2016 Copa Verde

Football tournament season

2016 Copa Verde
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	6 February – 10 May
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Paysandu (1st title)
Runner-up	Gama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	86 (2.61 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Rafael Grampola (6 goals)
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The 2016 Copa Verde was the third edition of the Copa Verde football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 18 clubs, Amazonas and Distrito Federal has two vacancies; Acre, Amapá, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins with one each. The others four berths was set according to CBF ranking.^[1]

In the finals, Paysandu defeated Gama 3–2 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2017 Copa do Brasil.^[2]

Qualified teams

Association	Team	Qualification method
Acre 1 berth	Rio Branco	2015 Campeonato Acreano champions
Amapá 1 berth	Santos	2015 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas 2 berths	Nacional	2015 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Amazonas 2 berths	Fast Clube	2015 Copa Amazonas champions
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Gama	2015 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Brasília	2015 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo 1 berth	Espírito Santo	2015 Copa Espírito Santo champions
Goiás 1+1 berths	Aparecidense	2015 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
Goiás 1+1 berths	Vila Nova	3rd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso 1+1 berths	Cuiabá	2015 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
Mato Grosso 1+1 berths	Luverdense	2nd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul 1 berth	Comercial	2015 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Pará 1+2 berths	Remo	2015 Campeonato Paraense champions
	Paysandu	1st best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Águia de Marabá	4th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia 1 berth	Genus	2015 Campeonato Rondoniense 2nd round champions
Roraima 1 berth	Náutico	2015 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins 1 berth	Interporto	2015 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[3]

Stage	First leg	Second leg
Preliminary round	6 and 18 February 2016	17 February and 3 March 2016
Round of 16	9, 10 and 24 March 2016	16, 17 and 27 March 2016
Quarter-finals	23 and 24 March and 7 April 2016	6, 7, 13 and 14 April 2016
Semi-finals	20 April 2016	23 April 2016
Finals	3 May 2016	10 May 2016

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fast Clube	0–4	Águia de Marabá^[4]	0–1	0–3
Brasília	1–2	Vila Nova	1–1	0–1

Bracket

Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Finals

Fast Clube	1	0	1

Paysandu	1	3	4
				Paysandu	1	5	6

				Rio Branco	0	2	2
Genus^[5]	2	—	—

Rio Branco	1	—	—
								Paysandu	2	4	6

								Remo	1	2	3
Santos	3	2	5

Nacional	3	4	7
				Nacional	1	0	1

				Remo	1	1	2
Náutico	1	0	1

Remo	3	4	7
												Paysandu	2	1	3

												Gama	0	2	2
Comercial	0	0	0

Cuiabá	0	2	2
				Cuiabá	1	1	2

				Aparecidense	3	0	3
Espírito Santo	0	0	0

Aparecidense	0	2	2
								Aparecidense	1	2	3

								Gama	3	1	4
Vila Nova	4	1	5

Luverdense	0	0	0
				Vila Nova	0	0	0 (3)

				Gama (p)	0	0	0 (4)
Interporto	1	0	1

Gama	1	3	4

Finals

3 May 2016

20:30 BRT (UTC−3)

Paysandu	2–0	Gama
Celsinho 9' Leandro Cearense 90+4'	Report

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 24,160

Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado

10 May 2016

20:30 BRT (UTC−3)

Gama	2–1	Paysandu
Rafael Grampola 73', 78' (pen.)	Report	Raí 3'

Bezerrão, Gama

Attendance: 9,090

Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha

Paysandu won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

^ "CBF divulga regulamento, tabela e plano de ação". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 8 December 2015.
^ "Papão perde para o Gama por 2 a 1, mas fica com o título da Copa Verde". Globo Esporte. 11 May 2016.
^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição / Copa Verde 2016" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
^ Águia de Marabá was eliminated for using an irregular player.
^ Genus was eliminated for using an irregular player.