# 2000 Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil 2000 was the 12th staging of the Copa do Brasil.
The competition started on March 9, 2000, and concluded on July 9, 2000, with the second leg of the final, held at the Mineirão stadium in Belo Horizonte, in which Cruzeiro lifted the trophy for the third time with a 2-1 victory over São Paulo.
Oséas, of Cruzeiro, with 10 goals, was the competition's top scorer.

## Format

69 clubs disputed the competition in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs, and the away goals rule was used, but in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played. The club automatically qualified to the next round.

## Participating teams

| 4 de Julho (PI) ABC (RN) América (MG) América (RN) Americano (RJ) Atlético (MG) Atlético (PR) Avaí (SC) Bahia (BA) Baré (RR) Botafogo (PB) Botafogo (SP) Botafogo (RJ) Caxias (RS) Ceará (CE) Comercial (MS) Confiança (SE) | Corinthians (SP) Coritiba (PR) CRB (AL) Cruzeiro (MG) CSA (AL) Dom Pedro II (DF) Figueirense (SC) Flamengo (RJ) Fluminense (RJ) Fortaleza (CE) Gama (DF) Goiás (GO) Grêmio (RS) Guarani (SP) Independência (AC) Internacional (RS) Interporto (TO) | Ji-Paraná (RO) Juventude (RS) Maranhão (MA) Nacional (AM) Náutico (PE) Palmeiras (SP) Paraná (PR) Paysandu (PA) Pinheiros (RO) Poções (BA) Ponte Preta (SP) Portuguesa (SP) Remo (PA) Rio Branco (ES) Rio Negro (MA) River (PI) Sampaio Corrêa (MA) | Santa Cruz (PE) Santos (AP) Santos (SP) São Paulo (SP) São Raimundo (AM) Sergipe (SE) Serra (ES) Sinop (MT) Sport (PE) Treze (PB) Ubiratan (MS) União (MT) URT (MG) Vasco (AC) Vasco (RJ) Vila Nova (GO) Vitória (BA) Ypiranga (AP) |

## Competition stages
### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ypiranga (AP) | 1-3 | São Raimundo (AM) | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| Independência (AC) | 2-1 | Baré (RR) | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Interporto (TO) | 0-8 | Bahia (BA) | 0-8 | - |
| Ji-Paraná (RO) | 4-2 | Vasco (AC) | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Paysandu (PA) | 1-2 | Maranhão (MA) | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 4 de Julho (PI) | 3-5 | Fortaleza (CE) | 2-1 | 1-3 |
| URT (MG) | 1-3 | Fluminense (RJ) | 1-1 | 0-3 |
| CRB (AL) | 1-2 | Santa Cruz (PE) | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Santos (AP) | 0-6 | Remo (PA) | 0-0 | 0-6 |
| Nacional (AM) | 2-2 | Rio Negro (AM) | 1-1 | 1-1 (pen: 4-2 |
| Sampaio Corrêa (MA) | 1-1 | Ceará (CE) | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| América (RN) | 4-2 | Sport (PE) | 0-1 | 1-0 (pen: 4-2) |
| Treze (PB) | 1-3 | ABC (RN) | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| Pinheiros (RO) | 0-2 | Vitória (BA) | 0-2 | - |
| Náutico (PE) | 3-1 | CSA (AL) | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Confiança (SE) | 0-5 | Goiás (GO) | 0-1 | 0-4 |
| Sergipe (SE) | 3-2 | Vila Nova (GO) | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| Caxias (RS) | 4-2 | Avaí (SC) | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| Americano (RJ) | 2-3 | Paraná (PR) | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Gama (DF) | 1-5 | Cruzeiro (MG) | 1-1 | 1-4 |

