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 was set according to CBF ranking.[1]

2016 Copa Verde
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates6 February – 10 May
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsPará Paysandu (1st title)
Runner-upFederal District (Brazil) Gama
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored86 (2.61 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Brazil 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 edit

Association Team Qualification method
  Acre
1 berth
Rio Branco 2015 Campeonato Acreano champions
  Amapá
1 berth
Santos 2015 Campeonato Amapaense champions
  Amazonas
2 berths
Nacional 2015 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Fast Clube 2015 Copa Amazonas champions
  Distrito Federal
2 berths
Gama 2015 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Brasília 2015 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
  Espírito Santo
1 berth
Espírito Santo 2015 Copa Espírito Santo champions
  Goiás
1+1 berths
Aparecidense 2015 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
Vila Nova 3rd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
  Mato Grosso
1+1 berths
Cuiabá 2015 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
Luverdense 2nd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
  Mato Grosso do Sul
1 berth
Comercial 2015 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
  Pará
1+2 berths
Remo 2015 Campeonato Paraense champions
Paysandu 1st best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Águia de Marabá 4th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
  Rondônia
1 berth
Genus 2015 Campeonato Rondoniense 2nd round champions
  Roraima
1 berth
Náutico 2015 Campeonato Roraimense champions
  Tocantins
1 berth
Interporto 2015 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up

Schedule edit

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 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

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 edit

Paysandu  2–0  Gama
Celsinho   9'
Leandro Cearense   90+4'
Report
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 edit

  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.