2017 Copa do Brasil

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	February 8 – September 27
Teams	91
Final positions
Champions	Cruzeiro (5th title)
Runner-up	Flamengo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	120
Goals scored	282 (2.35 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Lucas Barrios Brenner Léo Gamalho Rafael Sóbis (5 goals each)
Best player	Diego (Flamengo)
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The 2017 Copa do Brasil (officially the Copa Continental Pneus do Brasil 2017 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 29th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. It was held between February 8 and September 27, 2017.^[2] The competition was contested by 91 teams, which qualified either by participating in their respective state championships (70), by the 2017 CBF ranking (10), by the 2016 Copa do Nordeste (1), by the 2016 Copa Verde (1), by the 2016 Série B (1) or qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores (8). Copa Verde, Copa do Nordeste and Série B champions, and the 8 Copa Libertadores clubs entered the competition in the round of 16.

Cruzeiro defeated Flamengo on penalties in the finals to win their fifth title. They also earned the right to play in the 2018 Copa Libertadores Group stage and the 2018 Copa do Brasil Round of 16.^[3] Diego (Flamengo) and Gatito Fernández (Botafogo) won best player and best goalkeeper awards, respectively.^[4][5]

Grêmio were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Cruzeiro in the semi-finals.

Format

The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament, the first two rounds featuring a single match and the other rounds featuring two-legged ties. The winner qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores.

Qualified teams

Teams in bold qualified directly for the round of 16.

Association	Team (Berth)	Qualification method
Acre 2 berths	Atlético Acreano	2016 Campeonato Acriano champions
	Rio Branco	2016 Campeonato Acriano runners-up
Alagoas 3+1 berths	CRB	2016 Campeonato Alagoano champions
	CSA	2016 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up
	Murici	2016 Campeonato Alagoano 3rd place
	ASA	9th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amapá 1 berth	Santos	2016 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas 2 berths	Fast Clube	2016 Campeonato Amazonense champions
	Princesa do Solimões	2016 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
Bahia 3 berths	Vitória	2016 Campeonato Baiano champions
	Bahia	2016 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
	Vitória da Conquista	2016 Copa Governador da Bahia champions
Ceará 3+1 berths	Fortaleza	2016 Campeonato Cearense champions
	Uniclinic	2016 Campeonato Cearense runners-up
	Guarani de Juazeiro	2016 Copa Fares Lopes champions
	Ceará	3rd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Espírito Santo 1 berth	Desportiva	2016 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Federal District 2 berths	Luziânia	2016 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
	Ceilândia	2016 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Goiás 3 + 1 berths	Atlético Goianiense	2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions
	Goiás	2016 Campeonato Goiano champions
	Anápolis	2016 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
	Vila Nova	2016 Campeonato Goiano 4th place
Maranhão 2 berths	Moto Club	2016 Campeonato Maranhense champions
	Sampaio Corrêa	2016 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up
Mato Grosso 3 berths	Luverdense	2016 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
	Sinop	2016 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
	Cuiabá	2016 Copa FMF champions
Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths	Sete de Dourados	2016 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
	Comercial	2016 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense runners-up
Minas Gerais 4+1+1 berths	Atlético Mineiro	2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place
	América Mineiro	2016 Campeonato Mineiro champions
	Cruzeiro	2016 Campeonato Mineiro 3rd place
	URT	2016 Campeonato Mineiro 4th place
	Caldense	2016 Campeonato Mineiro 5th place
	Boa Esporte	7th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Pará 3 + 1 berths	Paysandu	2016 Copa Verde champions
	São Francisco	2016 Campeonato Paraense runners-up
	São Raimundo	2016 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
	Remo	2016 Campeonato Paraense 4th place
Paraíba 2 berths	Campinense	2016 Campeonato Paraibano champions
	Botafogo	2016 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up
Paraná 3+1+1 berths	Atlético Paranaense	2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place
	Coritiba	2016 Campeonato Paranaense runners-up
	Paraná	2016 Campeonato Paranaense 3rd place
	PSTC	2016 Campeonato Paranaense 4th place
	Londrina	10th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Pernambuco 3 + 1 berths	Santa Cruz	2016 Copa do Nordeste champions
	Sport	2016 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
	Náutico	2016 Campeonato Pernambucano 3rd place
	Salgueiro	2016 Campeonato Pernambucano 4th place
Piauí 2 berths	Ríver	2016 Campeonato Piauiense champions
	Altos	2016 Campeonato Piauiense runners-up
Rio de Janeiro 5 + 2 berths	Flamengo	2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place
	Botafogo	2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th place
	Vasco da Gama	2016 Campeonato Carioca champions
	Fluminense	2016 Campeonato Carioca 3rd place
	Volta Redonda	2016 Campeonato Carioca 5th place
	Boavista	2016 Campeonato Carioca 6th place
	Friburguense	2016 Copa Rio runners-up
Rio Grande do Norte 3 berths	ABC	2016 Campeonato Potiguar champions
	América de Natal	2016 Campeonato Potiguar runners-up
	Globo	2016 Campeonato Potiguar 3rd place
Rio Grande do Sul 4 + 1 berths	Grêmio	2016 Copa do Brasil champions
	Internacional	2016 Campeonato Gaúcho champions
	Juventude	2016 Campeonato Gaúcho runners-up
	São José	2016 Campeonato Gaúcho 4th place
	Ypiranga	2016 Copa FGF runners-up
Rondônia 1 berth	Rondoniense	2016 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
Roraima 1 berth	São Raimundo	2016 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Santa Catarina 4 + 1 + 1 berths	Chapecoense	2016 Copa Sudamericana champions
	Joinville	2016 Campeonato Catarinense runners-up
	Criciúma	2016 Campeonato Catarinense 3rd place
	Figueirense	2016 Campeonato Catarinense 4th place
	Brusque	2016 Campeonato Catarinense 5th place
	Avaí	4th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
São Paulo 5+2+5 berths	Palmeiras	2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions
	Santos	2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up
	Audax	2016 Campeonato Paulista runners-up
	Corinthians	2016 Campeonato Paulista 3rd place
	São Bento	2016 Campeonato Paulista 5th place
	Santo André	2016 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 champions
	Ferroviária	2016 Copa Paulista runners-up
	São Paulo	best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Ponte Preta	2nd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Bragantino	5th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Portuguesa	6th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Oeste	8th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Sergipe 2 berths	Sergipe	2016 Campeonato Sergipano champions
	Itabaiana	2016 Campeonato Sergipano runners-up
Tocantins 1 berth	Gurupi	2016 Campeonato Tocantinense champions

