The Copa do Brasil 2000 was the 12th staging of the Copa do Brasil.

2000 Copa do Brasil
Copa do Brasil 2000
Tournament details
Country Brazil
DatesMarch 9 - July 9
Teams69
Final positions
ChampionsCruzeiro (MG)
Runner-upSão Paulo (SP)
Tournament statistics
Matches played129
Goals scored386 (2.99 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Oséas (10)
← 1999
2001 →

The competition started on March 9, 2000, and concluded on July 9, 2000, with the second leg of the final, held at the Mineirão stadium in Belo Horizonte, in which Cruzeiro lifted the trophy for the third time with a 2-1 victory over São Paulo.

Oséas, of Cruzeiro, with 10 goals, was the competition's top scorer.

Format

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69 clubs disputed the competition in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs, and the away goals rule was used, but in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played. The club automatically qualified to the next round.

Participating teams

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Competition stages

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ypiranga (AP) 1-3 São Raimundo (AM) 0-0 1-3
Independência (AC) 2-1 Baré (RR) 1-0 1-1
Interporto (TO) 0-8 Bahia (BA) 0-8 -
Ji-Paraná (RO) 4-2 Vasco (AC) 2-1 2-1
Paysandu (PA) 1-2 Maranhão (MA) 0-1 1-1
4 de Julho (PI) 3-5 Fortaleza (CE) 2-1 1-3
URT (MG) 1-3 Fluminense (RJ) 1-1 0-3
CRB (AL) 1-2 Santa Cruz (PE) 0-1 1-1
Santos (AP) 0-6 Remo (PA) 0-0 0-6
Nacional (AM) 2-2 Rio Negro (AM) 1-1 1-1 (pen: 4-2
Sampaio Corrêa (MA) 1-1 Ceará (CE) 0-0 1-1
América (RN) 4-2 Sport (PE) 0-1 1-0 (pen: 4-2)
Treze (PB) 1-3 ABC (RN) 0-1 1-2
Pinheiros (RO) 0-2 Vitória (BA) 0-2 -
Náutico (PE) 3-1 CSA (AL) 2-1 1-0
Confiança (SE) 0-5 Goiás (GO) 0-1 0-4
Sergipe (SE) 3-2 Vila Nova (GO) 3-2 0-0
Caxias (RS) 4-2 Avaí (SC) 1-1 3-1
Americano (RJ) 2-3 Paraná (PR) 1-1 1-2
Gama (DF) 1-5 Cruzeiro (MG) 1-1 1-4

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River (PI) 1-2 Flamengo (RJ) 1-1 0-1
Figueirense (SC) 1-4 Guarani (SP) 1-1 0-3
Botafogo (PB) 1-3 Vasco (RJ) 1-3 -
Dom Pedro II (DF) 1-6 Ponte Preta (SP) 1-2 0-4
Commercial (MS) 2-5 São Paulo (SP) 2-1 0-3
Ubiratan (MS) 1-6 Sinop (MT) 1-1 0-5
América (MG) 5-6 Portuguesa (SP) 3-2 2-4
União (MT) 0-4 Grêmio (RS) 0-4 -
Poções (BA) 1-5 Coritiba (PR) 1-5 -
Serra (ES) 0-3 Santos (SP) 0-3 -
Botafogo (SP) 2-4 Internacional (RS) 2-1 0-3
Rio Branco (ES) 1-6 Botafogo (RJ) 1-1 0-5
Independência (AC) 2-7 São Raimundo (AM) 1-1 1-6
Ji-Paraná (RO) 1-5 Bahia (BA) 1-0 0-5
Maranhão (MA) 2-1 Fortaleza (CE) 2-1 0-0
Santa Cruz (PE) 3-4 Fluminense (RJ) 1-1 2-3
Nacional (AM) 4-3 Remo (PA) 3-2 1-2
América (RN) 4-3 Sampaio Corrêa (MA)) 2-1 2-2
ABC (RN) 3-1 Vitória (BA) 1-0 2-1
Náutico (PE) 2-2 Goiás (GO) 1-1 1-1 (pen: 4-5)
Caxias (RS) 2-2 Sergipe (SE) 1-0 1-2
Paraná (PR) 0-2 Cruzeiro (MG) 0-2 -

Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guarani (SP) 3-5 Flamengo (RJ) 0-2 3-3
Vasco (RJ) 2-1 Ponte Preta (SP) 1-1 1-0
Sinop (MT) 0-6 São Paulo (SP) 0-4 0-2
Bahia (BA) 6-3 São Raimundo (AM) 5-0 1-3
Maranhão (MA) 1-7 Fluminense (RJ) 1-1 0-6
Remo (PA) 4-6 América (RN) 2-0 2-6
ABC (RN) 2-2 Goiás (GO) 1-1 1-1 (pen: 4-3)
Caxias (RS) 2-9 Cruzeiro (MG) 1-3 1-6
Portuguesa (SP) 4-1 Grêmio (RS) 0-0 4-1
Coritiba (PR) 1-2 Santos (SP) 0-1 1-1
Internacional (RS) 3-3 Botafogo (RJ) 2-2 1-1

Round of Sixteen

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Botafogo (RJ) 3-1 Corinthians (SP) 1-0 3-1
Cruzeiro (MG) 4-3 Atlético (PR) 2-1 2-2
Bahia (BA) 2-4 Flamengo (RJ) 1-3 1-1
Juventude (RS) 1-6 Santos (SP) 1-3 0-3
ABC (RN) 4-4 Palmeiras (SP) 3-3 1-1
América (RN) 3-6 São Paulo (SP) 1-3 2-3
Fluminense (RJ) 3-3 Vasco (RJ) 1-1 2-3
Portuguesa (SP) 0-0 Atlético (MG) 0-0 0-0 (pen: 1-4

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruzeiro (MG) 3-2 Botafogo (RJ) 3-2 0-0
Flamengo (RJ) 2-8 Santos (SP) 0-4 2-4
São Paulo (SP) 5-3 Palmeiras (SP) 2-1 3-2
Fluminense (RJ) 5-5 Atlético (MG) 3-3 2-2

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruzeiro (MG) 4-2 Santos (SP) 2-0 2-2
São Paulo (SP) 6-3 Atlético (MG) 3-0 3-3

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
São Paulo (SP) 1-2 Cruzeiro (MG) 0-0 1-2
Copa do Brasil
2000 Winners
 
Cruzeiro
Third Title
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