2021 Copa Verde

2021 Copa Verde
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	3 October – 11 December
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Remo (1st title)
Runner-up	Vila Nova
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	75 (2.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Neto Pessoa; (9 goals)
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Copa Verde was the eighth edition of the football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 24 clubs, Acre, Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul and Pará have two vacancies; Amapá, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins with one each. The others six berths was set according to CBF ranking.^[1]

In the finals, Remo defeated Vila Nova 4–2 on penalties after tied 0–0 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the third round of the 2022 Copa do Brasil.^[2]

Qualified teams

Association	Team	Qualification method
Acre 1+2 berths	Galvez	2020 Campeonato Acreano champions
	Rio Branco	5th best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Atlético Acreano	3rd best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amapá 1 berth	Ypiranga	2020 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas 2+1 berths	Penarol	2020 Campeonato Amazonense champions
	Fast Clube	2020 Campeonato Amazonense 3rd place
	Manaus	4th best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Gama	2020 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Brasiliense	2020 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo 2 berths	Rio Branco de Venda Nova	2020 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Espírito Santo 2 berths	Rio Branco	2020 Campeonato Capixaba runners-up
Goiás 1 berth	Vila Nova	2020 Campeonato Goiano 7th place
Mato Grosso 1+2 berths	Nova Mutum	2020 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
	Cuiabá	1st best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Sinop^[3]	6th best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths	Águia Negra	2020 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths	Aquidauanense	2020 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense runners-up
Pará 2+1 berths	Paysandu	2020 Campeonato Paraense champions
	Castanhal	2020 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
	Remo	2nd best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia 2 berths	Porto Velho	2020 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
Rondônia 2 berths	Real Ariquemes	2020 Campeonato Rondoniense runners-up
Roraima 1 berth	São Raimundo	2020 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins 1 berth	Interporto^[4]	2020 Campeonato Tocantinense 3rd place

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[5]

Stage	First leg	Second leg
First round	13 and 14 October 2021
Round of 16	19, 20 and 21 October 2021
Quarter-finals	27 and 28 October and 12 November 2021	3, 4, 10 and 24 November 2021
Semi-finals	24 November and 1 December 2021	2 and 4 December 2021
Finals	8 December 2021	11 December 2021

Bracket


First round		Round of 16		Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Finals



		Atlético Acreano	1 (4)

Gama	0	Aquidauanense (p)	1 (5)
				Aquidauanense	0	0	0
Aquidauanense	1
				Vila Nova	1	7	8
		Vila Nova	3

Interporto	0	Rio Branco de Venda Nova	0
								Vila Nova	3	1	4
Rio Branco de Venda Nova	1
								Nova Mutum	0	1	1
		Cuiabá	0 (6)

Brasiliense (p)	0 (5)	Brasiliense (p)	0 (7)
				Brasiliense	1	0	1 (2)
Rio Branco	0 (3)
				Nova Mutum (p)	0	1	1 (3)
		Rio Branco	1

Águia Negra	1	Nova Mutum	4
												Vila Nova	0	0	0 (2)
Nova Mutum	3
												Remo (p)	0	0	0 (4)
		Paysandu	6

Real Ariquemes	0	Penarol	0
				Paysandu	1	3	4
Penarol	2
				Castanhal	1	1	2
		São Raimundo	1

Fast Clube	0	Castanhal	2
								Paysandu	2	0	2
Castanhal	2
								Remo	2	2	4
		Manaus	2

Sinop	0	Porto Velho	0
				Manaus	1	0	1
Porto Velho	1
				Remo	1	3	4
		Remo	9

Galvez (p)	1 (4)	Galvez	0

Ypiranga	1 (1)