The Copa do Brasil 1993 was the 5th staging of the
Copa do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil ( en, Brazil Cup) is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de ...
.
The competition started on March 2, 1993, and concluded on June 3, 1993, with the second leg of the final, held at the
Mineirão Stadium in
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...
, in which
Cruzeiro lifted the trophy for the first time with a 2-1 victory over
Grêmio.
Gílson, of
Grêmio, with 8 goals, was the competition's topscorer.
Format
The competition was disputed by 32 clubs in a
knock-out
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format where all rounds were played over two legs and the
away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
was used.
Competition stages
References
Copa do Brasil 1993 at RSSSF*''Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro'', Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.
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1993
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1993 in Brazilian football
1993 domestic association football cups