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The Copa do Brasil ( english : Brazil Cup ) is a smasher football rival played by 91 teams, representing all 26 brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the brazilian domestic cup and the brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de Portugal, Copa del Rey, Scottish Cup and Copa Argentina. The Copa do Brasil is an opportunity for teams from smaller states to play against the big teams. The winner of the cup automatically qualifies for the follow edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, the most esteemed continental football tournament contested by top clubs in South America organized by CONMEBOL.

initially the Copa do Brasil was contested by 32 clubs. The playing field increased to 40 in 1996, increased to 69 by the year of 2000, and stabilized at 64 after 2001 which it remained at until 2012. Clubs from all 26 brazilian states and the Federal District enter. From 2001 to 2012, the Copa do Brasil was played in the first one-half of the year and in those seasons, due to interfering scheduling, teams playing in the Copa Libertadores did not participate in the Copa do Brasil in the lapp year. Thus, the Copa do Brasil champion never defended their title in the next edition, since they would be qualified for the Copa Libertadores that year. Starting in 2013, 86 teams participate in the cup and the teams that compete in the Copa Libertadores join the Copa do Brasil directly in the Round of 16. besides, the best 8 teams from the previous year ‘s Campeonato Brasileiro Série A eliminated up to the third round qualify for Copa Sudamericana. From 2017 to 2020 the cup was contested by 91 teams but in 2021 the number of participants was increased to 92. Starting in 2021, the tournament has been sponsored by Intelbras and is thus presently known as the Copa Intelbras do Brasil ( english : Intelbras Brazil Cup ) for sponsorship reasons. Cruzeiro is the most successful cabaret, having won the competition six times, followed by Gremio with 5 titles, then Palmeiras with 4, then Corinthians and Flamengo with 3. Atlético Mineiro won 2, and another 10 clubs have won one edition of the rival, resulting in a total of 16 champions. The express with the highest number of titles is São Paulo, with 10. only two states have champions from more than one city : São Paulo ( Jundiaí, Santo André, Santos and São Paulo ) and Rio Grande do Sul ( Caxias do Sul and Porto Alegre ). Rio de Janeiro is the only city with more than two champion clubs ( Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama ) .

format [edit ]

The competition is a single elimination smasher tournament featuring two-legged ties. In the first gear two rounds, if the away team wins the inaugural match by 2 or more goals, it progresses heterosexual to the following beat avoiding the irregular leg. The away goals rule is used in the Copa do Brasil, which is an strange feature when compared to early south american competitions ( the Copa Libertadores did not adopt this rule until 2005 ). however, the away goals rule is not applied if both teams are from the lapp city. Since the tournament ‘s creation in 1989, the winner of the tournament qualifies for the next year ‘s Copa Libertadores de América .

eligible teams [edit ]

The eligible teams to compete in the Copa do Brasil are the previous class ‘s Copa do Brasil champion, the 70 best-placed clubs in the department of state championships ( in which the count of spots per state range from one to five clubs ), the exceed six clubs from the previous class ‘s Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the Copa do Nordeste ( Northeast Cup ) champion, the Copa Verde ( Green Cup ) champion, the ten highest-ranked clubs in CBF ‘s ranking not already qualified, and two of the following : the brazilian champion of the most holocene Copa Libertadores ( if there is one ), the brazilian champion of the most late Copa Sudamericana ( if there is one ), the seventh plaza team of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, or the champion of Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. [ 1 ] The 7 Brazilians teams in the Copa Libertadores da América, the best invest teams in the previous year ‘s Série A and Série B ( or the champion of Copa Libertadores and/or Copa Sudamericana, if it is a brazilian team ) and Copa do Nordeste and Copa Verde ‘s Title Holders will join the Copa do Brasil immediately in Round of 16 .

history [edit ]

The Copa do Brasil was created in 1989 to appease the state soccer federations with fewer large and traditional clubs on the national stage, whose representatives would hardly have the opportunity to face adult clubs during the class. This refer originate after a decrease in the number of participants in the 1987 Campeonato Brasileiro, when 13 of the biggest clubs in Brazil broke off to form the Copa União ( Union Cup ) in reply to the CBF ‘s fiscal difficulties. The initiation of this rival was designed to promote the country championships in the North, Northeast and Central West regions of Brazil, which were no longer represented in the brazilian Championship. Copa do Brasil is of high importance for the medium and little clubs in these regions who now, at least theoretically, have a way to qualify for the Copa Libertadores. The first edition of the Copa do Brasil took place in 1989. The first gear goal in the cup ‘s history was scored by Alcindo Sartori in a 2–0 victory by Flamengo over Paysandu. Gremio were the first champion, qualifying to compete in the 1990 Copa Libertadores. From 1989 to 1993, the champion of that year took home the trophy. In 1994 it was determined that the club that won the Copa do Brasil three times would have concluding possession of the cup. This happened in 2001 with Grêmio ( after winning in 1994, 1997 and 2001 ). therefore, for the 2002 Copa do Brasil a new trophy was contested, which remained until 2007 with no club earning its final monomania.

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By winning the 2003 Copa do Brasil and the 2003 Campeonato Brasileiro, Cruzeiro won both the domestic cup and domestic league in the same class, a feat that was matched only once in brazilian football by Atlético Mineiro in 2021. Atlético has besides won the 2021 Campeonato Mineiro, their state championship, as Cruzeiro did in 2003, completing the domestic double ( State league, national league and cup ). In 2008, a new trophy was instituted for the Copa do Brasil. In that lapp year Sport Recife became the first and thus far entirely golf club from outside the Southeast Region or the south area to win the competition. The north Region and Center-West regions have had no representative win the cup so army for the liberation of rwanda. Grêmio ‘s victory over Atletico Mineiro in the first leg of the 2016 Copa do Brasil concluding was the first time ever that a inflict club won the first gear leg of the Copa do Brasil final, in the 28 editions of the competition. The number of participating teams has varied during the contest ‘s history, based on the number of teams that qualify through their state of matter confederation ‘s league tournament. From 1989 to 1994, 32 teams participated. That act was increased in 1995 to 36 teams, in 1996 to 40 teams, and in 1997 to 45 teams. 42 teams participated in 1998, 65 in 1999 and 69 in 2000. From 2001 to 2012, the format was consolidated to 64 teams, without teams that participated in the Copa Libertadores that year due to conflict of dates. In 2013, CBF presented a newly cup trophy to replace the trophy in challenge since 2008. The champion gets permanent wave possession of the trophy and an identical trophy will be produced for the be class. besides in 2013, the tournament format was expanded again to 87 teams, which remained through 2014 and 2015. Under the modern format, teams participating in Copa Libertadores again competed in the Copa do Brasil, entering the tournament directly into the Round of 16. In 2016 the number of participants was increased to 86, in 2017 to 91 and in 2021 to 92 .

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Finalists [edit ]

performance by State [edit ]

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See besides [edit ]

  • Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, the women’s version of Copa do Brasil.

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