Copa Verde

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Copa Verde
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Founded 2014
Region Brazil
Number of teams 18
Current champions Pará Paysandu (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Federal District (Brazil) Brasília
Mato Grosso Cuiabá
Pará Paysandu
(1 title each)
Television broadcasters TV Esporte Interativo
Website Official website
2016 Copa Verde

The Copa Verde (English: Green Cup) is an annual knockout football annual regional competition that started in 2014 and played by 16 teams from the North and Central-West regions, plus Espírito Santo (Espírito Santo state was included because they competed in the old Copa Centro Oeste). The winner will compete in the next year's Copa Sudamericana.[1][2] The cup will be organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), adopting the same format as the Copa do Brasil, with two-legged playoff games played from February to May between the 18 participating teams.[2]

History

The tournament was created with the purpose of making a North Region version of the Copa do Nordeste, hence the name Verde, meaning green, is an allusion to the Amazon Forest.[1] The competition was expanded to include clubs from the Central-West Region and from Espírito Santo state (as the state competed in the defunct Copa Centro-Oeste).[3] The competition was officially announced in September by the competitions director of the Brazilian Football Confederation.[4]

Initially the state of Goiás did not participate in the competition. They only entered the competition in 2016, increasing from 16 to 18 the number of participating teams.[5]

Costs

The Brazilian Sports Ministry and the television channel TV Esporte Interativo, who will broadcast the cup, will pay the traveling costs for the participating clubs.[1][2]

List of champions

List of Copa Verde finals
Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance Losing semi-finalists1
2014 Federal District (Brazil) Brasília 1–2 Pará Paysandu Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém 18,256 Federal District (Brazil) Brasiliense and Pará Remo
Federal District (Brazil) Brasília 2–1 Pará Paysandu Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília 51,701
3–3 on aggregate; Brasília won 7–6 in a penalty shootout.2
2015 Mato Grosso Cuiabá 1–4 Pará Remo Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém 34,973 Mato Grosso Luverdense and Pará Paysandu
Mato Grosso Cuiabá 5–1 Pará Remo Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá 3,315
Cuiabá won 6–5 on aggregate.
2016 Pará Paysandu 2–0 Federal District (Brazil) Gama Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém 26,610 Goiás Aparecidense and Pará Remo
Pará Paysandu 1–2 Federal District (Brazil) Gama Estádio Walmir Campelo Bezerra, Gama 9,090
Paysandu won 3–2 on aggregate.
Note 1: Losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.
Note 2: On July 28, 2014, the 2014 Copa Verde title was awarded to Paysandu, due to irregularities on the squad of Brasília.[6] Brasília appealed against this decision and obtained a suspension which reversed this decision temporarily.[7] A final decision by the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) declared Brasília as the champion.[8]

References

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