The 2019 Copa do Brasil (officially the Copa Continental Pneus do Brasil 2019 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 31st edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. It was held between 5 February and 18 September 2019.[2] The competition was contested by 91 teams, either qualified through participating in their respective state championships (70), by the 2019 CBF ranking (10), by the 2018 Copa do Nordeste (1), by the 2018 Copa Verde (1), by the 2018 Série B (1) or those qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores (8).
Cruzeiro were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals 0–4 on aggregate to Internacional.
Paolo Guerrero (Internacional) and Fábio (Cruzeiro) won best player and best goalkeeper awards, respectively.[5][6]
Format
The competition was a single eliminationknockout tournament, the first two stages featuring a single match and the other stages featuring two-legged ties. Eleven teams qualified for the Round of 16 (Teams qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores (8), Série B champions, Copa Verde champions and Copa do Nordeste champions). The remaining 80 teams played the first stage. The 40 winners played the second stage, the 20 winners played the third stage, the 10 winners played the fourth stage. Finally, the five fourth-stage winners qualified for the Round of 16.[4]
Qualified teams
Teams in bold are qualified directly for the round of 16.
aUniclinic Atlético Clube was renamed to Futebol Clube Atlético Cearense on 21 September 2018.[7]
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[8]
Stage
First leg
Second leg
First stage
Week 1: 6 February 2019
Week 2: 13 February 2019
Replay: 3 April 2019
Second stage
Week 1: 20 February 2019
Week 2: 27 February 2019
Week 3: 6 March 2019
Postponed: 10 April 2019
Third stage
Week 1: 13 March 2019 Week 2: 27 March 2019 Week 3: 3 April 2019 Week 4: 16 April 2019
Week 1: 3 April 2019 Week 2: 10 April 2019 Week 3: 20 April 2019
Fourth stage
17 April 2019
24 April 2019
Round of 16
15, 22 and 29 May 2019
22 and 29 May and 5 June 2019
Quarterfinals
10 July 2019
17 July 2019
Semifinals
7 and 14 August 2019
4 September 2019
Finals
11 September 2019
18 September 2019
Draw
The draw for the first and second stage was held on 13 December 2018, 20:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[9] Teams were seeded by their CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The 80 qualified teams were divided in eight groups (A-H) with 10 teams each. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. E; B vs. F; C vs. G; D vs. H. The lower ranked teams hosted the first stage match.
In the first stage, each tie was played on a single match basis. The lower CBF ranked team hosted the match. If tied, the higher CBF ranked team would advance to second stage.[4]
On 22 February 2019, the Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva (STJD) annulled the result of the Aparecidense v Ponte Preta match on 12 February 2019 and ordered that it be replayed. STJD determined that match referee Léo Simão Holanda annulled a Ponte Preta's goal with the help of "external interference". Originally Aparecidense had defeated Ponte Preta 1–0.[10]
In the second stage, each tie was played on a single match basis. If tied, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.[4]
In the third stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.[4]
The draw for the fourth stage was held on 12 April 2019, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[11] The 10 qualified teams were in a single group (CBF ranking shown in parentheses).
1The identity of Winners 62 team was not known at the time of the draw.
In the fourth stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.[4]
In the final stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.[4]
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 2 May 2019, 15:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[12] The 16 qualified teams were divided in two pots. Teams from Pot 1 were the ones which competed at the 2019 Copa Libertadores. Pot 2 was composed of the five teams which qualified through the Fourth Stage plus the champions of 2018 Copa Verde, 2018 Copa do Nordeste and 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