Draw

A draw for the first round was held by CBF on December 15, 2016, 11:00 BRST at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.^[6] The 80 qualified teams were divided in eight groups (A-H) with 10 teams each. That division was based on the 2017 CBF ranking and the matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. E; B vs. F; C vs. G; D vs. H. The lower ranked teams hosted the first round match.

Seeding

• 2017 CBF ranking shown in brackets.

First round

In the first round, each match was played on a single-legged basis. The lower ranked team hosted the match and, in tie cases, the higher ranked team advanced to next round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CSA	1–4	Sport
Sete de Dourados	1–0	Ríver
Uniclinic	1–2	Portuguesa
Boavista	1–0	Ceará
Rio Branco	1–0	Figueirense
Gurupi	2–1	Londrina
São Raimundo	2–1	Fortaleza
Comercial	0–1	Joinville
Volta Redonda	1–2	Cruzeiro
São Francisco	3–0	Botafogo
Murici	3–1	Juventude
Atlético Acreano	0–2	América Mineiro
Globo	2–5	Fluminense
Sinop	1–0	Salgueiro
Altos	2–0	CRB
Santo André	0–1	Criciúma
Princesa do Solimões	0–2	Internacional
Friburguense	0–1	Oeste
São José	1–1	Sampaio Corrêa
Guarani de Juazeiro	1–0	Náutico
Caldense	0–1	Corinthians
Brusque	2–1	Remo
URT	1–2	Luverdense
Desportiva	1–2	Avaí
Campinense	0–2	Ponte Preta
Rondoniense	0–2	Cuiabá
São Raimundo	0–2	Boa Esporte
Itabaiana	2–4	Goiás
Santos	0–2	Vasco da Gama
Fast Clube	1–1	Vila Nova
Anápolis	0–0	Bragantino
Luziânia	0–2	Vitória
Vitória da Conquista	1–1	Coritiba
Ferroviária	1–1	ASA
São Bento	1–1	Paraná
Sergipe	0–2	Bahia
Moto Club	0–1	São Paulo
PSTC	2–1	Ypiranga
Audax	1–0	América de Natal
Ceilândia	1–1	ABC

Second round

In the second round, each match was played on a single-legged basis. In case of tie, the qualified team was determined by penalty shoot-out.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sport	3–0	Sete de Dourados
Portuguesa	0–2	Boavista
Gurupi	2–0	Rio Branco
Joinville	1–0	São Raimundo
Cruzeiro	6–0	São Francisco
Murici	0–0 (5–4 p)	América Mineiro
Sinop	1–3	Fluminense
Criciúma	2–2 (4–3 p)	Altos
Internacional	4–1	Oeste
Sampaio Corrêa	2–0	Guarani de Juazeiro
Brusque	0–0 (4–5 p)	Corinthians
Avaí	1–1 (2–3 p)	Luverdense
Ponte Preta	1–1 (4–5 p)	Cuiabá
Boa Esporte	0–0 (2–3 p)	Goiás
Vila Nova	1–2	Vasco da Gama
Vitória	3–2	Bragantino
Coritiba	0–2	ASA
Paraná	2–0	Bahia
PSTC	2–4	São Paulo
ABC	1–1 (4–1 p)	Audax

