2016 Copa do Brasil

2016 Copa do Brasil

Copa Continental Pneus do Brasil 2016
Country	Brazil
Dates	2016
Teams	86
Matches played	11
Goals scored	16 (1.45 per match)
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The 2016 Copa do Brasil will be the 28th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. The competition will be contested by 86 teams, either qualified through participitating their respective state championships (70), by the 2016 CBF ranking (10) or those qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores (5) and the team with the best 2015 Série A record (excluding those qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores). Those 6 clubs will enter the competition in the round of 16. The best six teams of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A eliminated until the third round will qualify for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.

Format

The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties. In the first two rounds, if the away team wins the first match by 2 or more goals, it progresses straight to the next round avoiding the second leg. The away goals rule is also used in the Copa do Brasil, with the exception of finals. The winner qualifies for the 2017 Copa Libertadores.

Qualified teams

The teams in bold are qualified directly for the round of 16.

Association	Team (Berth)	Qualification method
Acre 2 berths	Rio Branco	2015 Campeonato Acriano champions
	Galvez	2015 Campeonato Acriano runners-up
Alagoas 3 berths	CRB	2015 Campeonato Alagoano champions
	Coruripe	2015 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up
	ASA	2015 Campeonato Alagoano first stage champions
Amapá 1 berth	Santos	2015 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas 2 berths	Nacional	2015 Campeonato Amazonense champions
	Princesa do Solimões	2015 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
Bahia 3+1 berths	Bahia	2015 Campeonato Baiano champions
	Vitória da Conquista	2015 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
	Juazeirense	2015 Copa Governador do Estado da Bahia runners-up
	Vitória	2nd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Ceará 3 berths	Fortaleza	2015 Campeonato Cearense champions
	Ceará	2015 Campeonato Cearense runners-up
	Guarany de Sobral	2015 Copa Fares Lopes champions
Federal District 2 berths	Gama	2015 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
	Brasília	2015 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo 1 berth	Rio Branco	2015 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Goiás 3+1 berths	Goiás	2015 Campeonato Goiano champions
	Aparecidense	2015 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
	Goianésia	2015 Campeonato Goiano 3rd place
	Atlético Goianiense	6th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Maranhão 2 berths	Imperatriz	2015 Campeonato Maranhense champions
	Sampaio Corrêa	2015 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up[1][2]
Mato Grosso 3 berths	Cuiabá	2015 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
	Operário	2015 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
	Dom Bosco	2015 Copa FMF Sub-21 champions
Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths	Comercial	2015 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
	Ivinhema	2015 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense runners-up
Minas Gerais 4+1 berths	Atlético Mineiro	2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up
	Caldense	2015 Campeonato Mineiro runners-up
	Cruzeiro	2015 Campeonato Mineiro 3rd place
	Tombense	2015 Campeonato Mineiro 4th place
	América Mineiro	2015 Campeonato Mineiro 5th place
Pará 3+1 berths	Remo	2015 Campeonato Paraense champions
	Independente	2015 Campeonato Paraense runners-up
	Parauapebas	2015 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
	Paysandu	7th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Paraíba 2 berths	Campinense	2015 Campeonato Paraibano champions
	Botafogo	2015 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up[3][4]
Paraná 3+2 berths	Operário	2015 Campeonato Paranaense champions
	Coritiba	2015 Campeonato Paranaense runners-up
	Londrina	2015 Campeonato Paranaense 3rd place
	Atlético Paranaense	Best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Paraná	10th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Pernambuco 3+1 berths	Santa Cruz	2015 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
	Salgueiro	2015 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
	Sport	2015 Campeonato Pernambucano 3rd place
	Náutico	5th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Piauí 2 berths	Ríver	2015 Campeonato Piauiense champions
	Parnahyba	2015 Copa Piauí champions
Rio de Janeiro 5 berths	Vasco da Gama	2015 Campeonato Carioca champions
	Botafogo	2015 Campeonato Carioca runners-up
	Flamengo	2015 Campeonato Carioca 3rd place
	Fluminense	2015 Campeonato Carioca 4th place
	Resende	2015 Copa Rio champions
Rio Grande do Norte 3 berths	América de Natal	2015 Campeonato Potiguar champions
	ABC	2015 Campeonato Potiguar runners-up
	Globo	2015 Campeonato Potiguar 3rd place
Rio Grande do Sul 4+2 berths
	Grêmio	2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place
	Internacional	2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th place
	Brasil de Pelotas	2015 Campeonato Gaúcho 3rd place
	Juventude	2015 Campeonato Gaúcho 4th place
	Ypiranga	2015 Campeonato Gaúcho 5th place
	Lajeadense	2015 Copa FGF champions
Rondônia 1 berth	Genus	2015 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
Roraima 1 berth	Náutico	2015 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Santa Catarina 4+2 berths	Figueirense	2015 Campeonato Catarinense champions
	Joinville	2015 Campeonato Catarinense runners-up
	Chapecoense	2015 Campeonato Catarinense 3rd place[5]
	Internacional de Lages	2015 Campeonato Catarinense 4th place
	Criciúma	3rd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Avaí	4th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
São Paulo 5+3+2 berths	Corinthians	2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions
	Palmeiras	2015 Copa do Brasil champions
	São Paulo	2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place
	Santos	2015 Campeonato Paulista champions
	Ponte Preta	2015 Campeonato Paulista 5th place
	Red Bull Brasil	2015 Campeonato Paulista 6th place
	Ferroviária	2015 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 champions
	Linense	2015 Copa Paulista champions
	Portuguesa	8th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Bragantino	9th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Sergipe 2 berths	Confiança	2015 Campeonato Sergipano champions
	Estanciano	2015 Campeonato Sergipano runners-up[6]
Tocantins 1 berth	Tocantinópolis	2015 Campeonato Tocantinense champions

