Copa Sul-Minas Explained

Copa Sul-Minas
Founded:	2000
Region:	Brazil
Teams:	Vary (include the number of participating teams)

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).

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

List of finals

Copa Sul

Year
width=200	Winners	width=100	Score	width=200	Runners-up
1999^[2]	Grêmio	2 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 0	Paraná

Copa Sul-Minas

Year	Finals			Semi-finalists
width=200	Winners	width=100	Score	width=200	Runners-up
2000^[3]	América	1 – 0 2 – 1	Cruzeiro	Athletico-PR	Paraná
2001^[4]	Cruzeiro	2 – 0 3 – 0	Coritiba	Atlético-MG	Grêmio
2002^[5]	Cruzeiro	2 – 1 1 – 0	Athletico-PR	Grêmio	Atlético-MG

Records and statistics

Top scorers

width=100	Year	width=200	Player	width=170	Club	width=50	Goals
1999	Christian	Internacional	8
2000	Kléber Pereira	Atlético Paranaense	6
2001	Guilherme	Atlético Mineiro	8
2002	Liédson	Coritiba	14

Winning managers

width=100	Year	width=220	Manager	width=220	Club
1999	Celso Roth	Grêmio
2000		América Mineiro
2001	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Cruzeiro
2002	Marco Aurélio	Cruzeiro

Notes and References

Web site: Brazil - Copa Sul-Minas - List of Winners. Ricardo Pontes. 18 May 2002. RSSSF. 7 March 2018.
Web site: Copa Sul 1999. Ricardo Pontes. 3 May 2001. RSSSF. 7 March 2018.
Web site: Copa Sul-Minas 2000. Ricardo Pontes. 3 May 2001. RSSSF. 7 March 2018.
Web site: Copa Sul-Minas 2001. Ricardo Pontes. 18 March 2002. RSSSF. 7 March 2018.
Web site: Copa Sul-Minas 2002. Ricardo Pontes. 18 May 2002. RSSSF. 7 March 2018.