2000 Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil 2000 was the 12th staging of the Copa do Brasil.

2000 Copa do Brasil

Copa do Brasil 2000
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	March 9 - July 9
Teams	69
Final positions
Champions	Cruzeiro (MG)
Runner-up	São Paulo (SP)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	129
Goals scored	386 (2.99 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Oséas (10)

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, in which Cruzeiro lifted the trophy for the third time with a 2-1 victory over São Paulo.

Oséas, of Cruzeiro, with 10 goals, was the competition's top scorer.

Format

69 clubs disputed the competition in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs, and the away goals rule 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

4 de Julho (PI) ABC (RN) América (MG) América (RN) Americano (RJ) Atlético (MG) Atlético (PR) Avaí (SC) Bahia (BA) Baré (RR) Botafogo (PB) Botafogo (SP) Botafogo (RJ) Caxias (RS) Ceará (CE) Comercial (MS) Confiança (SE)

Corinthians (SP) Coritiba (PR) CRB (AL) Cruzeiro (MG) CSA (AL) Dom Pedro II (DF) Figueirense (SC) Flamengo (RJ) Fluminense (RJ) Fortaleza (CE) Gama (DF) Goiás (GO) Grêmio (RS) Guarani (SP) Independência (AC) Internacional (RS) Interporto (TO)

Ji-Paraná (RO) Juventude (RS) Maranhão (MA) Nacional (AM) Náutico (PE) Palmeiras (SP) Paraná (PR) Paysandu (PA) Pinheiros (RO) Poções (BA) Ponte Preta (SP) Portuguesa (SP) Remo (PA) Rio Branco (ES) Rio Negro (MA) River (PI) Sampaio Corrêa (MA)

Santa Cruz (PE) Santos (AP) Santos (SP) São Paulo (SP) São Raimundo (AM) Sergipe (SE) Serra (ES) Sinop (MT) Sport (PE) Treze (PB) Ubiratan (MS) União (MT) URT (MG) Vasco (AC) Vasco (RJ) Vila Nova (GO) Vitória (BA) Ypiranga (AP)

Competition stages

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ypiranga (AP)	1-3	São Raimundo (AM)	0-0	1-3
Independência (AC)	2-1	Baré (RR)	1-0	1-1
Interporto (TO)	0-8	Bahia (BA)	0-8	-
Ji-Paraná (RO)	4-2	Vasco (AC)	2-1	2-1
Paysandu (PA)	1-2	Maranhão (MA)	0-1	1-1
4 de Julho (PI)	3-5	Fortaleza (CE)	2-1	1-3
URT (MG)	1-3	Fluminense (RJ)	1-1	0-3
CRB (AL)	1-2	Santa Cruz (PE)	0-1	1-1
Santos (AP)	0-6	Remo (PA)	0-0	0-6
Nacional (AM)	2-2	Rio Negro (AM)	1-1	1-1 (pen: 4-2
Sampaio Corrêa (MA)	1-1	Ceará (CE)	0-0	1-1
América (RN)	4-2	Sport (PE)	0-1	1-0 (pen: 4-2)
Treze (PB)	1-3	ABC (RN)	0-1	1-2
Pinheiros (RO)	0-2	Vitória (BA)	0-2	-
Náutico (PE)	3-1	CSA (AL)	2-1	1-0
Confiança (SE)	0-5	Goiás (GO)	0-1	0-4
Sergipe (SE)	3-2	Vila Nova (GO)	3-2	0-0
Caxias (RS)	4-2	Avaí (SC)	1-1	3-1
Americano (RJ)	2-3	Paraná (PR)	1-1	1-2
Gama (DF)	1-5	Cruzeiro (MG)	1-1	1-4

