1998 Copa do Brasil

1998 Copa do Brasil

Copa do Brasil 1998
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	January 20 - May 30
Teams	42
Final positions
Champions	Palmeiras (SP)
Runner-up	Cruzeiro (MG)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	75
Goals scored	233 (3.11 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Romário (7)
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The Copa do Brasil 1998 was the 10th staging of the Copa do Brasil.

The competition started on January 20, 1998, and concluded on May 30, 1998, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, in which Palmeiras lifted the trophy for the first time with a 2–0 victory over Cruzeiro.

Romário, of Flamengo, with 7 goals, was the competition's topscorer.

Format

The preliminary round was disputed by 20 clubs, while the first stage was disputed by 32 clubs, including the ones qualified from the preliminary stage. The competition was disputed in a knock-out format. In the preliminary stage and in the first round if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round. The following rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used.

Competition stages

Preliminary round

Knockout stages

Copa do Brasil 1998 Winners
Palmeiras First Title

References

• Copa do Brasil 1998 at RSSSF
• (in Portuguese) Copa do Brasil top scorers at Campeões do Futebol
• Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.