2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage

The 2018 Copa do Brasil third stage was the third stage of the 2018 Copa do Brasil football competition. It was played from 28 February to 15 March 2018.^[1] A total of 20 teams competed in the third stage to decide ten places in the fourth stage of the 2018 Copa do Brasil.^[2]

Format

In the third stage, 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] Host teams were settled in a draw held on 21 February 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.^[3]

Matches

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Paranaense	1–1 (6–5 p)	Ceará	0–0	1–1
Internacional	4–0	Cianorte	2–0	2–0
Fluminense	1–3	Avaí	1–2	0–1
Goiás	2–1	Coritiba	1–0	1–1
Ponte Preta	0–0 (5–3 p)	Sampaio Corrêa	0–0	0–0
São Paulo	5–0	CRB	2–0	3–0
Bragantino	1–3	Vitória	1–0	0–3
Figueirense	2–2 (2–4 p)	Atlético Mineiro	0–1	2–1
Ferroviário	2–1	Vila Nova	1–1	1–0
Náutico	3–1	Cuiabá	2–1	1–0

Match 61

Atlético Paranaense	0–0	Ceará
	Report

28 February 2018

21:30

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 8,646

Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza (São Paulo)

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Ceará	1–1	Atlético Paranaense
Felipe Azevedo 33'	Report	Guilherme 14'
Penalties
Pio Felipe Azevedo Andrigo Juninho Romário Richardson Wescley	5–6	Guilherme González Paulo André Zé Ivaldo Thiago Carleto Ribamar Pavez

15 March 2018

21:30

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 14,090

Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro (Goiás)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Paranaense won on penalties and advanced to the fourth round.

Match 62

Internacional	2–0	Cianorte
Iago 53' Edenílson 67'	Report

1 March 2018

19:15

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 10,996

Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado (Santa Catarina)

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Cianorte	0–2	Internacional
	Report	Patrick 38' D'Alessandro 68'

14 March 2018

19:30

Estádio Olímpico Albino Turbay, Cianorte

Attendance: 2,348

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo (Rio de Janeiro)

Internacional won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.

Match 63

Fluminense	1–2	Avaí
Ibañez 10'	Report	André Moritz 43' Rômulo 75'

1 March 2018

19:15

Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 8,214

Referee: Leandro Bizzio Marinho (São Paulo)

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Avaí	1–0	Fluminense
Lourenço 78'	Report

15 March 2018

21:30

Estádio da Ressacada, Florianópolis

Attendance: 8,296

Referee: Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araújo (São Paulo)

Avaí won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.

Match 64

Goiás	1–0	Coritiba
Jefferson 53'	Report

28 February 2018

19:30

Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia

Attendance: 17,556

Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)

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Coritiba	1–1	Goiás
Wilson 50' (pen.)	Report	Carlos Eduardo 29'

14 March 2018

19:30

Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba

Attendance: 4,694

Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza (São Paulo)

Goiás won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.

Match 65

Ponte Preta	0–0	Sampaio Corrêa
	Report

28 February 2018

19:30

Estádio Moisés Lucarelli, Campinas

Attendance: 3,202

Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior (Paraná)

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Sampaio Corrêa	0–0	Ponte Preta
	Report
Penalties
Uilliam Joécio Fernando Sobral João Paulo	3–5	Marciel Silvinho Nathan Yuri Orinho

15 March 2018

19:15

Castelão, São Luís

Attendance: 14,156

Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha (Goiás)

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Ponte Preta won on penalties and advanced to the fourth round.

Match 66

São Paulo	2–0	CRB
Valdívia 34' Éder Militão 41'	Report

28 February 2018

19:30

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 8,514

Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)

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CRB	0–3	São Paulo
	Report	Marcos Guilherme 5' Valdívia 46' Rodrigo Caio 58'

14 March 2018

19:30

Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió

Attendance: 13,248

Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (Rio de Janeiro)

São Paulo won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.

Match 67

Bragantino	1–0	Vitória
Matheus Peixoto 38'	Report

28 February 2018

19:30

Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid, Bragança Paulista

Attendance: 4,091

Referee: Igor Junio Benevenuto (Minas Gerais)

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Vitória	3–0	Bragantino
Neílton 21', 63', 72'	Report

15 March 2018

19:15

Barradão, Salvador

Attendance: 6,023

Referee: Rafael Traci (Paraná)

Vitória won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.

Match 68

Figueirense	0–1	Atlético Mineiro
	Report	Otero 31'

28 February 2018

21:45

Estádio Orlando Scarpelli, Florianópolis

Attendance: 8,394

Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo (Rio de Janeiro)

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Atlético Mineiro	1–2	Figueirense
Ricardo Oliveira 25'	Report	Zé Antônio 21' Jorge Henrique 70'
Penalties
Fábio Santos Ricardo Oliveira Andrade Luan	4–2	Jorge Henrique André Luis Diego Renan Cedrón

14 March 2018

21:45

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 15,169

Referee: Dyorgines José Padovani de Andrade (Espírito Santo)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Mineiro won on penalties and advanced to the fourth round.

Match 69

Ferroviário	1–1	Vila Nova
Janeudo 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Keké 75'

28 February 2018

20:30

Estádio Presidente Vargas, Fortaleza

Attendance: 2,378

Referee: Pathrice Wallace Corrêa Maia (Rio de Janeiro)

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Vila Nova	0–1	Ferroviário
	Report	Janeudo 22'

15 March 2018

20:30

Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia

Attendance: 30,374

Referee: Leandro Bizzio Marinho (São Paulo)

Ferroviário won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.

Match 70

Náutico	2–1	Cuiabá
Ortigoza 57' Tharcysio 77'	Report	Doda 68'

28 February 2018

19:30

Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata

Attendance: 5,302

Referee: Wanderson Alves de Sousa (Minas Gerais)

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Cuiabá	0–1	Náutico
	Report	Ortigoza 85'

14 March 2018

21:45

Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá

Attendance: 0^[4]

Referee: Emerson de Almeida Ferreira (Minas Gerais)

Náutico won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.