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River (PI)	1-2	Flamengo (RJ)	1-1	0-1
Figueirense (SC)	1-4	Guarani (SP)	1-1	0-3
Botafogo (PB)	1-3	Vasco (RJ)	1-3	-
Dom Pedro II (DF)	1-6	Ponte Preta (SP)	1-2	0-4
Commercial (MS)	2-5	São Paulo (SP)	2-1	0-3
Ubiratan (MS)	1-6	Sinop (MT)	1-1	0-5
América (MG)	5-6	Portuguesa (SP)	3-2	2-4
União (MT)	0-4	Grêmio (RS)	0-4	-
Poções (BA)	1-5	Coritiba (PR)	1-5	-
Serra (ES)	0-3	Santos (SP)	0-3	-
Botafogo (SP)	2-4	Internacional (RS)	2-1	0-3
Rio Branco (ES)	1-6	Botafogo (RJ)	1-1	0-5
Independência (AC)	2-7	São Raimundo (AM)	1-1	1-6
Ji-Paraná (RO)	1-5	Bahia (BA)	1-0	0-5
Maranhão (MA)	2-1	Fortaleza (CE)	2-1	0-0
Santa Cruz (PE)	3-4	Fluminense (RJ)	1-1	2-3
Nacional (AM)	4-3	Remo (PA)	3-2	1-2
América (RN)	4-3	Sampaio Corrêa (MA))	2-1	2-2
ABC (RN)	3-1	Vitória (BA)	1-0	2-1
Náutico (PE)	2-2	Goiás (GO)	1-1	1-1 (pen: 4-5)
Caxias (RS)	2-2	Sergipe (SE)	1-0	1-2
Paraná (PR)	0-2	Cruzeiro (MG)	0-2	-

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guarani (SP)	3-5	Flamengo (RJ)	0-2	3-3
Vasco (RJ)	2-1	Ponte Preta (SP)	1-1	1-0
Sinop (MT)	0-6	São Paulo (SP)	0-4	0-2
Bahia (BA)	6-3	São Raimundo (AM)	5-0	1-3
Maranhão (MA)	1-7	Fluminense (RJ)	1-1	0-6
Remo (PA)	4-6	América (RN)	2-0	2-6
ABC (RN)	2-2	Goiás (GO)	1-1	1-1 (pen: 4-3)
Caxias (RS)	2-9	Cruzeiro (MG)	1-3	1-6
Portuguesa (SP)	4-1	Grêmio (RS)	0-0	4-1
Coritiba (PR)	1-2	Santos (SP)	0-1	1-1
Internacional (RS)	3-3	Botafogo (RJ)	2-2	1-1

Round of Sixteen

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botafogo (RJ)	3-1	Corinthians (SP)	1-0	3-1
Cruzeiro (MG)	4-3	Atlético (PR)	2-1	2-2
Bahia (BA)	2-4	Flamengo (RJ)	1-3	1-1
Juventude (RS)	1-6	Santos (SP)	1-3	0-3
ABC (RN)	4-4	Palmeiras (SP)	3-3	1-1
América (RN)	3-6	São Paulo (SP)	1-3	2-3
Fluminense (RJ)	3-3	Vasco (RJ)	1-1	2-3
Portuguesa (SP)	0-0	Atlético (MG)	0-0	0-0 (pen: 1-4

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruzeiro (MG)	3-2	Botafogo (RJ)	3-2	0-0
Flamengo (RJ)	2-8	Santos (SP)	0-4	2-4
São Paulo (SP)	5-3	Palmeiras (SP)	2-1	3-2
Fluminense (RJ)	5-5	Atlético (MG)	3-3	2-2

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruzeiro (MG)	4-2	Santos (SP)	2-0	2-2
São Paulo (SP)	6-3	Atlético (MG)	3-0	3-3

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Paulo (SP)	1-2	Cruzeiro (MG)	0-0	1-2

Copa do Brasil 2000 Winners
Cruzeiro Third Title

External links

• Copa do Brasil 2000 at RSSSF
• SP vs Cruzeiro 0-0
• Cruzeiro vs SP 2-1