Copa Sul-Minas

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Copa Sul-Minas
Founded2000
Region Brazil
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Copa Sul-Minas was a Brazilian football competition that ran between 2000 and 2002, with teams from the three Southern states of Brazil, plus the Southeastern state of Minas Gerais. It is a successor competition to the 1999 Tournament called Copa Sul [1] which only included teams from the Southern states. In 2016, a successor to this tournament was created, the Primeira Liga (also known as Copa Sul-Minas-Rio).

Contents

In its three editions, Copa Sul-Minas was won by Minas Gerais teams.

List of finals

Copa Sul

Year
WinnersScoreRunners-up
1999 [2] Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg
Grêmio
2 – 1
0 – 2
1 – 0

Bandeira do Parana.svg
Paraná

Copa Sul-Minas

YearFinalsSemi-finalists
WinnersScoreRunners-up
2000 [3] Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg
América
1 – 0
2 – 1
Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg
Cruzeiro
Bandeira do Parana.svg
Athletico-PR
Bandeira do Parana.svg
Paraná
2001 [4] Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg
Cruzeiro
2 – 0
3 – 0
Bandeira do Parana.svg
Coritiba
Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg
Atlético-MG
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg
Grêmio
2002 [5] Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg
Cruzeiro
2 – 1
1 – 0

Bandeira do Parana.svg
Athletico-PR
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg
Grêmio
Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg
Atlético-MG

Records and statistics

Top scorers

YearPlayerClubGoals
1999 Christian Internacional 8
2000 Kléber Pereira Atlético Paranaense 6
2001 Guilherme Atlético Mineiro 8
2002 Liédson Coritiba 14

Winning managers

YearManagerClub
1999 Celso Roth Grêmio
2000 Flávio Lopes América Mineiro
2001 Luiz Felipe Scolari Cruzeiro
2002 Marco Aurélio Cruzeiro

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