Copa Verde
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| Founded | 2014 |
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| Region | Brazil |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Current champions |  Paysandu (1st title) |
| Most successful club(s) |  Brasília Cuiabá Paysandu(1 title each) |
| Television broadcasters | TV Esporte Interativo |
| Website | Official website |
 2016 Copa Verde |
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The Copa Verde (English: Green Cup) is an annual knockout football annual regional competition that started in 2014 and played by 16 teams from the North and Central-West regions, plus Espírito Santo (Espírito Santo state was included because they competed in the old Copa Centro Oeste). The winner will compete in the next year's Copa Sudamericana.[1][2] The cup will be organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), adopting the same format as the Copa do Brasil, with two-legged playoff games played from February to May between the 18 participating teams.[2]
Contents
History
The tournament was created with the purpose of making a North Region version of the Copa do Nordeste, hence the name Verde, meaning green, is an allusion to the Amazon Forest.[1] The competition was expanded to include clubs from the Central-West Region and from Espírito Santo state (as the state competed in the defunct Copa Centro-Oeste).[3] The competition was officially announced in September by the competitions director of the Brazilian Football Confederation.[4]
Initially the state of Goiás did not participate in the competition. They only entered the competition in 2016, increasing from 16 to 18 the number of participating teams.[5]
Costs
The Brazilian Sports Ministry and the television channel TV Esporte Interativo, who will broadcast the cup, will pay the traveling costs for the participating clubs.[1][2]
List of champions
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Attendance | Losing semi-finalists1 |
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| 2014 | Brasília |
1–2 | Paysandu |
Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém | 18,256 | Brasiliense and Remo |
| Brasília |
2–1 | Paysandu |
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília | 51,701 | ||
| 3–3 on aggregate; Brasília won 7–6 in a penalty shootout.2 | ||||||
| 2015 | Cuiabá |
1–4 | Remo |
Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém | 34,973 | Luverdense and Paysandu |
| Cuiabá |
5–1 | Remo |
Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá | 3,315 | ||
| Cuiabá won 6–5 on aggregate. | ||||||
| 2016 | Paysandu |
2–0 | Gama |
Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém | 26,610 |  Aparecidense and Remo |
| Paysandu |
1–2 | Gama |
Estádio Walmir Campelo Bezerra, Gama | 9,090 | ||
| Paysandu won 3–2 on aggregate. | ||||||
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