Copa dos Campeões da Copa Brasil

The Copa dos Campeões da Copa Brasil (Copa Brasil Champions Cup) was an official football competition organized in 1978 by the Brazilian Sports Confederation (CBD), predecessor of the Brazilian Football Confederation, and contested by past winners of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

1978 Copa dos Campeões da Copa Brasil

Copa dos Campeões Brasileiros, Copa dos Campeões do Brasil, Torneio dos Campeões Brasileiros
Country	Brazil
Teams	3
Champions	Atlético Mineiro
Runners-up	São Paulo
Matches played	3
Goals scored	5 (1.67 per match)

The tournament was contested by past Brasileirão champions of the 1971, 1974 and 1977 editions: respectively Atlético Mineiro, Vasco da Gama and São Paulo.^[1] Palmeiras, champion in 1972 and 1973, and Guarani, champion in 1978, withdrew from the competition due to conflicting dates with the 1978 Campeonato Paulista. Internacional, champion of the 1975 and 1976 editions, was excluded by CBD because of legal disputes.^[2]

Atlético Mineiro won the competition, defeating São Paulo in the final in a penalty shootout.^[3][4]

Matches

Semifinal

First leg

15 August 1978

Atlético Mineiro	2–1	Vasco da Gama
Fernando   25' (o.g.) Danival   63'		Dirceu   21'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

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Second leg

20 August 1978

Vasco da Gama	1–1	Atlético Mineiro
Guina   38'		Ziza   50' (pen.)

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Final

22 August 1978

Atlético Mineiro	0 – 0	São Paulo
Penalties
Ziza   Alves  Toninho Cerezo   Marinho	4–2	Bezerra   Chicão   Zé Sérgio   Viana

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Referee:   José Roberto Wright

References

1. "Campeão dos Campeões 1978". Galo Digital (in Portuguese). 26 March 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
2. Cruz, Santiago (31 August 2014). . RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
3. "Atlético vence S. Paulo nos pênaltis e ganha a 1ª Copa dos Campeões" [Atlético defeats S. Paulo on penalties and wins 1st Champions Cup]. Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). 23 August 1978. Retrieved 7 September 2015 – via Google News.
4. "Dessa vez, Atlético ganha nos pênaltis" [This time, Atlético wins on penalties]. O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). 23 August 1978. Retrieved 7 September 2015.