Draw

A draw for the first round was held by CBF on January 11, 2016, 14:30 BRST. The 80 qualified teams were divided in eight groups (A-H) with 10 teams each. That division was based on the 2016 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 of each match will host the first leg. Before the round of 16 there will be another draw including the six teams directly qualified to the round of 16. All draws will be held at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.

Seeding

• 2016 CBF ranking shown in brackets.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Cruzeiro (3) Santos (4) Flamengo (6) Fluminense (10) Vasco da Gama (11) Atlético Paranaense (12) Botafogo (13) Coritiba (14) Goiás (15) Figueirense (16)	Ponte Preta (17) Bahia (18) Sport Recife (19) Vitória (20) Ceará (21) Criciúma (22) Avaí (23) Chapecoense (24) Náutico (25) ABC (26)	Joinville (27) Atlético Goianiense (28) América de Natal (29) Paysandu (30) América Mineiro (31) Portuguesa (32) Bragantino (33) Paraná (34) Santa Cruz (35) ASA (38)	Sampaio Corrêa (39) CRB (40) Fortaleza (42) Salgueiro (47) Cuiabá (50) Botafogo (56) Londrina (58) Juventude (59) Nacional (64) Rio Branco (65)
Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
Brasil de Pelotas (66) Remo (69) Confiança (70) Tombense (71) Campinense (72) Santos (76) Coruripe (78) Ríver (79) Guarany (80) Lajeadense (81)	Vitória da Conquista (82) Goianésia (83) Resende (85) Globo (89) Operário (90) Náutico (92) Aparecidense (93) Princesa do Solimões (94) Caldense (95) Operário (102)	Gama (107) Independente (110) Ypiranga (114) Brasília (117) Rio Branco (118) Genus (120) Parnahyba (128) Estanciano (132) Comercial (133) Red Bull Brasil (142)	Internacional de Lages (142) Imperatriz (142) Juazeirense (174) Tocantinópolis (210) Ferroviária (–) Linense (–) Parauapebas (–) Dom Bosco (–) Galvez (–) Ivinhema (–)

