The Copa do Brasil 2001 was the 13th 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 14, 2001 and concluded on June 13, 2001 with the second leg of the final, held at the
Estádio do Morumbi
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in
São Paulo
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, in which
Grêmio lifted the trophy for the fourth time with a 3-1 victory over
Corinthians
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.
Washington
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* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
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, of
Ponte Preta, with 12 goals, was the competition's topscorer.
Format
The competition was disputed by 64 clubs 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 and the club automatically qualified to the next round.
Competition stages
References
Copa do Brasil 2001 at RSSSF
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2001 domestic association football cups
2001
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2001 in Brazilian football