2021 Copa Verde

The 2021 Copa Verde was the eighth edition of the football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 24 clubs, Acre, Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul and Pará have two vacancies; Amapá, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins with one each. The others six berths was set according to CBF ranking.^[1]

2021 Copa Verde

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	3 October – 11 December
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Remo (1st title)
Runners-up	Vila Nova
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	75 (2.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Neto Pessoa (9 goals)
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In the finals, Remo defeated Vila Nova 4–2 on penalties after tied 0–0 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the third round of the 2022 Copa do Brasil.^[2]

Qualified teams

Association	Team	Qualification method
Acre 1+2 berths	Galvez	2020 Campeonato Acreano champions
	Rio Branco	5th best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Atlético Acreano	3rd best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amapá 1 berth	Ypiranga	2020 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas 2+1 berths	Penarol	2020 Campeonato Amazonense champions
	Fast Clube	2020 Campeonato Amazonense 3rd place
	Manaus	4th best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Gama	2020 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
	Brasiliense	2020 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo 2 berths	Rio Branco de Venda Nova	2020 Campeonato Capixaba champions
	Rio Branco	2020 Campeonato Capixaba runners-up
Goiás 1 berth	Vila Nova	2020 Campeonato Goiano 7th place
Mato Grosso 1+2 berths	Nova Mutum	2020 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
	Cuiabá	1st best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Sinop[3]	6th best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths	Águia Negra	2020 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
	Aquidauanense	2020 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense runners-up
Pará 2+1 berths	Paysandu	2020 Campeonato Paraense champions
	Castanhal	2020 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
	Remo	2nd best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia 2 berths	Porto Velho	2020 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
	Real Ariquemes	2020 Campeonato Rondoniense runners-up
Roraima 1 berth	São Raimundo	2020 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins 1 berth	Interporto[4]	2020 Campeonato Tocantinense 3rd place

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[5]

Stage	First leg	Second leg
First round	13 and 14 October 2021
Round of 16	19, 20 and 21 October 2021
Quarter-finals	27 and 28 October and 12 November 2021	3, 4, 10 and 24 November 2021
Semi-finals	24 November and 1 December 2021	2 and 4 December 2021
Finals	8 December 2021	11 December 2021

Bracket

	First round					Round of 16					Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
						Atlético Acreano		1 (4)
	Gama		0			Aquidauanense (p)		1 (5)
											Aquidauanense		0	0	0
	Aquidauanense		1
											Vila Nova		1	7	8
						Vila Nova		3
	Interporto		0			Rio Branco de Venda Nova		0
																		Vila Nova		3	1	4
	Rio Branco de Venda Nova		1
																		Nova Mutum		0	1	1
						Cuiabá		0 (6)
	Brasiliense (p)		0 (5)			Brasiliense (p)		0 (7)
											Brasiliense		1	0	1 (2)
	Rio Branco		0 (3)
											Nova Mutum (p)		0	1	1 (3)
						Rio Branco		1
	Águia Negra		1			Nova Mutum		4
																									Vila Nova		0	0	0 (2)
	Nova Mutum		3
																									Remo (p)		0	0	0 (4)
						Paysandu		6
	Real Ariquemes		0			Penarol		0
											Paysandu		1	3	4
	Penarol		2
											Castanhal		1	1	2
						São Raimundo		1
	Fast Clube		0			Castanhal		2
																		Paysandu		2	0	2
	Castanhal		2
																		Remo		2	2	4
						Manaus		2
	Sinop		0			Porto Velho		0
											Manaus		1	0	1
	Porto Velho		1
											Remo		1	3	4
						Remo		9
	Galvez (p)		1 (4)			Galvez		0
	Ypiranga		1 (1)

Finals

Main article: 2021 Copa Verde finals

Vila Nova	0–0	Remo
	Report

8 December 2021

20:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Estádio Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga, Goiânia

Attendance: 8,120

Referee: Rodrigo Batista Raposo

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Remo	0–0	Vila Nova
	Report
Penalties
Neto Pessoa Raimar Marlon Fredson	4–2	Clayton Rafael Donato André Krobel Johnatan Cardoso

11 December 2021

17:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Baenão, Belém

Attendance: 12,702

Referee: Dyorgines José Padovani de Andrade

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Remo won on penalties.