Copa João Havelange

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season 2000
Champions Vasco da Gama
4th Campeonato Brasileiro title
4th Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores Vasco
São Caetano
Matches played 330
Goals scored 2970 (9 per match)
Top goalscorer Adhemar
(22 goals )
Biggest home win Ponte Preta 5 - 1 Palmeiras
Cruzeiro 5 - 1 Portuguesa b
Biggest away win Atlético Mineiro 0-6 Sport
Average attendance 11.546a
1999
2001

The 2000 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Copa João Havelange) was the 44th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Due to legal complications, the championship was organized by Clube dos 13 instead of CBF, and was contested by 116 teams divided in modules, equivalent to their division - similar to the 1987 Copa União. It started on July 29 and ended on January 18, 2001, with Vasco da Gama winning the championship - its fourth title. The name of the championship was an homage to former CBF and FIFA president João Havelange.

Background

The formula of relegation of the 1999 Brasileirão was based on the average points between 1998 and 1999. But due to a decision of the Supreme Court of Sporting Justice (STJD) of removing points from São Paulo, who played against Botafogo and Internacional with an irregular player, Brasília team SE Gama was going to dispute Série B instead of Botafogo. Gama refused the relegation and, supported by the Distrito Federal Football Coaches Trade Union and political party PFL, sued CBF requesting a return to Série A. By June 2000, the trial was not solved, and CBF could not release the 2000 Brasileirão rules.

A deal with Clube dos 13 allowed it to organize a championship, which CBF would later ratify. To avoid further legal problems, the championship would encompass all divisions. The module equivalent to the top division would have the 18 teams which escaped relegation in 1999, the two teams promoted by 1999 Série B, and five teams which would contest Série B in 2000 (Série C champion Fluminense, Clube dos 13 member Bahia, Juventude, América-MG and Gama, who removed the lawsuit against CBF and was allowed by FIFA to participate).

Controversies

As 1987 Copa União organized by Clube dos 13, Copa João Havelange was surrounded by critics for its exotic and unconventional maths system, by breaking the rules promoting Fluminense from the Série B (second division) for the top Brazilian football competition. Many have seen the taunts and jeers acts of Romário against Luiz Felipe Scolari (who indirectly criticized him) in the semi-finals as decisive for Scolari ignore him for the squad of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The end of competition was marked by distaster in São Januário.

First stage

Group Blue

Group Yellow

Group Green and White

Knockout stage

Bracket

  Round of Sixteen Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                                     
1  Cruzeiro (MG) 3 1 4  
16  Malutrom (PR) 0 1 1  
  1  Cruzeiro (MG) 1 3 4  
  9  Internacional (RS) 1 2 3  
8  Atlético (PR) 0 1 1
9  Internacional (RS) 0 2 2  
  1  Cruzeiro (MG) 2 1 3  
  5  Vasco da Gama (RJ) 2 3 5  
4  Goiás (GO) 1 0 1  
13  Paraná (PR) 1 3 4  
  13  Paraná (PR) 1 1 2
  5  Vasco da Gama (RJ) 3 0 3  
5  Vasco da Gama (RJ) 3 3 6
12  Bahia (BA) 3 2 5  
  5   Vasco da Gama (RJ) 1 3 4
  14  São Caetano (SP) 1 1 2
2  Sport (PE) 2 1 3  
15  Remo (PA) 1 0 1  
  2  Sport (PE) 1 1 2
  10  Grêmio (RS) 2 1 3  
7  Ponte Preta (SP) 0 2 2
10  Grêmio (RS) 1 1 2  
  10  Grêmio (RS) 2 1 3
  14  São Caetano (SP) 3 3 6  
3  Fluminense (RJ) 3 0 3  
14  São Caetano (SP) 3 1 4  
  14  São Caetano (SP) 4 2 6
  11  Palmeiras (SP) 3 2 5  
6  São Paulo (SP) 1 1 2
11  Palmeiras (SP) 1 2 3  

