Copa dos Campeões

Copa dos Campeões (Portuguese for Brazilian Champions Cup) was a Brazilian football competition, organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), contested by the best teams from each one of the regional cups.

Copa dos Campeões
Organising bodyBrazilian Football Confederation
Founded2000
Abolished2002
RegionBrazil
Number of teams9 (2000, 2001)
16 (2002)
Most successful club(s) Flamengo
Palmeiras
Paysandu
(1 title each)

The Copa dos Campeões winner was automatically qualified to following year's Copa Libertadores.

In 1968, Grêmio Maringá won a similar competition, named Torneio dos Campeões da CBD.

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