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	4–1	Santos	1–1	3–0
Rio Branco	1–2	Galvez	0–1	1–1
ABC	4–3	Goianésia	1–1	3–2
América de Natal	M4	Gama
Goiás	3–3 (7–8 p)	Ríver	1–2	2–1
Botafogo	2–2 (6–5 p)	Linense	1–1	1–1
Ceará	3–3 (a)	Resende	2–2	1–1
Joinville	M8	Comercial	1–1	1–0
Vasco da Gama	3–1	Remo	1–0	2–1
CRB	2–0	Ivinhema	2–0	–
Náutico	1–1 (a)	Vitória da Conquista	0–0	1–1
Santa Cruz	1–0	Rio Branco	1–0	0–0
Cruzeiro	3–2	Campinense	0–0	3–2
Londrina	7–0	Parauapebas	1–0	6–0
Vitória	6–3	Náutico	3–2	3–1
Portuguesa	2–2 (a)	Parnahyba	1–2	1–0
Coritiba	3–0	Guarany de Sobral	3–0	–
Juventude	3–1	Tocantinópolis	1–1	2–0
Criciúma	2–3	Operário	1–2	1–1
Paysandu	4–1	Independente	2–1	2–0
Atlético Paranaense	2–1	Brasil de Pelotas	1–1	1–0
Nacional	1–3	Dom Bosco	0–2	1–1
Chapecoense	4–1	Princesa do Solimões	2–1	2–0
Paraná	3–1	Estanciano	1–1	2–0
Flamengo	3–1	Confiança	0–1	3–0
Fortaleza	3–1	Imperatriz	1–1	2–0
Bahia	3–1	Globo	0–0	3–1
América Mineiro	4–3	Red Bull Brasil	1–1	3–2
Fluminense	3–0	Tombense	3–0	–
Salgueiro	1–2	Ferroviária	0–1	1–1
Sport Recife	1–4	Aparecidense	0–2	1–2
Atlético Goianiense	2–4	Ypiranga	2–2	0–2
Figueirense	2–0	Lajeadense	2–0	–
Sampaio Corrêa	2–2 (a)	Internacional de Lages	2–1	0–1
Ponte Preta	3–2	Caldense	2–1	1–1
ASA	2–3	Genus	0–2	2–1
Botafogo	2–1	Coruripe	1–0	1–1
Cuiabá	1–1 (4–5 p)	Juazeirense	0–1	1–0
Avaí	2–1	Operário	0–1	2–0
Bragantino	2–0	Brasília	2–0	–

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	M41	Galvez
ABC	M42
Botafogo	M43	Ríver
Ceará	M44	Joinville
Vasco da Gama	M45	CRB
Santa Cruz	M46	Vitória da Conquista
Cruzeiro	M47	Londrina
Vitória	M48	Portuguesa
Coritiba	M49	Juventude
Paysandu	M50	Operário
Atlético Paranaense	M51	Dom Bosco
Chapecoense	M52	Paraná
Flamengo	M53	Fortaleza	1–2
Bahia	M54	América Mineiro
Fluminense	M55	Ferroviária	3–3
Aparecidense	M56	Ypiranga
Figueirense	M57	Sampaio Corrêa
Ponte Preta	M58	Genus	1–0
Botafogo	M59	Juazeirense
Avaí	M60	Bragantino	0–1

Copa Sudamericana qualification

The best six teams eliminated before the round of 16 with the best 2015 Série A or 2015 Série B record (excluding those directly qualified for the round of 16) qualify for 2016 Copa Sudamericana.

