Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores explained

Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores
Founded:1985
Number Of Teams:28
Region:Brazil
Current Champions:São Paulo (2016)
Current:2016 Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores
Most Successful Club:Cruzeiro
Atlético Mineiro (5 times each)

The Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores (or Belo Horizonte Youth Cup, in English), also known as Taça Belo Horizonte de Futebol Júnior or Taça BH, is a cup competition usually played by 36 Brazilian under-20 football teams, most of them from Minas Gerais state.

The 2006 competition's trophy was named after Telê Santana.[1]

Format

In the first stage the 36 teams are divided in 6 groups. The top 2 of each group, plus the top four 3rd placed teams, qualify to the knockout stage. From the round of 16 to the final there are only one-leg matches, as all matches are played in Minas Gerais state.

An edition of this cup lasts about 40 days.

List of champions

U-20

YearChampionRunner-up
1985CruzeiroGrêmio
1986FlamengoGrêmio
1987São PauloCorinthians
1988Atlético MineiroSanta Tereza
1989Atlético MineiroValeriodoce
1990Inter de LimeiraFlamengo
1991Vasco da GamaAtlético Paranaense
1992Vasco da GamaAtlético Mineiro
1993CruzeiroAtlético Mineiro
1994VitóriaVasco da Gama
1995CruzeiroAmérica-MG
1996Atlético ParanaenseCruzeiro
1997São PauloColo-Colo (Chile)
1998PalmeirasSão Paulo
1999BotafogoFlamengo
2000América-MGGoiás
2001CruzeiroSantos
2002PalmeirasCruzeiro
2003FlamengoAtlético Paranaense
2004CruzeiroFluminense
2005Atlético MineiroBahia
2006Atlético ParanaenseAtlético Mineiro
2007FlamengoCruzeiro
2008GrêmioCruzeiro
2009Atlético MineiroInternacional
2010CoritibaAtlético Paranaense
2011Atlético MineiroFluminense
2012GrêmioFlamengo
2013Vasco da GamaVitória
2014América-MGAtlético Mineiro

U-17

YearChampionRunner-up
2015CorinthiansFlamengo
2016São PauloPalmeiras
2017São PauloFlamengo
2018Atlético MineiroFluminense

Titles by team

ChampionTitlesYears Won
Atlético Mineiro61988, 1989, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2018
Cruzeiro51985, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2004
São Paulo41987, 1997, 2016, 2017
Flamengo31986, 2003, 2007
Vasco da Gama31991, 1992, 2013
América-MG22000, 2014
Atlético Paranaense21996, 2006
Grêmio22008, 2012
Palmeiras21998, 2002
Botafogo11999
Corinthians12015
Coritiba12010
Inter de Limeira11990
Vitória11994

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.atleticopr.com.br/noticias/noticia.php?lista_valor=1661 Taça BH - Troféu homenageia Telê Santana - Atlético Paranaense´s official website