2016 Copa Verde

The 2016 Copa Verde was the 3rd edition of the Copa Verde football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 18 clubs, Amazonas and Distrito Federal has two vacancies; Acre, Amapá, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins with one each. The others four berths was set according to CBF ranking.[1]

2016 Copa Verde
Country Brazil
Dates6 February – 10 May
Teams18
ChampionsPará Paysandu (1st title)
Runners-upFederal District (Brazil) Gama
Matches played33
Goals scored86 (2.61 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Brazil Rafael Grampola
(6 goals)
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In the finals, Paysandu defeated Gama 3–2 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2017 Copa do Brasil.[2]

Qualified teams
Association Team Qualification method
Acre (state) Acre
1 berth		Rio Branco2015 Campeonato Acriano champions
Amapá Amapá
1 berth		Santos2015 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Amazonas
2 berths		Nacional2015 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Fast Clube2015 Copa Amazonas champions
Federal District (Brazil) Distrito Federal
2 berths		Gama2015 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Brasília2015 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo Espírito Santo
1 berth		Espírito Santo2015 Copa Espírito Santo champions
Goiás Goiás
1+1 berths		Aparecidense2015 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
Vila Nova3rd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso Mato Grosso
1+1 berths		Cuiabá2015 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
Luverdense2nd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul
1 berth		Comercial2015 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Pará Pará
1+2 berths		Remo2015 Campeonato Paraense champions
Paysandu1st best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Águia de Marabá4th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia Rondônia
1 berth		Genus2015 Campeonato Rondoniense 2nd round champions
Roraima Roraima
1 berth		Náutico2015 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins Tocantins
1 berth		Interporto2015 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up

Schedule

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

Stage First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 6 and 18 February 2016 17 February and 3 March 2016
Round of 16 9, 10 and 24 March 2016 16, 17 and 27 March 2016
Quarter-finals 23 and 24 March and 7 April 2016 6, 7, 13 and 14 April 2016
Semi-finals 20 April 2016 23 April 2016
Finals 3 May 2016 10 May 2016

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fast Clube Amazonas (Brazilian state) 0–4 Pará Águia de Marabá[4] 0–1 0–3
Brasília Federal District (Brazil) 1–2 Goiás Vila Nova 1–1 0–1

Bracket
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Fast Clube 1 0 1
Pará Paysandu 1 3 4
Pará Paysandu 1 5 6
Acre (state) Rio Branco 0 2 2
Rondônia Genus[5] 2 — —
Acre (state) Rio Branco 1 — —
Pará Paysandu 2 4 6
Pará Remo 1 2 3
Amapá Santos 3 2 5
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Nacional 3 4 7
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Nacional 1 0 1
Pará Remo 1 1 2
Roraima Náutico 1 0 1
Pará Remo 3 4 7
Pará Paysandu 2 1 3
Federal District (Brazil) Gama 0 2 2
Mato Grosso do Sul Comercial 0 0 0
Mato Grosso Cuiabá 0 2 2
Mato Grosso Cuiabá 1 1 2
Goiás Aparecidense 3 0 3
Espírito Santo Espírito Santo 0 0 0
Goiás Aparecidense 0 2 2
Goiás Aparecidense 1 2 3
Federal District (Brazil) Gama 3 1 4
Goiás Vila Nova 4 1 5
Mato Grosso Luverdense 0 0 0
Goiás Vila Nova 0 0 0 (3)
Federal District (Brazil) Gama (p) 0 0 0 (4)
Tocantins Interporto 1 0 1
Federal District (Brazil) Gama 1 3 4

Finals
Main article: 2016 Copa Verde Finals
Paysandu Pará2–0Federal District (Brazil) Gama
Celsinho 9'
Leandro Cearense 90+4'		 Report
Attendance: 24,160
Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado
Gama Federal District (Brazil)2–1Pará Paysandu
Rafael Grampola 73', 78' (pen.) Report Raí 3'
Attendance: 9,090
Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha

Paysandu won 3–2 on aggregate.

References
  1. "CBF divulga regulamento, tabela e plano de ação". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 8 December 2015.
  2. "Papão perde para o Gama por 2 a 1, mas fica com o título da Copa Verde". Globo Esporte. 11 May 2016.
  3. "Regulamento Específico da Competição / Copa Verde 2016" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  4. Águia de Marabá was eliminated for using an irregular player.
  5. Genus was eliminated for using an irregular player.
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