2008 Copa do Brasil

2008 Copa do Brasil

Copa do Brasil 2008
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	February 13 - June 11
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Sport (PE)
Runner-up	Corinthians (SP)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	111
Goals scored	342 (3.08 per match)

The Copa do Brasil 2008 was the 20th staging of the Copa do Brasil, starting on February 13, 2008 and finishing on June 11, 2008. It was played by 64 teams, either qualified through their respected state championships (54) or by the CBF Rankings (10). The clubs that played the Copa Libertadores 2008 didn't participate in the Copa do Brasil 2008 because of scheduling problems. It was won by Sport-PE.

Format

The tournament was played in two-legged knockout stages. In the first two rounds the away team automatically goes through to the next round if they beat the home team by a 2-goal difference or more in the first leg.

The away goals rule was used in the Copa do Brasil, which is an unusual feature when compared to other South American competitions. For example, the Copa Libertadores did not adopt this rule until 2005.

Copa do Brasil is an opportunity for teams from smaller states to play against the big teams and episodes of giant-killing have happened at a regular rate throughout the competition history.

The winner automatically qualifies for the next year's Copa Libertadores, which prevents a team from winning the Copa do Brasil twice in a row.

Results

Final Phase

	Semi-finals							Finals
	1	Corinthians-SP (p)	1	2	3 (5)
	4	Botafogo-RJ	2	1	3 (4)
								Corinthians-SP		3	0	3
								Sport-PE (a)		1	2	3
	3	Sport-PE (p)	2	0	2 (5)
	2	Vasco da Gama-RJ	0	2	2 (4)

Top scorers

Updated to games played 2008-06-06

#	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Edmundo	Vasco da Gama-RJ	6
	Romerito	Sport-PE
	Wellington Paulista	Botafogo-RJ
4	Herrera	Corinthians-SP	5
	Reinaldo	Corinthians-AL

Champion

Copa do Brasil 2008: Sport-PE First Title

External links

• Copa do Brasil 2008 at RSSSF
• Copa do Brasil at CBF