2017 Copa Verde

The 2017 Copa Verde to be the 4th 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 will be 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
Nacional63rd placed in 2017 CBF ranking
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
Cuiabá52nd placed in 2017 CBF ranking
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
Remo57th placed in 2017 CBF ranking
Águia de Marabá61st placed in 2017 CBF ranking
Rondônia
1 berth		Rondoniense2016 Campeonato Rondoniense 2nd round champions
Roraima
1 berth		São Raimundo2016 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins
1 berth		Tocantins2016 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 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
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.)
Mangueirão, Belém
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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