1999 Copa do Brasil explained

Copa do Brasil
Year:1999
Other Titles:Copa do Brasil 1999
Country: Brazil
Dates:January 28 - June 27
Num Teams:65
Winners:Juventude (RS)
Second:Botafogo (RJ)
Matches:117
Goals:366
Scoring Leader:Romário (7)
Prev Season:1998
Next Season:2000

The Copa do Brasil 1999 was the 11th staging of the Copa do Brasil.

The competition started on January 28, 1999, and concluded on June 27, 1999, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, in which Juventude lifted the trophy for the first time with a 0-0 draw with Botafogo.

Romário, of Flamengo, and Dejan Petković, of Vitória, with 7 goals each, were the competition's topscorers.

Format

The competition was disputed by 65 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, with the exception of the preliminary match, which was played in a single match, and in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.

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