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)Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo
São Paulo (state) Palmeiras
Pará 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 edit

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

Format edit

 
2000 edition trophy.

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 edit

Year Finals Losing semi-finalists1
Winners Score Runners-up
2000  
Palmeiras
2–1  
Sport
 
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 edit

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

External links edit