The tournament was discontinued after the introduction of a national championship (in 1971, following the Ta�a de Prata (or Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa) from 1967 to 1970).
A new cup tournament, called Copa do Brasil, was introduced in 1989, in order to appease the smaller states, whose clubs had been excluded from the first level since the creation of the Copa Uni�o in 1987.
The winners of the Copa do Brasil also enter the Copa Libertadores de Am�rica, for which each country now has two entries (Brazil four starting from the 2000 edition). From 1991 to 1995, the runner-ups of Copa do Brasil entered the Copa Conmebol.
From 1989 to 1994, 32 teams participated in the Copa do Brasil, the state champions and the runners-up from the states with the highest average attendance for the local championship. (Some states entered their local cup winners or teams selected according to other criteria.) In 1995, four third-placed teams were also allowed to enter. In 1996, along with the 32 traditional entries, the 8 teams with the highest average attendance in the national championship were invited. From 1997 to 2003, teams have been invited by CBF (in addition to the 32 traditional entries) according to unpublished criteria. Finally, since 2004 CBF stated that the 64 participants of Copa do Brasil are 10 teams selected from the CBF ranking and 54 teams classified from state competitions.
Obs.: In 22/Dec/2010 CBF, awarded to Ta�a Brasil (1959-1968) and Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1967-1970) tournaments the status of Brazilian Championships.
1959 - Esporte Clube Bahia (Salvador) 1960 - Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (S�o Paulo) 1961 - Santos Futebol Clube (Santos) 1962 - Santos Futebol Clube (Santos) 1963 - Santos Futebol Clube (Santos) 1964 - Santos Futebol Clube (Santos) 1965 - Santos Futebol Clube (Santos) 1966 - Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Belo Horizonte) 1967 - Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (S�o Paulo) 1968 - Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (Rio de Janeiro)
1959 - Bahia 3-2 0-2 3-1 Santos 1960 - Palmeiras 3-1 8-2 Fortaleza 1961 - Santos 1-1 5-1 Bahia 1962 - Santos 4-3 1-3 5-0 Botafogo 1963 - Santos 6-0 2-0 Bahia 1964 - Santos 4-1 0-0 Flamengo 1965 - Santos 5-1 1-0 Vasco da Gama 1966 - Cruzeiro 6-2 3-2 Santos 1967 - Palmeiras 3-1 1-2 2-0 N�utico 1968 - Botafogo 2-2 4-0 Fortaleza
5 Santos (2) 2 Palmeiras (0) 1 Bahia (2) Botafogo (1) Cruzeiro (0) 0 Fortaleza (2) Flamengo (1) N�utico (1) Vasco da Gama (1)
1989 - Gr�mio Foot-ball Portoalegrense (Porto Alegre-RS) 1990 - Clube de Regatas Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro-RJ) 1991 - Crici�ma Esporte Clube (Crici�ma-SC) 1992 - Sport Club Internacional (Porto Alegre-RS) 1993 - Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Belo Horizonte-MG) 1994 - Gr�mio Foot-ball Portoalegrense (Porto Alegre-RS) 1995 - Sport Club Corinthians (S�o Paulo-SP) 1996 - Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Belo Horizonte-MG) 1997 - Gr�mio Foot-ball Portoalegrense (Porto Alegre-RS) 1998 - Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (S�o Paulo-SP) 1999 - Esporte Clube Juventude (Caxias do Sul-RS) 2000 - Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Belo Horizonte-MG) 2001 - Gr�mio Foot-ball Portoalegrense (Porto Alegre-RS) 2002 - Sport Club Corinthians (S�o Paulo-SP) 2003 - Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Belo Horizonte-MG) 2004 - Esporte Clube Santo Andr� (Santo Andr�-SP) 2005 - Paulista Futebol Clube (Jundia�-SP) 2006 - Clube de Regatas Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro-RJ) 2007 - Fluminense Football Club (Rio de Janeiro-RJ) 2008 - Sport Club do Recife (Recife-PE)
1989 - Gr�mio 0-0 2-1 Sport Recife 1990 - Flamengo 1-0 0-0 Goi�s 1991 - Crici�ma 1-1 0-0 Gr�mio 1992 - Internacional 1-2 1-0 Fluminense 1993 - Cruzeiro 0-0 2-1 Gr�mio 1994 - Gr�mio 0-0 1-0 Cear� 1995 - Corinthians 2-1 1-0 Gr�mio 1996 - Cruzeiro 1-1 2-1 Palmeiras 1997 - Gr�mio 0-0 2-2 Flamengo 1998 - Palmeiras 0-1 2-0 Cruzeiro 1999 - Juventude 2-1 0-0 Botafogo 2000 - Cruzeiro 0-0 2-1 S�o Paulo 2001 - Gr�mio 2-2 3-1 Corinthians 2002 - Corinthians 2-1 1-1 Brasiliense 2003 - Cruzeiro 1-1 3-1 Flamengo 2004 - Santo Andr� 2-2 2-0 Flamengo 2005 - Paulista 2-0 0-0 Fluminense 2006 - Flamengo 2-0 0-0 Vasco 2007 - Fluminense 1-1 1-0 Figueirense 2008 - Sport Recife 1-3 2-0 Corinthians
4 Gr�mio (3) Cruzeiro (1) 2 Flamengo (3) Corinthians (2) 1 Fluminense (2) Palmeiras (1) Sport Recife (1) Crici�ma (0) Internacional (0) Juventude (0) Paulista (0) Santo Andr� (0) 0 Botafogo (1) Brasiliense (1) Cear� (1) Figueirense (1) Goi�s (1) S�o Paulo (1) Vasco da Gama (1)
5 Santos (2) Cruzeiro (1) 4 Gr�mio (3) 3 Palmeiras (1) 2 Flamengo (4) Corinthians (2) 1 Bahia (2) Botafogo (2) Fluminense (2) Sport Recife (1) Crici�ma (0) Internacional (0) Juventude (0) Paulista (0) Santo Andr� (0) 0 Fortaleza (2) Vasco da Gama (2) Brasiliense (1) Cear� (1) Figueirense (1) Goi�s (1) N�utico (1) S�o Paulo (1)
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