Copa dos Campeões (Portuguese for Brazilian Champions Cup) was a Brazilian

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competition, organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), contested by the best teams from each one of the regional cups. The Copa dos Campeões winner was automatically qualified to following year's

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. In 1968, Grêmio Maringá won a similar competition, named Torneio dos Campeões da CBD.

Regional cups

These were the regional cups that granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões: * Campeonato do Nordeste *

Copa Centro-Oeste Copa Centro-Oeste ( en, Center-West Cup) was a Brazilian football competition contested between Center-West region teams and teams from the Southeastern State Espírito Santo. For one edition, it was also contested by teams from Minas Gerais. ...

Copa Norte Copa Norte ( en, North Cup) was a Brazilian football competition contested between North region teams. Also with teams from the states of Maranhão and Piauí in the Northeastern. From 1997 to 1999, the Copa Norte champions granted qualific ...

Copa Sul-Minas Copa Sul-Minas was a Brazilian football competition that ran between 2000 and 2002, with teams from the three Southern states of Brazil, plus the Southeastern state of Minas Gerais. It replaced the 1999 tournament called Copa Sul which only include ...

* Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Format

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

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cities.

List of champions

Note 1: Losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

References

External links

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