2000 Copa dos Campeões

The 2000 Copa dos Campeões was the first edition of the football competition held in Brazil. It was carried out in a neutral field in two states in the Northeast Region — Alagoas and Paraíba.^[1]

2000 Copa dos Campeões

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	22 June – 25 July 2000
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Palmeiras (1st title)
Runners-up	Sport
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	45 (2.81 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	4 players (3 goals each)
2001 →

In the final, Palmeiras defeated Sport 2–1 to win their first title and a place in the group stage of the 2001 Copa Libertadores.^[2]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification
América Mineiro	2000 Copa Sul-Minas champions
Cruzeiro	2000 Copa Sul-Minas runners-up
Flamengo	2000 Campeonato Carioca champions
Goiás	2000 Copa Centro-Oeste champions
Palmeiras	2000 Torneio Rio-São Paulo champions
São Paulo	2000 Campeonato Paulista champions
São Raimundo	2000 Copa Norte champions
Sport	2000 Copa Nordeste champions
Vitória	2000 Copa Nordeste runners-up

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goiás (A)	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Vitória (A)	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	São Raimundo	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1

Source: Bola na Área
(A) Advance to a further round

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Flamengo	4–2	Goiás	3–2	1–0
Palmeiras	4–2	Cruzeiro	3–1	1–1
América Mineiro	2–4	Sport	2–1	0–3
São Paulo	2–0	Vitória	0–0	2–0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Flamengo	2–2	Palmeiras	2–1	0–1
Sport	4–3	São Paulo	1–2	3–1

Final

25 July 2000

21:45 UTC−3

Palmeiras	2–1	Sport
Asprilla 32' Alberto 54'	Report	Nildo 90+1'

Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió

Attendance: 22,560

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon