Grêmio Maringá won a similar competition, named Torneio dos Campeões da CBD.[1]

Regional cups

These were the regional cups that granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões:

Format

In 2000, and in 2001, the competition was contested by eight clubs, in a two-leg playoff system. There was a preliminary stage called triangular, disputed by the champions of Copa Centro-Oeste and Copa Norte, and the Campeonato do Nordeste runner-up. Those teams played against each other once, and the two best teams qualified to the first stage.

In 2002, the competition was contested by sixteen clubs. In the first stage, the clubs were divided in four groups of four teams each. The two best placed clubs of each group qualified to the quarterfinals, which was disputed in two legs. The semifinals were disputed in one leg, and the final was disputed in two legs. All matches were played in cities located in Northeastern and Northern cities.

List of champions
Year Finals Losing semi-finalists1
Winners Score Runners-up
2000
Palmeiras		 2–1
Sport Recife
Flamengo
São Paulo
2001
Flamengo		 5–3
2–3
Aggregate
7–6
São Paulo
Coritiba
Cruzeiro
2002
Paysandu		 1–2
4–3
Aggregate
5–5 (3–0 p)
Cruzeiro
Flamengo
Palmeiras

Note 1: Losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

References
  1. "Brazil – Champion of Campeonato Nacional (Torneio dos Campeões da CBD) 1968". RSSSF. September 24, 2004. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
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