Copa Centro-Oeste ( en, Center-West Cup) was a Brazilian football competition contested between Center-West region teams and teams from the Southeastern State

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. For one edition, it was also contested by teams from

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

state clubs only competed in the first Copa Centro-Oeste edition, in 1999, joining the new

Copa Sul-Minas 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 replaced the 1999 tournament called Copa Sul which only include ...

in 2000. Cruzeiro, from Minas Gerais, won the Cup and was the only non-Central Western team to reach the finals in the four editions of the tourney. From 2000 to 2002, the Copa Centro-Oeste champions granted qualification to the

Copa dos Campeões Copa dos Campeões (Portuguese for Brazilian Champions Cup) was a Brazilian football competition, organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), contested by the best teams from each one of the regional cups. The Copa dos Campeões wi ...

List of champions

Performances

By club

By state

Similar competitions

The Copa Brasil Central was held in 1967, while the Torneio Centro-Oeste was held in 1976, 1981 and in 1984. The 1976 edition was organized by the CBD.

List of champions

References

External links

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