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 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).

Copa Sul-Minas

Founded	2000
Region	Brazil
Number of teams	Vary (include the number of participating teams)

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

List of finals

Copa Sul

Year
	Winners	Score	Runners-up
1999[2]	Grêmio	2 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 0	Paraná

Copa Sul-Minas

Year	Finals			Semi-finalists
	Winners	Score	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

Year	Player	Club	Goals
1999	Christian	Internacional	8
2000	Kléber Pereira	Atlético Paranaense	6
2001	Guilherme	Atlético Mineiro	8
2002	Liédson	Coritiba	14

Winning managers

Year	Manager	Club
1999	Celso Roth	Grêmio
2000	Flávio Lopes	América Mineiro
2001	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Cruzeiro
2002	Marco Aurélio	Cruzeiro

See also

• Primeira Liga (Brazil)

References

1. Ricardo Pontes (18 May 2002). "Brazil - Copa Sul-Minas - List of Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
2. Ricardo Pontes (3 May 2001). "Copa Sul 1999". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
3. Ricardo Pontes (3 May 2001). "Copa Sul-Minas 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
4. Ricardo Pontes (18 March 2002). "Copa Sul-Minas 2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
5. Ricardo Pontes (18 May 2002). "Copa Sul-Minas 2002". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 March 2018.