2019 Copa Verde

2019 Copa Verde
Country	Brazil
Dates	24 July – 20 November
Teams	24
Champions	Cuiabá (2nd title)
Runners-up	Paysandu
Matches played	46
Goals scored	117 (2.54 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Douglas Oliveira; (5 goals)
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The 2019 Copa Verde was the sixth edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 24 clubs, Acre, Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Pará have two vacancies; Amapá, Rondônia and Roraima with one each. The others five berths will be set according to CBF ranking.^[1]

In the finals, Cuiabá defeated Paysandu 5–4 on penalties after tied 1–1 on aggregate to win their second title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2020 Copa do Brasil.^[2]

Qualified teams[]

Association	Team	Qualification method
Acre 2+1 berths	Galvez	2018 Campeonato Acriano runners-up
	Humaitá^[3]	2018 Campeonato Acriano 5th place
	Atlético Acreano	3rd best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amapá 1+1 berths	Ypiranga	2018 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amapá 1+1 berths	Santos	4th best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amazonas 2+1 berths	Manaus	2018 Campeonato Amazonense champions
	Fast Clube	2018 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
	Nacional^[4]	5th best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Sobradinho	2018 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Brasiliense	2018 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo 2 berths	Vitória	2018 Copa Espírito Santo champions
Espírito Santo 2 berths	Real Noroeste^[5]	2018 Copa Espírito Santo 4th place
Goiás 2 berths	Goiás	2018 Campeonato Goiano champions
Goiás 2 berths	Iporá^[6]	2018 Campeonato Goiano 5th place
Mato Grosso 2+1 berths	Cuiabá	2018 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
	Sinop	2018 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
	Luverdense	2nd best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths	União ABC^[7]	2018 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense 7th place
Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths	Costa Rica^[8]	2018 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense 10th place
Pará 2+1 berths	Remo	2018 Campeonato Paraense champions
	Bragantino	2018 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
	Paysandu	1st best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia 1 berth	Genus^[9]	2018 Campeonato Rondoniense 6th place
Roraima 1 berth	São Raimundo	2018 Campeonato Roraimense champions

Note: The state of Tocantins, which at the beginning would be represented by Palmas, was without representatives after the same give up, not being replaced by another club.^[10]

Schedule[]

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[11]

Stage	First leg	Second leg
First stage	24, 25 and 27 July 2019	31 July and 1 and 2 August 2019
Round of 16	7, 8, 13 and 14 August 2019	14, 20 and 21 August 2019
Quarter-finals	3, 4 and 11 September 2019	11, 15 and 18 September 2019
Semi-finals	18 and 29 September 2019	6 and 23 October 2019
Finals	14 November 2019	20 November 2019

First round[]

Draw[]

Group 1	Group 2
Nacional (90) São Raimundo (96) Genus (106) Brasiliense (117) Manaus (133) Iporá (151) Fast Clube (160) Galvez (189)	Real Noroeste (205) Bragantino (no rank) Costa Rica (no rank) Humaitá (no rank) Sobradinho (no rank) União ABC (no rank) Vitória (no rank) Ypiranga (no rank)

In the first round, each tie was played on a two-legged basis. The higher-ranked team hosted the second leg. If the score was level, the match would go straight to the penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Humaitá	1–3	Nacional	1–1	0–2
Bragantino	4–2	São Raimundo	2–1	2–1
Sobradinho	5–3	Manaus	4–1	1–2
Ypiranga	4–2	Fast Clube	3–0	1–2
União ABC	4–1	Galvez	1–0	3–1
Vitória	0–0 (3–5 p)	Brasiliense	0–0	0–0
Costa Rica	4–2	Genus	2–0	2–2
Real Noroeste	1–2	Iporá	1–0	0–2

Bracket[]

Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Finals

União ABC	2	2	4

Luverdense	3	6	9
				Luverdense	2	2	4

				Goiás	1	4	5
Brasiliense	0	1	1

Goiás	0	4	4
								Goiás	1	1	2 (3)

								Cuiabá (p)	0	2	2 (4)
Costa Rica	2	3	5

Sinop	1	0	1
				Costa Rica	1	1	2

				Cuiabá	1	2	3
Iporá	1	1	2 (5)

Cuiabá (p)	2	0	2 (6)
												Cuiabá (p)	0	1	1 (5)

												Paysandu	1	0	1 (4)
Ypiranga	0	1	1

Atlético Acreano	2	2	4
				Atlético Acreano	2	1	3

				Remo	1	6	7
Sobradinho	1	0	1

Remo	0	3	3
								Remo	0	1	1

								Paysandu	0	3	3
Nacional	0	0	0

Paysandu	1	0	1
				Paysandu (p)	1	1	2 (6)

				Bragantino	1	1	2 (5)
Bragantino	1	1	2

Santos	0	1	1

Finals[]

All times are Brasília time, BRT.

14 November 2019

21:00 UTC−3

Cuiabá	0–1	Paysandu
	Report	Nicolas 68'

Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá

Attendance: 11,973

Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro

20 November 2019

21:00 UTC−3

Paysandu	0–1	Cuiabá
	Report	Paulinho 90+4'
Penalties
Leandro Lima Thiago Primão Tony Nicolas	4–5	Ednei Gutiérrez Escudero Alex Ruan Paulinho Felipe Marques

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 28,145

Referee: Sávio Pereira Sampaio

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Cuiabá won on penalties.

References[]

^ "Secretário-geral da CBF confirma edição 2019 da Copa Verde para depois da Copa América". Globo Esporte. 3 May 2019.
^ "Nos pênaltis, Cuiabá vence o Paysandu e garante título da Copa Verde 2019". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 20 November 2019.
^ Rio Branco and Plácido de Castro declined their invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy was passed on to Humaitá.
^ Amazonas state won a third spot following the withdrawal of clubs from other federations.
^ Espírito Santo state won a second spot following the withdrawal of clubs from other federations.
^ Atlético Goianiense, Vila Nova, Aparecidense and Anapolina declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the place was passed on to Iporá.
^ Operário declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy were passed to União ABC.
^ Corumbaense declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy were passed to Costa Rica.
^ Rondoniense, Vilhenense and Guajará declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the place was passed on to Genus.
^ "Palmas desiste de disputar a Copa Verde; competição começa em 24 de julho". Globo Esporte. 4 June 2019.
^ "COPA VERDE - TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2019" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.

[1] "Secretário-geral da CBF confirma edição 2019 da Copa Verde para depois da Copa América". Globo Esporte. 3 May 2019.

[2] "Nos pênaltis, Cuiabá vence o Paysandu e garante título da Copa Verde 2019". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 20 November 2019.

[3] Rio Branco and Plácido de Castro declined their invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy was passed on to Humaitá.

[4] Amazonas state won a third spot following the withdrawal of clubs from other federations.

[5] Espírito Santo state won a second spot following the withdrawal of clubs from other federations.

[6] Atlético Goianiense, Vila Nova, Aparecidense and Anapolina declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the place was passed on to Iporá.

[7] Operário declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy were passed to União ABC.

[8] Corumbaense declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy were passed to Costa Rica.

[9] Rondoniense, Vilhenense and Guajará declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the place was passed on to Genus.

[10] "Palmas desiste de disputar a Copa Verde; competição começa em 24 de julho". Globo Esporte. 4 June 2019.

[11] "COPA VERDE - TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2019" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.

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