2019 Copa Verde

The 2019 Copa Verde was the sixth edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 24 clubs, Acre, Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Pará have two vacancies; Amapá, Rondônia and Roraima with one each. The others five berths was set according to CBF ranking.^[1]

2019 Copa Verde

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	24 July – 20 November
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Cuiabá (2nd title)
Runners-up	Paysandu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	117 (2.54 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Douglas Oliveira (5 goals)
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In the finals, Cuiabá defeated Paysandu 5–4 on penalties after tied 1–1 on aggregate to win their second title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2020 Copa do Brasil.^[2]

Qualified teams

Association	Team	Qualification method
Acre 2+1 berths	Galvez	2018 Campeonato Acriano runners-up
	Humaitá[3]	2018 Campeonato Acriano 5th place
	Atlético Acreano	3rd best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amapá 1+1 berths	Ypiranga	2018 Campeonato Amapaense champions
	Santos	4th best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amazonas 2+1 berths	Manaus	2018 Campeonato Amazonense champions
	Fast Clube	2018 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
	Nacional[4]	5th best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Sobradinho	2018 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
	Brasiliense	2018 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo 2 berths	Vitória	2018 Copa Espírito Santo champions
	Real Noroeste[5]	2018 Copa Espírito Santo 4th place
Goiás 2 berths	Goiás	2018 Campeonato Goiano champions
	Iporá[6]	2018 Campeonato Goiano 5th place
Mato Grosso 2+1 berths	Cuiabá	2018 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
	Sinop	2018 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
	Luverdense	2nd best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths	União ABC[7]	2018 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense 7th place
	Costa Rica[8]	2018 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense 10th place
Pará 2+1 berths	Remo	2018 Campeonato Paraense champions
	Bragantino	2018 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
	Paysandu	1st best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia 1 berth	Genus[9]	2018 Campeonato Rondoniense 6th place
Roraima 1 berth	São Raimundo	2018 Campeonato Roraimense champions

Note: The state of Tocantins, which at the beginning would be represented by Palmas, was without representatives after the same give up, not being replaced by another club.^[10]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[11]

Stage	First leg	Second leg
First stage	24, 25 and 27 July 2019	31 July and 1 and 2 August 2019
Round of 16	7, 8, 13 and 14 August 2019	14, 20 and 21 August 2019
Quarter-finals	3, 4 and 11 September 2019	11, 15 and 18 September 2019
Semi-finals	18 and 29 September 2019	6 and 23 October 2019
Finals	14 November 2019	20 November 2019

Bracket

	First round							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
								União ABC		2	2	4
	União ABC		1	3	4			Luverdense		3	6	9
															Luverdense		2	2	4
	Galvez		0	1	1
															Goiás		1	4	5
								Brasiliense		0	1	1
	Vitória		0	0	0 (3)			Goiás		0	4	4
																						Goiás		1	1	2 (3)
	Brasiliense (p)		0	0	0 (5)
																						Cuiabá (p)		0	2	2 (4)
								Costa Rica		2	3	5
	Costa Rica		2	2	4			Sinop		1	0	1
															Costa Rica		1	1	2
	Genus		0	2	2
															Cuiabá		1	2	3
								Iporá		1	1	2 (5)
	Real Noroeste		1	0	1			Cuiabá (p)		2	0	2 (6)
																													Cuiabá (p)		0	1	1 (5)
	Iporá		0	2	2
																													Paysandu		1	0	1 (4)
								Ypiranga		0	1	1
	Ypiranga		3	1	4			Atlético Acreano		2	2	4
															Atlético Acreano		2	1	3
	Fast Clube		0	2	2
															Remo		1	6	7
								Sobradinho		1	0	1
	Sobradinho		4	1	5			Remo		0	3	3
																						Remo		0	1	1
	Manaus		1	2	3
																						Paysandu		0	3	3
								Nacional		0	0	0
	Humaitá		1	0	1			Paysandu		1	0	1
															Paysandu (p)		1	1	2 (6)
	Nacional		1	2	3
															Bragantino		1	1	2 (5)
								Bragantino		1	1	2
	Bragantino		2	2	4			Santos		0	1	1
	São Raimundo		1	1	2

Finals

Main article: 2019 Copa Verde finals

Cuiabá	0–1	Paysandu
	Report	Nicolas 68'

14 November 2019

20:00 AMT (UTC−4)

Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá

Attendance: 11,973

Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro

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Paysandu	0–1	Cuiabá
	Report	Paulinho 90+4'
Penalties
Leandro Lima Thiago Primão Tony Micael Caíque Oliveira Nicolas	4–5	Ednei Gutiérrez Escudero Alex Ruan Paulinho Felipe Marques

20 November 2019

21:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 28,145

Referee: Sávio Pereira Sampaio

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Cuiabá won on penalties.