2018 Copa do Brasil final stages

The 2018 Copa do Brasil final stages were the final stages (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals) of the 2018 Copa do Brasil football competition. They were played from 25 April to 17 October 2018.^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2018 Copa do Brasil.^[2]

Format

In the final stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.^[2]

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	Bahia	3	0	3
	Vasco da Gama	0	2	2
							Bahia	0	0	0
							Palmeiras	0	1	1
	América Mineiro	1	1	2
	Palmeiras	2	1	3
													Palmeiras	0	1	1
													Cruzeiro	1	1	2
	Santos	5	1	6
	Luverdense	1	2	3
							Santos	0	2	2 (0)
							Cruzeiro (p)	1	1	2 (3)
	Atlético Paranaense	1	1	2
	Cruzeiro	2	1	3
																			Cruzeiro	1	2	3
																			Corinthians	0	1	1
	Goiás	0	1	1
	Grêmio	2	3	5
							Grêmio	1	0	1
							Flamengo	1	1	2
	Ponte Preta	0	0	0
	Flamengo	1	0	1
													Flamengo	0	1	1
													Corinthians	0	2	2
	Vitória	0	1	1
	Corinthians	0	3	3
							Corinthians	1	1	2
							Chapecoense	0	0	0
	Atlético Mineiro	0	0	0 (3)
	Chapecoense (p)	0	0	0 (4)

Round of 16

Draw

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 20 April 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.^[3] The 16 qualified teams were divided in two pots. Teams from Pot 1 were the ones which competed at the 2018 Copa Libertadores. Pot 2 was composed of the five teams which qualified through the Fourth Stage plus the champions of 2017 Copa Verde, 2017 Copa do Nordeste and 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

• CBF ranking shown in brackets.

Pot 1	Pot 2
Palmeiras (1) Cruzeiro (1) Grêmio (3) Santos (4) Corinthians (6) Flamengo (7) Vasco da Gama (13) Chapecoense (14)	Atlético Mineiro (5) Atlético Paranaense (9) Ponte Preta (16) Vitória (18) Bahia (21) Goiás (22) América Mineiro (24) Luverdense (34)

Matches

The first legs were played from 25 April to 16 May and the second legs were played from 9 May to 16 July 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	0–0 (3–4 p)	Chapecoense	0–0	0–0
Atlético Paranaense	2–3	Cruzeiro	1–2	1–1
Bahia	3–2	Vasco da Gama	3–0	0–2
Goiás	1–5	Grêmio	0–2	1–3
Vitória	1–3	Corinthians	0–0	1–3
América Mineiro	2–3	Palmeiras	1–2	1–1
Ponte Preta	0–1	Flamengo	0–1	0–0
Santos	6–3	Luverdense	5–1	1–2

All times are Brasília time, BRT (UTC−3)

Match 76

Atlético Mineiro	0–0	Chapecoense
	Report

2 May 2018

19:30

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 19,476

Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior (Paraná)

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Chapecoense	0–0	Atlético Mineiro
	Report
Penalties
Wellington Paulista Luiz Antônio Nádson Bruno Pacheco Rafael Thyere	4–3	Ricardo Oliveira Luan Leonardo Silva Róger Guedes Cazares

16 May 2018

19:30

Arena Condá, Chapecó

Attendance: 8,587

Referee: Leandro Bizzio Marinho (São Paulo)

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Chapecoense won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match 77

Atlético Paranaense	1–2	Cruzeiro
Thiago Carleto 41'	Report	Henrique 79' Raniel 90+2'

16 May 2018

21:45

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 10,327

Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez (Pernambuco)

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Cruzeiro	1–1	Atlético Paranaense
De Arrascaeta 86'	Report	Bergson 90+1'

16 July 2018

20:00

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 44,443

Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)

Cruzeiro won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match 78

Bahia	3–0	Vasco da Gama
Zé Rafael 18' Edigar Junio 24' Vinícius 49'	Report

9 May 2018

21:45

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 13,447

Referee: Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araújo (São Paulo)

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Vasco da Gama	2–0	Bahia
Yago Pikachu 33' (pen.) Andrey 64'	Report

16 July 2018

20:00

Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 17,561

Referee: Rafael Traci (Paraná)

Bahia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match 79

Goiás	0–2	Grêmio
	Report	Éverton 48' Luan 69' (pen.)

25 April 2018

19:30

Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia

Attendance: 15,742

Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza (São Paulo)

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Grêmio	3–1	Goiás
Alisson 14', 90' Thaciano 75'	Report	Maranhão 51'

9 May 2018

19:30

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 11,118

Referee: Igor Junio Benevenuto (Minas Gerais)

Grêmio won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match 80

Vitória	0–0	Corinthians
	Report

25 April 2018

19:30

Barradão, Salvador

Attendance: 11,411

Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado (Santa Catarina)

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Corinthians	3–1	Vitória
Maycon 38' Romero 58', 65'	Report	André Lima 76'

10 May 2018

19:30

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 29,625

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Paraná)

Corinthians won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match 81

América Mineiro	1–2	Palmeiras
Serginho 72'	Report	Borja 37' Keno 56'

9 May 2018

19:30

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 12,241

Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado (Santa Catarina)

