2017 Copa Verde

The 2017 Copa Verde was the fourth 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 was set according to CBF ranking.^[1]

2017 Copa Verde

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	29 January – 16 May
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Luverdense (1st title)
Runners-up	Paysandu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	93 (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 Acreano	2016 Campeonato Acriano champions
	Galvez	2016 Campeonato Acriano 3rd place
Amapá 1 berth	Santos	2016 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas 1+1 berths	Fast Clube	2016 Campeonato Amazonense champions
	Nacional	4th best placed team in the 2017 CBF ranking not already qualified
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Luziânia	2016 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
	Ceilândia	2016 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo 1 berth	Rio Branco	2016 Copa Espírito Santo champions
Mato Grosso 1+1 berths	Luverdense	2016 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
	Cuiabá	1st best placed team in the 2017 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths	Sete de Dourados	2016 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
	Operário	2016 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense 3rd place
Pará 1+2 berths	Paysandu	2016 Campeonato Paraense champions
	Remo	2nd best placed team in the 2017 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Águia de Marabá	3rd best placed team in the 2017 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia 1 berth	Rondoniense	2016 Campeonato Rondoniense 2nd round champions
Roraima 1 berth	São Raimundo	2016 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins 1 berth	Tocantins de Miracema	2016 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 de Miracema	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

4 May 2017

19:30 AMT (UTC−4)

Luverdense	3–1	Paysandu
Erik 11' Marcos Aurélio 42' Dalton 55'	Report	Daniel Sobralense 6'

Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá

Attendance: 1,853

Referee: Sávio Sampaio

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16 May 2017

20:00 BRT (UTC−3)

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.