Copa dos Campeões da Copa Brasil

The Copa dos Campeões da Copa Brasil (Copa Brasil Champions Cup) was an official football competition organized in 1978 by the Brazilian Sports Confederation (CBD), predecessor of the Brazilian Football Confederation, and contested by past winners of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

1978 Copa dos Campeões da Copa Brasil

Copa dos Campeões Brasileiros, Copa dos Campeões do Brasil, Torneio dos Campeões Brasileiros
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Teams	3
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Mineiro
Runners-up	São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	5 (1.67 per match)

The tournament was contested by past Brasileirão champions of the 1971, 1974 and 1977 editions: respectively Atlético Mineiro, Vasco da Gama and São Paulo.^[1] Palmeiras, champion in 1972 and 1973, and Guarani, champion in 1978, withdrew from the competition due to conflicting dates with the 1978 Campeonato Paulista. Internacional, champion of the 1975 and 1976 editions, was excluded by CBD because of legal disputes.^[2]

Atlético Mineiro won the competition, defeating São Paulo in the final in a penalty shootout.^[3][4]

Matches

Semifinal

First leg

15 August 1978

Atlético Mineiro	2–1	Vasco da Gama
Fernando 25' (o.g.) Danival 63'		Dirceu 21'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 16,282

Referee: Oscar Scolfaro

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Second leg

20 August 1978

Vasco da Gama	1–1	Atlético Mineiro
Guina 38'		Ziza 50' (pen.)

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 11,896

Referee: José Favilli Neto

Final

22 August 1978

Atlético Mineiro	0 – 0	São Paulo
Penalties
Ziza Alves Toninho Cerezo Marinho	4–2	Bezerra Chicão Zé Sérgio Viana

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 19,535

Referee: José Roberto Wright