Third round

In the third round, each match was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boavista	0–4	Sport	0–3	0–1
Joinville	3–2	Gurupi	3–1	0–1
Murici	0–5	Cruzeiro	0–2	0–3
Criciúma	3–4	Fluminense	1–1	2–3
Sampaio Corrêa	1–7	Internacional	1–4	0–3
Luverdense	1–3	Corinthians	0–2	1–1
Goiás	5–1	Cuiabá	4–0	1–1
Vasco da Gama	1–2	Vitória	1–1	0–1
ASA	0–0 (1–4 p)	Paraná	0–0	0–0
São Paulo	4–2	ABC	3–1	1–1

Fourth round

A draw for the fourth round was held by CBF on March 17, 2017.^[7] In the fourth round, each match was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sport	3–3 (4–3 p)	Joinville	2–1	1–2
Vitória	0–2	Paraná	0–2	0–0
Goiás	2–4	Fluminense	2–1	0–3
Internacional	2–2 (4–3 p)	Corinthians	1–1	1–1
São Paulo	2–3	Cruzeiro	0–2	2–1

Knockout stages

In the knockout stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:^[8]

• Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.
• In the round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
• In the final, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule and extra time would not be used and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Paraná	3	0	3
	Atlético Mineiro	2	2	4
							Atlético Mineiro	1	0	1
							Botafogo	0	3	3
	Botafogo	2	1	3
	Sport	1	1	2
													Botafogo	0	0	0
													Flamengo	0	1	1
	Flamengo	0	2	2
	Atlético Goianiense	0	1	1
							Flamengo (a)	2	2	4
							Santos	0	4	4
	Santos	2	3	5
	Paysandu	0	1	1
																			Flamengo	1	0	1 (3)
																			Cruzeiro (p)	1	0	1 (5)
	Grêmio	3	2	5
	Fluminense	1	0	1
							Grêmio	4	3	7
							Atlético Paranaense	0	2	2
	Santa Cruz	0	0	0
	Atlético Paranaense	0	2	2
													Grêmio	1	0	1 (2)
													Cruzeiro (p)	0	1	1 (3)
	Palmeiras (a)	1	1	2
	Internacional	0	2	2
							Palmeiras	3	1	4
							Cruzeiro (a)	3	1	4
	Cruzeiro	1	0	1
	Chapecoense	0	0	0

Round of 16

A draw for the round of 16 was held by CBF on April 20, 2017.^[9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santa Cruz	0–2	Atlético Paranaense	0–0	0–2
Grêmio	5–1	Fluminense	3–1	2–0
Flamengo	2–1	Atlético Goianiense	0–0	2–1
Palmeiras	2–2 (a)	Internacional	1–0	1–2
Botafogo	3–2	Sport	2–1	1–1
Santos	5–1	Paysandu	2–0	3–1
Cruzeiro	1–0	Chapecoense	1–0	0–0
Paraná	3–4	Atlético Mineiro	3–2	0–2

Quarter-finals

A draw for the quarter-finals was held by CBF on June 5, 2017.^[10]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	1–3	Botafogo	1–0	0–3
Flamengo	4–4 (a)	Santos	2–0	2–4
Grêmio	7–2	Atlético Paranaense	4–0	3–2
Palmeiras	4–4 (a)	Cruzeiro	3–3	1–1

Semi-finals

A draw for the semi-finals was held by CBF on July 31, 2017.^[11]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botafogo	0–1	Flamengo	0–0	0–1
Grêmio	1–1 (2–3 p)	Cruzeiro	1–0	0–1

Final

In the final, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule and extra time would not be used and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. (Regulations Article 12.c). A draw by CBF was held on August 24, 2017 to determine the home-and-away team for each leg.^[12] The first leg was played on September 7 and the second leg was played on September 27, 2017.

September 7, 2017

21:45 UTC−03:00

Flamengo	1–1	Cruzeiro
Lucas Paquetá 75'	Report	De Arrascaeta 83'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 66,165

Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza (São Paulo)

September 27, 2017

21:45 UTC−03:00

Cruzeiro	0–0	Flamengo
	Report
Penalties
Henrique Léo Hudson Diogo Barbosa Thiago Neves	5–3	Guerrero Juan Diego Trauco

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 61,017

Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira (São Paulo)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lucas Barrios	Grêmio	5
	Brenner	Internacional	5
	Léo Gamalho	Goiás	5
	Rafael Sóbis	Cruzeiro	5
5	Bruno Henrique	Santos	4
	Henrique Dourado	Fluminense	4
7	Aldair	Joinville	3
	Carlos	Internacional	3
	Cícero	São Paulo	3
	Jonathan Copete	Santos	3
	Ederson	Gurupi	3
	Guilherme Biteco	Paraná	3
	Leandro Pereira	Sport	3
	Nenê	Vasco da Gama	3
	Pedro Rocha	Grêmio	3
	Robinho	Cruzeiro	3
	Junior Sornoza	Fluminense	3

Source: CBF^[13]