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Palmeiras	1–1	América Mineiro
Willian 63'	Report	Serginho 37'

23 May 2018

21:45

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 22,831

Referee: Jean Pierre Gonçalves Lima (Rio Grande do Sul)

Palmeiras won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match 82

Ponte Preta	0–1	Flamengo
	Report	Henrique Dourado 33'

2 May 2018

19:30

Estádio Moisés Lucarelli, Campinas

Attendance: 9,789

Referee: Jean Pierre Gonçalves Lima (Rio Grande do Sul)

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Flamengo	0–0	Ponte Preta
	Report

10 May 2018

19:30

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 55,822

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Minas Gerais)

Flamengo won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match 83

Santos	5–1	Luverdense
Gabriel 24', 62', 67' Gustavo Henrique 58' Yuri Alberto 85'	Report	Itaqui 10'

10 May 2018

21:45

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 3,590

Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (Rio de Janeiro)

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Luverdense	2–1	Santos
Paulo Renê 31' Itaqui 47'	Report	Paulinho 15' (o.g.)

17 May 2018

19:15

Estádio Passo das Emas, Lucas do Rio Verde

Attendance: 2,313

Referee: Graziani Maciel Rocha (Rio de Janeiro)

Santos won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

Draw

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 30 May 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.^[4] All teams were placed into a single pot.

• CBF ranking shown in brackets.

Pot
Palmeiras (1) Cruzeiro (1)[1] Grêmio (3) Santos (4) Corinthians (6) Flamengo (7) Chapecoense (14) Bahia (21)[1]

¹ The identity of Atlético Paranaense v Cruzeiro and Bahia v Vasco da Gama winners were not known at the time of the draw.

Matches

The first legs were played on 1 and 2 August and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 August 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Corinthians	2–0	Chapecoense	1–0	1–0
Grêmio	1–2	Flamengo	1–1	0–1
Bahia	0–1	Palmeiras	0–0	0–1
Santos	2–2 (0–3 p)	Cruzeiro	0–1	2–1

All times are Brasília time, BRT (UTC−3)

Match 84

Corinthians	1–0	Chapecoense
Romero 6'	Report

1 August 2018

21:45

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 23,624

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro)

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Chapecoense	0–1	Corinthians
	Report	Jádson 83'

15 August 2018

21:45

Arena Condá, Chapecó

Attendance: 11,438

Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)

Corinthians won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Match 85

Grêmio	1–1	Flamengo
Luan 35'	Report	Lincoln 90+3'

1 August 2018

21:45

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 37,358

Referee: Raphael Claus (São Paulo)

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Flamengo	1–0	Grêmio
Éverton Ribeiro 5'	Report

15 August 2018

21:45

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 55,461

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Minas Gerais)

Flamengo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Match 86

Bahia	0–0	Palmeiras
	Report

2 August 2018

19:15

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 27,014

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)

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Palmeiras	1–0	Bahia
Dudu 73'	Report

16 August 2018

19:15

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo

Attendance: 29,581

Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (Rio de Janeiro)

Palmeiras won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Match 87

Santos	0–1	Cruzeiro
	Report	Raniel 81'

1 August 2018

19:30

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 7,134

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Goiás)

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Cruzeiro	1–2	Santos
Thiago Neves 12'	Report	Gabriel 42' Bruno Henrique 83'
Penalties
Lucas Silva Raniel David	3–0	Bruno Henrique Rodrygo Jean Mota

15 August 2018

19:30

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 49,513

Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques (Paraná)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Cruzeiro won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Draw

The draw to determine the home-and-away teams for both legs was held on 22 August 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.^[5]

Matches

The first legs were played on 12 September and the second legs were played on 26 September 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Flamengo	1–2	Corinthians	0–0	1–2
Palmeiras	1–2	Cruzeiro	0–1	1–1

All times are Brasília time, BRT (UTC−3)

Match 88

Flamengo	0–0	Corinthians
	Report

12 September 2018

21:45

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 53,303

Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado (Santa Catarina)

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Corinthians	2–1	Flamengo
Danilo Avelar 14' Pedrinho 69'	Report	Henrique 18' (o.g.)

26 September 2018

21:45

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 44,249

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Minas Gerais)

Corinthians won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Match 89

Palmeiras	0–1	Cruzeiro
	Report	Barcos 5'

12 September 2018

21:45

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 32,960

Referee: Wagner Reway (Mato Grosso)

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Cruzeiro	1–1	Palmeiras
Barcos 26'	Report	Felipe Melo 49'

26 September 2018

21:45

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 44,681

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro)

Cruzeiro won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Main article: 2018 Copa do Brasil Finals

Draw

The draw to determine the home-and-away teams for both legs was held on 27 September 2018, 14:30 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.^[6]

Matches

The first leg was played on 10 October and the second leg was played on 17 October 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruzeiro	3–1	Corinthians	1–0	2–1

All times are Brasília time, BRT (UTC−3)

Match 90

Cruzeiro	1–0	Corinthians
Thiago Neves 45'	Report

10 October 2018

21:45

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 53,368

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)

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Corinthians	1–2	Cruzeiro
Jádson 54' (pen.)	Report	Robinho 27' De Arrascaeta 81'

17 October 2018

21:45

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 46,571

Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro)