2016 Copa Verde

{{ infobox football tournament season

| title = Copa Verde

| year = 2016

| country = Brazil

| dates = 6 February – 10 May

| num_teams = 18

| champions = {{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu (1st title)

| runner-up = {{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Gama

| matches = 33

| goals = 86

| top goal scorer = {{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Grampola
(6 goals)

| prevseason = 2015

| nextseason = 2017

}}

The 2016 Copa Verde was the third edition of the Copa Verde football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 18 clubs, Amazonas and Distrito Federal has two vacancies; Acre, Amapá, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins with one each. The others four berths was set according to CBF ranking.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbf.com.br/noticias/campeonato-copa-verde/cbf-divulga-regulamento-tabela-e-plano-de-acao?ref=more#.VvVNmuIrKM9|title=CBF divulga regulamento, tabela e plano de ação|publisher=Confederação Brasileira de Futebol|date=8 December 2015}}

In the finals, Paysandu defeated Gama 3–2 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2017 Copa do Brasil.{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/df/futebol/copa-verde/noticia/2016/05/papao-perde-para-o-gama-por-2-1-mas-fica-com-o-titulo-da-copa-verde.html|title=Papão perde para o Gama por 2 a 1, mas fica com o título da Copa Verde|publisher=Globo Esporte|date=11 May 2016}}

Qualified teams

class="wikitable"
Association

!Team

!Qualification method

rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Acre}} Acre
1 berth
Rio Branco2015 Campeonato Acreano champions
rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Amapá}} Amapá
1 berth
Santos2015 Campeonato Amapaense champions
rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Amazonas}} Amazonas
2 berths
Nacional2015 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Fast Clube2015 Copa Amazonas champions
rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Distrito Federal
2 berths
Gama2015 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Brasília2015 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Espírito Santo}} Espírito Santo
1 berth
Espírito Santo2015 Copa Espírito Santo champions
rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Goiás}} Goiás
1+1 berths
Aparecidense2015 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
Vila Nova3rd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} Mato Grosso
1+1 berths
Cuiabá2015 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
Luverdense2nd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Mato Grosso do Sul}} Mato Grosso do Sul
1 berth
Comercial2015 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|Pará}} Pará
1+2 berths
Remo2015 Campeonato Paraense champions
| Paysandu1st best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
| Águia de Marabá4th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Rondônia}} Rondônia
1 berth
Genus2015 Campeonato Rondoniense 2nd round champions
rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Roraima}} Roraima
1 berth
Náutico2015 Campeonato Roraimense champions
rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Tocantins}} Tocantins
1 berth
Interporto2015 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.{{cite web|url=https://conteudo.cbf.com.br/cdn/201601/20160106142243_0.pdf |title=Regulamento Específico da Competição / Copa Verde 2016 |publisher=CBF |language=Portuguese}}

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Stage

!First leg

!Second leg

Preliminary round

|6 and 18 February 2016

|17 February and 3 March 2016

Round of 16

|9, 10 and 24 March 2016

|16, 17 and 27 March 2016

Quarter-finals

|23 and 24 March and 7 April 2016

|6, 7, 13 and 14 April 2016

Semi-finals

|20 April 2016

|23 April 2016

Finals

|3 May 2016

|10 May 2016

Preliminary round

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Fast Clube|Amazonas|0–4|Águia de MarabáÁguia de Marabá was eliminated for using an irregular player.|Pará|0–1|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Brasília|Distrito Federal|1–2|Vila Nova|Goiás|1–1|0–1}}

|}

Bracket

{{16TeamBracket|seeds=n|legs=2|aggregate=score|nowrap=y

| RD1= Round of 16

| RD2= Quarter-finals

| RD3= Semi-finals

| RD4= Finals

| RD1-team01= {{flagicon|Amazonas}} Fast Clube

| RD1-score01-1=1

| RD1-score01-2=0

| RD1-score01-agg=1

| RD1-team02= {{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu

| RD1-score02-1=1

| RD1-score02-2=3

| RD1-score02-agg=4

| RD1-team03= {{flagicon|Rondônia}} GenusGenus was eliminated for using an irregular player.

| RD1-score03-1=2

| RD1-score03-2=—

| RD1-score03-agg=—

| RD1-team04= {{flagicon|Acre}} Rio Branco

| RD1-score04-1=1

| RD1-score04-2=—

| RD1-score04-agg=—

| RD1-team05= {{flagicon|Amapá}} Santos

| RD1-score05-1=3

| RD1-score05-2=2

| RD1-score05-agg=5

| RD1-team06= {{flagicon|Amazonas}} Nacional

| RD1-score06-1=3

| RD1-score06-2=4

| RD1-score06-agg=7

| RD1-team07= {{flagicon|Roraima}} Náutico

| RD1-score07-1=1

| RD1-score07-2=0

| RD1-score07-agg=1

| RD1-team08= {{flagicon|Pará}} Remo

| RD1-score08-1=3

| RD1-score08-2=4

| RD1-score08-agg=7

| RD1-team09= {{flagicon|Mato Grosso do Sul}} Comercial

| RD1-score09-1=0

| RD1-score09-2=0

| RD1-score09-agg=0

| RD1-team10= {{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} Cuiabá

| RD1-score10-1=0

| RD1-score10-2=2

| RD1-score10-agg=2

| RD1-team11= {{flagicon|Espírito Santo}} Espírito Santo

| RD1-score11-1=0

| RD1-score11-2=0

| RD1-score11-agg=0

| RD1-team12= {{flagicon|Goiás}} Aparecidense

| RD1-score12-1=0

| RD1-score12-2=2

| RD1-score12-agg=2

| RD1-team13= {{flagicon|Goiás}} Vila Nova

| RD1-score13-1=4

| RD1-score13-2=1

| RD1-score13-agg=5

| RD1-team14= {{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} Luverdense

| RD1-score14-1=0

| RD1-score14-2=0

| RD1-score14-agg=0

| RD1-team15= {{flagicon|Tocantins}} Interporto

| RD1-score15-1=1

| RD1-score15-2=0

| RD1-score15-agg=1

| RD1-team16= {{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Gama

| RD1-score16-1=1

| RD1-score16-2=3

| RD1-score16-agg=4

| RD2-team01= {{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu

| RD2-score01-1=1

| RD2-score01-2=5

| RD2-score01-agg=6

| RD2-team02= {{flagicon|Acre}} Rio Branco

| RD2-score02-1=0

| RD2-score02-2=2

| RD2-score02-agg=2

| RD2-team03= {{flagicon|Amazonas}} Nacional

| RD2-score03-1=1

| RD2-score03-2=0

| RD2-score03-agg=1

| RD2-team04= {{flagicon|Pará}} Remo

| RD2-score04-1=1

| RD2-score04-2=1

| RD2-score04-agg=2

| RD2-team05= {{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} Cuiabá

| RD2-score05-1=1

| RD2-score05-2=1

| RD2-score05-agg=2

| RD2-team06= {{flagicon|Goiás}} Aparecidense

| RD2-score06-1=3

| RD2-score06-2=0

| RD2-score06-agg=3

| RD2-team07= {{flagicon|Goiás}} Vila Nova

| RD2-score07-1=0

| RD2-score07-2=0

| RD2-score07-agg=0 (3)

| RD2-team08= {{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Gama (p)

| RD2-score08-1=0

| RD2-score08-2=0

| RD2-score08-agg=0 (4)

| RD3-team01= {{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu

| RD3-score01-1=2

| RD3-score01-2=4

| RD3-score01-agg=6

| RD3-team02= {{flagicon|Pará}} Remo

| RD3-score02-1=1

| RD3-score02-2=2

| RD3-score02-agg=3

| RD3-team03= {{flagicon|Goiás}} Aparecidense

| RD3-score03-1=1

| RD3-score03-2=2

| RD3-score03-agg=3

| RD3-team04= {{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Gama

| RD3-score04-1=3

| RD3-score04-2=1

| RD3-score04-agg=4

| RD4-team01= {{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu

| RD4-score01-1=2

| RD4-score01-2=1

| RD4-score01-agg=3

| RD4-team02= {{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Gama

| RD4-score02-1=0

| RD4-score02-2=2

| RD4-score02-agg=2

}}

Finals

{{main|2016 Copa Verde finals}}

{{Football box

| date = 3 May 2016

| time = 20:30 BRT (UTC−3)

| team1 = Paysandu {{flagicon|Pará}}

| score = 2–0

| report = [http://globoesporte.globo.com/pa/futebol/copa-verde/jogo/03-05-2016/paysandu-gama/ Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Gama

| goals1 = Celsinho {{goal|9}}
Leandro Cearense {{goal|90+4}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Mangueirão, Belém

| attendance = 24,160

| referee = Alisson Sidnei Furtado

}}

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{{Football box

| date = 10 May 2016

| time = 20:30 BRT (UTC−3)

| team1 = Gama {{flagicon|Distrito Federal}}

| score = 2–1

| report = [http://globoesporte.globo.com/df/futebol/copa-verde/jogo/10-05-2016/gama-paysandu/ Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu

| goals1 = Rafael Grampola {{goal|73||78|pen.}}

| goals2 = Raí {{goal|3}}

| stadium = Bezerrão, Gama

| attendance = 9,090

| referee = Elmo Alves Resende Cunha

}}

Paysandu won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

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