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| River (PI) | 1-2 | Flamengo (RJ) | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Figueirense (SC) | 1-4 | Guarani (SP) | 1-1 | 0-3 |
| Botafogo (PB) | 1-3 | Vasco (RJ) | 1-3 | - |
| Dom Pedro II (DF) | 1-6 | Ponte Preta (SP) | 1-2 | 0-4 |
| Commercial (MS) | 2-5 | São Paulo (SP) | 2-1 | 0-3 |
| Ubiratan (MS) | 1-6 | Sinop (MT) | 1-1 | 0-5 |
| América (MG) | 5-6 | Portuguesa (SP) | 3-2 | 2-4 |
| União (MT) | 0-4 | Grêmio (RS) | 0-4 | - |
| Poções (BA) | 1-5 | Coritiba (PR) | 1-5 | - |
| Serra (ES) | 0-3 | Santos (SP) | 0-3 | - |
| Botafogo (SP) | 2-4 | Internacional (RS) | 2-1 | 0-3 |
| Rio Branco (ES) | 1-6 | Botafogo (RJ) | 1-1 | 0-5 |
| Independência (AC) | 2-7 | São Raimundo (AM) | 1-1 | 1-6 |
| Ji-Paraná (RO) | 1-5 | Bahia (BA) | 1-0 | 0-5 |
| Maranhão (MA) | 2-1 | Fortaleza (CE) | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Santa Cruz (PE) | 3-4 | Fluminense (RJ) | 1-1 | 2-3 |
| Nacional (AM) | 4-3 | Remo (PA) | 3-2 | 1-2 |
| América (RN) | 4-3 | Sampaio Corrêa (MA)) | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| ABC (RN) | 3-1 | Vitória (BA) | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Náutico (PE) | 2-2 | Goiás (GO) | 1-1 | 1-1 (pen: 4-5) |
| Caxias (RS) | 2-2 | Sergipe (SE) | 1-0 | 1-2 |
| Paraná (PR) | 0-2 | Cruzeiro (MG) | 0-2 | - |

### Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Guarani (SP) | 3-5 | Flamengo (RJ) | 0-2 | 3-3 |
| Vasco (RJ) | 2-1 | Ponte Preta (SP) | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Sinop (MT) | 0-6 | São Paulo (SP) | 0-4 | 0-2 |
| Bahia (BA) | 6-3 | São Raimundo (AM) | 5-0 | 1-3 |
| Maranhão (MA) | 1-7 | Fluminense (RJ) | 1-1 | 0-6 |
| Remo (PA) | 4-6 | América (RN) | 2-0 | 2-6 |
| ABC (RN) | 2-2 | Goiás (GO) | 1-1 | 1-1 (pen: 4-3) |
| Caxias (RS) | 2-9 | Cruzeiro (MG) | 1-3 | 1-6 |
| Portuguesa (SP) | 4-1 | Grêmio (RS) | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| Coritiba (PR) | 1-2 | Santos (SP) | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Internacional (RS) | 3-3 | Botafogo (RJ) | 2-2 | 1-1 |

### Round of Sixteen

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Botafogo (RJ) | 3-1 | Corinthians (SP) | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Cruzeiro (MG) | 4-3 | Atlético (PR) | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| Bahia (BA) | 2-4 | Flamengo (RJ) | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| Juventude (RS) | 1-6 | Santos (SP) | 1-3 | 0-3 |
| ABC (RN) | 4-4 | Palmeiras (SP) | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| América (RN) | 3-6 | São Paulo (SP) | 1-3 | 2-3 |
| Fluminense (RJ) | 3-3 | Vasco (RJ) | 1-1 | 2-3 |
| Portuguesa (SP) | 0-0 | Atlético (MG) | 0-0 | 0-0 (pen: 1-4 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cruzeiro (MG) | 3-2 | Botafogo (RJ) | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| Flamengo (RJ) | 2-8 | Santos (SP) | 0-4 | 2-4 |
| São Paulo (SP) | 5-3 | Palmeiras (SP) | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Fluminense (RJ) | 5-5 | Atlético (MG) | 3-3 | 2-2 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cruzeiro (MG) | 4-2 | Santos (SP) | 2-0 | 2-2 |
| São Paulo (SP) | 6-3 | Atlético (MG) | 3-0 | 3-3 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| São Paulo (SP) | 1-2 | Cruzeiro (MG) | 0-0 | 1-2 |
* Copa do Brasil 2000 Winners
* Cruzeiro Third Title