The Copa dos Campeões Estaduais, the "Cup of State Champions," was a competition for Brazilian association football clubs held in the years 1920 and 1936. In the absence of other notable national competitions, the winners considered themselves champions of Brazil. Participants were the champions of the states considered the then leading forces in Brazilian football. Winners of the competitions were: * 1920:

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from São Paulo * 1936:

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from Belo Horizonte The Taça dos Campeões Estaduais of 1914 and the

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, held 1917 and 1919 between the State Champions of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, are considered the precursors to this competition. When the Copa dos Campeões Estaduais was held first in 1920 the State Champion of

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has been added as third participant. In the 1936 there were additional participants from the states Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo as well as the navy. From 1933 forward the Torneio Rio-São Paulo established itself more and more as the leading interstate competition of Brazil, which was by 1950 given the name

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and mutated in the course of the 1970s into today's national Brazilian Championship.

Copa dos Campeões Estaduais 1920

The tournament of 1920 was held in March in

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in the format of a league ("

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"). All matches took place in the

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of Fluminense FC. It was the first competition organised by the ''Confederação Brasileira de Deportes'', the precursor of today's CBF. Participants were the following winners of their state championships of 1919: * the State Champions of Rio de Janeiro:

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, from the city of Rio de Janeiro * the State Champions of São Paulo:

from the city of São Paulo * the State Champions of Rio Grande do Sul:

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from the city of

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Paulistano had to play without their star

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who had to stay back in São Paulo due to undeferrable commitments. Grêmio Brasil featured Ismael Alvariza, who became in December 1920 the first player from a club outside Rio and São Paulo to play in the national team.

The matches

;Paulistano 7 × 3 Brasil de Pelotas 25 March 1920 * Paulistano: ''Arnaldo -

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(c), Carlito - Clodoaldo,

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, Sergio - Zonzo, Mário Andrade,

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, Carlos Araújo, Cassiano.'' Coach: ''Angelo Bernardelli.'' * Brasil: ''Frank - Nunes, Zabaleta - Flóriano, Rossell, Victório “Babá” (o Waldomiro) - Faria, Alberto Côrrea, Proença, Ignácio, Alvariza.'' * Referee: ''Henrique Vignal (

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, RJ).'' * Goals: ''4' Friedenreich, 11' M. Andrade, 17' Friedenreich, 25' M. Andrade, 29' Friedenreich, 42' Ignácio, 54' C. Araujo, 64' C. Araujo, 78' Proença, 82' Alberto.'' ;Fluminense 1 × 4 Paulistano 28 March 1920 * Fluminense: '' Marcos Mendonça - Othelo, Chico Netto (c) - Laís, Osvaldo Gomes, Fortes - Mano, Zezé,

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, Machado, Bacchi.'' Coach: ''Pode Pedersen.'' * Paulistano: ''Arnaldo -

(c), Carlito - Sergio, Carlos Araújo,

- Zonzo, Mário Andrade,

, Botelho, Cassiano.'' Coach: ''Angelo Bernardelli.'' * Referee: ''Eduardo Gibson ( São Cristóvão AC, RJ).'' * Goals: ''2' Zezé, 40' Friedenreich, 50' M. Andrade, 69' Botelho, 89' M. Andrade.'' ;Fluminense 6 × 2 Brasil de Pelotas 3 April 1920 * Fluminense: '' Marcos Mendonça - Othelo,

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- Laís, Honório, Fortes - Mário, Zezé,

, Machado, Bacchi.'' Coach: ''Pode Pedersen.'' * Brasil: ''Frank - Nunes, Zabaleta - Flóriano, Rossell, Victorino - Faria, Alberto Côrrea, Proença, Ignácio, Alvariza.'' * Referee: ''Carlos Santos ( SC Mangueira, RJ).'' * Goals: ''Welfare e Zezé, no 1º tempo, e Zezé, Pelágio Proença, Zezé, Zezé e Machado.'' Final table:

Copa dos Campeões Estaduais 1936 (
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The 1936 tournament was organised by the Federação Brasileira de Futebol Januar 1937 and held in a league format ("

") with home and away legs. Participants were the five state champions of 1936 and a delegation of the sports club of the navy, which qualified through an internal process. Participating teams were: * the State Champions of Rio de Janeiro (Federal District):

from Rio de Janeiro * the State Champions of São Paulo:

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from São Paulo * the State Champions of Minas Gerais:

from

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* the State Champions of Espirito Santo:

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from Vitória * the State Champions the State of Rio de Janeiro: SC Alliança from

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* and Liga de Sports da Marinha, the sports club of the navy, coached by the renowned

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, based in Rio de Janeiro Atlético Mineiro, Fluminense and Portuguesa were automatically qualified. The other participants played for one more place: Qualification The Matches Final table Winner was Atlético Mineiro with the following team: ''Kafunga, Clóvis - Florindo, Quim -

Zezé Procópio José Procópio Mendes, best known as ''Zezé Procópio'' (August 12, 1913 in Varginha, Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais State – February 8, 1980 in Valença, Rio de Janeiro State) was an association footballer in midfielder role. In career (1 ...

, Lola, Bala, Alcindo - Paulista, Abraz, Alfredo Bernardino, Bazzoni, Guará, Nicola, Resende, Elair'' - Coach: ''

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.'' Atlético usually played in a

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.
1937
'' O Canto do Galo: Galopédia.

References

* Marcelo Leme de Arruda, Paulo Azeredo:

',

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and RSSSF Brazil, 30 August 2005. * Marcelo Leme de Arruda, Paulo Azeredo:
Copa dos Campeões Estaduais 1936
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and RSSSF Brazil, 30 March 2008. * Santiago Cruz:
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and RSSSF Brazil, April 2006. Notes: {{DEFAULTSORT:Copa dos Campeoes Estaduais Defunct football competitions in Brazil