Pos Team Final status 2015 season 1 Sport Eliminated (First Round) 6th (Série A) 2 Santos Second Round 7th (Série A) 3 Cruzeiro Second Round 8th (Série A) 4 Atlético Paranaense Second Round 10th (Série A) 5 Ponte Preta Second Round 11th (Série A) 6 Flamengo Second Round 12th (Série A) 7 Fluminense Second Round 13th (Série A) 8 Chapecoense Second Round 14th (Série A) 9 Coritiba Second Round 15th (Série A) 10 Figueirense Second Round 16th (Série A) 11 Botafogo Second Round 1st (Série B) 12 Santa Cruz Second Round 2nd (Série B) 13 Vitória Second Round 3rd (Série B) 14 América Mineiro Second Round 4th (Série B) 15 Avaí Second Round 17th (Série A) 16 Vasco da Gama Second Round 18th (Série A) 17 Goiás Eliminated (First Round) 19th (Série A) 18 Joinville Second Round 20th (Série A)

Key to colors on the table Qualified Not qualified

Knockout stages

A draw by CBF will be held to set the matches for this round. The 16 qualified teams will be divided in two pots (1-2). Teams from pot 1 are the six teams directly qualified to the round of 16, the five teams that competed at the 2016 Copa Libertadores and the best placed team in the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A not taking part in the 2016 Copa Libertadores, plus the two highest CBF ranked teams in 2016 qualified via the third round. Pot 2 is composed of the other teams that qualified through the third round. Each pot was divided into 4 pairs according to the CBF ranking. That division makes sure that each team within a pair will not face each other before the finals as they will be placed in opposite sides of the bracket. A draw will decide the home team of the round of 16. The following stages will have other draws to determine the order of the matches as the tournament advances. All draws will be held at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.

Seeding

• 2016 CBF ranking shown in brackets.

Pot 1	Pot 2
Corinthians (1) Grêmio (2) São Paulo (5) Atlético Mineiro (7) Palmeiras (8) Internacional (9)

References

1. "Campeonato Maranhense Série "A" 2015 - Regulamento da Competição" (PDF). http://www.fmfma.com.br/ (in Portuguese). Federação Maranhense de Futebol. 2014-11-05. Art.4º- (...) Ao segundo colocado será atribuído o título de Vice-Campeão e em razão deste título terá direito de representar o Estado do Maranhão nas seguintes competições: Copa do Brasil 2016 e Copa Nordeste 2016. External link in |website= (help)
2. "Imperatriz conquista segundo título da história ao vencer Sampaio Corrêa". http://globoesporte.globo.com/ (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 2015-05-02. Enquanto o Sampaio vai jogar a Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro, o Imperatriz se prepara para jogar o Campeonato Brasileiro Série D e vai tentar o acesso para a Série C de 2016, o que seria outro feito inédito na história do clube. Ambos os times estão também, em 2016, na Copa do Brasil e Copa do Nordeste. External link in |website= (help)
3. "Botafogo vence o Auto e comemora prêmio de consolação: vagas nas copas do Brasil e do NE". http://globoesporte.globo.com/ (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 2015-06-13. External link in |website= (help)
4. "Acostumado a títulos, Doda esnoba o vice: "Só serve mesmo para o clube" - Meia lamenta a perda do tricampeonato paraibano, mas ressalta importância de ter garantido o Botafogo-PB na Copa do Brasil e na Copa do Nordeste do próximo ano". http://globoesporte.globo.com/ (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 2015-06-14. External link in |website= (help)
5. "Com placar magro, Chape vence Tigre e garante vaga direta à Copa do Brasil". http://globoesporte.globo.com/ (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 2015-04-19. Com o 1 a 0 sobre o Tigre, o Verdão do Oeste terminou o estadual em terceiro lugar e garantiu vaga direta à Copa do Brasil do ano que vem. External link in |website= (help)
6. "Tudo azul! Dragão detona Canário e é o primeiro campeão do Novo Batistão". http://globoesporte.globo.com/ (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 2015-05-09. Vice-campeão, o Estanciano ficou com a única vaga do Estado na Série D, que começa em julho. Os dois times estão classificados para Copa do Nordeste e Copa do Brasil no próximo ano. External link in |website= (help)