Wikipedia - Copa Verde

The Copa Verde (English: Green Cup) is an annual regional knockout football competition in Brazil that started in 2014, and played by 24 teams from the North and Central-West regions, plus Espírito Santo (Espírito Santo state was included because they competed in the old Copa Centro Oeste).

Initially, the champion of the tournament gained a place in the next year's Copa Sudamericana. With the changes implemented by CONMEBOL in 2016 causes a competition no longer qualify in Copa Sudamericana from edition. The champion will now have a spot in the third round of the Copa do Brasil of the following year. The cup is organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), with two-legged playoff games played from between the 24 participating teams.

History

The tournament was created with the purpose of making a North Region version of the Copa do Nordeste, hence the name Verde, meaning green, is an allusion to the Amazon Forest. The competition was expanded to include clubs from the Central-West Region and from Espírito Santo state (as the state competed in the defunct Copa Centro-Oeste). The competition was officially announced in September by the competitions director of the Brazilian Football Confederation.

Brasiliens gröna cup (port. Copa Verde) är en brasiliansk fotbollsturnering som anordnas av det brasilianska fotbollsförbundet (CBF). Turneringen hålls årligen med deltagande lag från landets norra region.

Cuppen skapades 2014 som ett regionalt komplement till Copa do Brasil och Copa do Nordeste. Den är öppen för klubbar från delstaterna Acre, Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima och Tocantins.

Vinnaren av Copa Verde kvalificerar sig till Copa do Brasil det följande året.

Turneringen spelas i utslagsturnering med enkelmatcher. Lagen delas in i två grupper baserat på geografiskt läge: norr och söder. Gruppsegrarna möts i finalen.

Några av de mest framgångsrika lagen i Copa Verde är Paysandu, Remo och Brasiliense.