The 2023 Copa do Brasil (officially the Copa Betano do Brasil 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 35th edition 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, ...
football competition. It was held between 21 February and 24 September 2023.
The competition was contested by 92 teams, either qualified by participating in their respective state championships (70), by the 2023
CBF ranking (10), by the
2022 Copa do Nordeste
The 2022 Copa do Nordeste was the 19th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 16 clubs, with Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco having two seeds each, and Alagoas, Maranhão, ...
(1), by the
2022 Copa Verde (1), by the
2022 Série B (1), by the
2022 Série A (1) or those qualified for
2023 Copa Libertadores
The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 64th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
The final was played at the Estádio ...
(8).
In the final,
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
defeated the defending champions
Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...
to win their first title. As champions, São Paulo qualified for the
2024 Copa Libertadores
The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 65th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The competition began on 6 February an ...
group stage and the
2024 Supercopa do Brasil.
Qualified teams
Teams in bold are qualified directly for the third round.
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Format
The competition is a
single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, ...
, the first two rounds are played as a single match and the rest are played as a
two-legged tie
In sports (especially association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum ...
s. Twelve teams enter in the third round, which are teams qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores (8), Série A best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores, Série B champions, Copa Verde champions and Copa do Nordeste runners-up. The remaining 80 teams play in the first round, the 40 winners play the second round, and the 20 winners play the third round. Finally, the sixteen third round winners advance to the round of 16.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition will be as follows:
Draw
First round
Second round
Third round
Final rounds
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
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Top goalscorers
References
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2023 in Brazilian football