The Copa do Brasil 2000 was the 12th staging of the
Copa do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil () is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and it is the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de Portugal, ...
.
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
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, in which
Cruzeiro lifted the trophy for the third time with a 2-1 victory over
São Paulo
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.
Oséas, of
Cruzeiro, with 10 goals, was the competition's top scorer.
Format
69 clubs disputed the competition in a
knock-out
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format where all rounds were played over two legs, and the
away goals rule
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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
Competition stages
First round
Second round
Third round
Round of Sixteen
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
External links
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2000 domestic association football cups
2000
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2000 in Brazilian football