Round of Sixteen

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internacional (RS) 2–1 Atlético (PR) 0–0 2-1
Remo (PA) 1–3 Sport (PE) 1–2 0–1
Paraná (PR) 4–1 Goiás (GO) 1–1 3–0
São Caetano (SP) 4–3 Fluminense (RJ) 3–3 1–0
Malutrom (PR) 1–4 Cruzeiro (MG) 0–3 1–1
Grêmio (RS) 2–2 Ponte Preta (SP) 1–0 1–2
Bahia (BA) 5–6 Vasco da Gama (RJ) 3–3 2–3
Palmeiras (SP) 3–2 São Paulo (SP) 1–1 2–1

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internacional (RS) 3–4 Cruzeiro (MG) 1–1 2–3
Grêmio (RS) 3–2 Sport (PE) 2–1 1–1
Vasco da Gama (RJ) 3–2 Paraná (PR) 3–1 0–1
Palmeiras (SP) 5–6 São Caetano (SP) 3–4 2–2

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
São Caetano (SP) 6–3 Grêmio (RS) 3–2 3–1
Vasco da Gama (RJ) 5–3 Cruzeiro (MG) 2–2 3–1

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
São Caetano (SP) 2–4 Vasco da Gama (RJ) 1–1 1–3
Copa João Havelange Winners

Vasco da Gama

Final standings

PosClubQualification
1Vasco da GamaCopa Libertadores 2001
2São Caetano
3CruzeiroCopa Libertadores 20011
4GrêmioSérie A
5Paraná
6PalmeirasCopa Libertadores 20012
7InternacionalSérie A
8Sport
9Ponte Preta
10Fluminense
11Bahia
12São Paulo
13Atlético Paranaense
14Goiás
15MalutromSérie B
16Remo
17GuaraniSérie A
18Santos
19Flamengo
20Botafogo
21Portuguesa
22Vitória
23América Mineiro
24Atlético Mineiro
25Juventude
26Gama
27Coritiba
28Corinthians
29Santa Cruz
30PaysanduSérie B
31Caxias
32Náutico
33Fortaleza
34Bangu
35FigueirenseSérie B
36Botafogo-SPSérie A3
37AvaíSérie B
38São Raimundo (AM)
39Criciúma
40Sampaio Corrêa
41CRB
42Anapolina
43Serra
44ABC
45River
46JoinvilleSérie B
47América-RN
48Ceará
49América-RJ
50CSA
51AmericanoSérie B
52União São João
53Nacional-AM
54XV de Piracicaba
55Marcílio Dias
56BragantinoSérie B
57Desportiva
58Brasil de Pelotas
59Villa Nova-MG
60Vila Nova-GOSérie B
61Londrina
62Bandeirante
63Uberlândia
64Etti Jundiaí
65Tuna Luso
66Juazeiro-CE
67Olímpia
68Central
69Moto Club
70Corinthians-AL
71Rio Branco-PR
72Rio Branco-SP
73Flamengo-PI
74Ypiranga-AP
75Juventus
76Tocantinópolis
77Portuguesa Santista
78Confiança
79Operário (MS)
80Friburguense
81Matonense
82Dom Pedro II
83Atlético-GO
84União Bandeirante
85Santo André
86Rio Branco-AC
87Baré
88Botafogo-PB
89Sergipe
90Rio Negro
91Porto
92Treze
93São Cristóvão
94Mogi Mirim
95ASA
96Madureira
97Nacional-SP
98Internacional-SP
99Goiânia
100Ipatinga
101Camaçari
102Ituano
103Comercial-MS
103Olaria
105Brasília
106União
107Comercial-SP
108Volta Redonda
109União Barbarense
110Inter de Santa Maria
111Genus
112Potiguar
113Campinense
114São José-SP
115Interporto
115Rio Branco-ES

1 As Copa do Brasil winner
2As Copa dos Campeões winner
3As a member of Série A 1999

References

Brazil - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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