Copa Centro-Oeste

Copa Centro-Oeste (English: Center-West Cup) was a Brazilian football competition contested between Center-West region teams^[1] and teams from the Southeastern State Espírito Santo. For one edition, it was also contested by teams from Minas Gerais.

Minas Gerais state clubs only competed in the first Copa Centro-Oeste edition, in 1999, joining the new Copa Sul-Minas in 2000. Cruzeiro, from Minas Gerais, won the Cup and was the only non-Central Western team to reach the finals in the four editions of the tourney.

From 2000 to 2002, the Copa Centro-Oeste champions granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões.

List of champions

Year	Finals			Semifinalists
	Winnes	Score	Runners-up
1999 Details	Cruzeiro	3 – 0 1 – 2 0 – 0 Aggregate 4 – 2	Vila Nova	Atlético Mineiro	Operário
2000 Details	Goiás	3 – 1 5 – 1 Aggregate 8 – 2	Vila Nova	São Mateus	Juventude
2001 Details	Goiás	1 – 0 1 – 1 Aggregate 2 – 1	Vila Nova	Gama	Serra
2002 Details	Goiás	2 – 3 3 – 0 Aggregate 5 – 3	Gama	Comercial	Vila Nova

Performances

By club

Performance in the Center-West Cup by club

Club	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Goiás	3	0	2000, 2001, 2002	—
Cruzeiro	1	0	1999	—
Vila Nova	0	3	—	1999, 2000, 2001
Gama	0	1	—	2002

By state

Performance by state

State	Winners	Runners-up
Goiás	3	3
Minas Gerais	1	0
Distrito Federal	0	1

Similar competitions

The Copa Brasil Central was held in 1967 and 1969,^[2] while the Torneio Centro-Oeste was held in 1976,^[3] 1981^[4] and in 1984.^[5] The 1976 edition was organized by the CBD.^[3]

List of champions

Year		Final				Semifinalists
		Winner	Score	Runner-up
1967 Copa Brasil Central		Goiânia	All teams played each other in home and away rounds, and the team with most points were declared champions.	Atlético Goianiense		Ipiranga	Anapolina
1969 Copa Brasil Central		XV de Piracicaba	All teams played each other in home and away rounds, and the team with most points were declared champions.	Goiás		Uberlândia	Uberaba
1976 Torneio Centro-Oeste		Mixto	1 – 0  ? – ? Aggregate ? – ?	Itumbiara		Goiás	Operário (VG)
1981 Torneio Centro-Oeste		Gama	2 – 1 0 – 0 Aggregate 2 – 1	Goiânia		Vila Nova	Brasília
1984 Torneio Centro-Oeste		Guará	0 – 0 penalties: 4 – 2	Brasília		Vila Nova	Taguatinga