2017 Copa Verde

The 2017 Copa Verde was the fourth edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 18 clubs, Acre, Distrito Federal and Mato Grosso do Sul have two spots; Amapá, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins with one each. The others four berths was set according to CBF ranking.[1]

2017 Copa Verde
Country Brazil
Dates29 January – 16 May
Teams18
Champions Luverdense (1st title)
Runners-up Paysandu
Matches played34
Goals scored93 (2.74 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Careca
(5 goals)
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In the finals, Luverdense defeated Paysandu 4–2 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2018 Copa do Brasil.[2]

Qualified teams
Association Team Qualification method
Acre
2 berths		Atlético Acreano2016 Campeonato Acriano champions
Galvez2016 Campeonato Acriano 3rd place
Amapá
1 berth		Santos2016 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas
1+1 berths		Fast Clube2016 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Nacional4th best placed team in the 2017 CBF ranking not already qualified
Distrito Federal
2 berths		Luziânia2016 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Ceilândia2016 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo
1 berth		Rio Branco2016 Copa Espírito Santo champions
Mato Grosso
1+1 berths		Luverdense2016 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
Cuiabá1st best placed team in the 2017 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul
2 berths		Sete de Dourados2016 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Operário2016 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense 3rd place
Pará
1+2 berths		Paysandu2016 Campeonato Paraense champions
Remo2nd best placed team in the 2017 CBF ranking not already qualified
Águia de Marabá3rd best placed team in the 2017 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia
1 berth		Rondoniense2016 Campeonato Rondoniense 2nd round champions
Roraima
1 berth		São Raimundo2016 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins
1 berth		Tocantins de Miracema2016 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[3]

Stage First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 29 January 2017 11 and 12 February 2017
Round of 16 4 and 5 March 2017 16, 17 and 19 March 2017
Quarter-finals 29, 30 and 31 March 2017 1, 3, 4 and 5 April 2017
Semi-finals 15 April 2017 18 and 20 April 2017
Finals 4 May 2017 16 May 2017

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Galvez 2–1 Nacional 1–1 1–0
Sete de Dourados 1–4 Ceilândia 1–1 0–3

Bracket
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                
Operário 1 0 1
Luziânia 1 1 2
Luziânia 3 2 5
Rondoniense (a) 3 2 5
Rondoniense (a) 0 1 1
Cuiabá 0 1 1
Rondoniense 1 1 2
Luverdense 2 3 5
Ceilândia 0 1 1
Luverdense 1 3 4
Luverdense 5 2 7
Rio Branco 0 2 2
Tocantins de Miracema 0 2 2
Rio Branco 2 5 7
Luverdense 3 1 4
Paysandu 1 1 2
Atlético Acreano 1 0 1
Remo 1 4 5
Remo 2 0 2
Santos 1 3 4
Fast Clube 1 1 2
Santos 0 4 4
Santos 1 1 2
Paysandu 1 3 4
São Raimundo 1 0 1
Águia de Marabá 0 3 3
Águia de Marabá 1 0 1
Paysandu 2 1 3
Galvez 0 0 0
Paysandu 0 2 2

Finals
Main article: 2017 Copa Verde Finals

All times are Brasília time, BRT.

Luverdense 3–1 Paysandu
Erik 11'
Marcos Aurélio 42'
Dalton 55'		 Report Daniel Sobralense 6'
Attendance: 1,853
Referee: Sávio Pereira Sampaio
Paysandu 1–1 Luverdense
Leandro Carvalho 4' Report Rafael Silva 78' (pen.)
Attendance: 26,653
Referee: Rodrigo Batista Raposo

Luverdense won 4–2 on aggregate.

References
  1. "CBF lança Copa Verde 2017 e anuncia novidades". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 17 February 2017.
  2. "Luverdense arranca empate e conquista a Copa Verde". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 16 May 2017.
  3. "COPA VERDE - TABELA BÁSICA DAS FASES SEGUINTES / EDIÇÃO DE 2017" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
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