2004 Copa Do Brasil
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The Copa do Brasil 2004 was the 16th 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 February 4, 2004 and concluded on June 30, 2004 with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Maracanã in
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, in which
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lifted the trophy for the first time with a 2-0 victory over
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. Dauri, of 15 de Novembro, with 8 goals, was the competition's top goal scorer.


Format

The competition was played by 64 clubs in a
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format where all rounds were played over two legs and the
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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


Notes


References


Copa do Brasil 2004 at RSSSF
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2004 in Brazilian football