2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	MS/Saad
Runner-up	Botucatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	68
Goals scored	246 (3.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Daniela Alves (MS/Saad) - 14 goals
	2008 →

The 2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino was the first staging of the competition and was played from October 30 to December 9, 2007. 32 clubs of all regions of Brazil participated of the cup, which was organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). The champion was Mato Grosso do Sul/Saad.

Competition format

32 clubs, selected by their respective state federations, participated of the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino 2007.

The 32 clubs were divided in 6 pools (A/B/C/D/E/F), according to their regions.

A and B: North and Northeast regions
C: Central-West region
D: Southern region
E and F: Southeast region

The first three stages were two-legged knockout matches, but the clubs of the groups C, D, E and F did not play the third stage. The winners of each pool plus the two clubs with the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 22, 23 and 24, and 25 and 26 qualified to the fourth stage.

In the fourth stage, the four teams were divided in two groups of four teams each, playing against the other teams of their groups once. The matches were played at Mané Garrincha, Brasília and Boca do Jacaré, Taguatinga, Distrito Federal.

Group 27	Group 28
Group 21 winner	Group 22 winner
Group 23 winner	Group 24 winner
Group 25 winner	Group 26 winner
second club with the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 22, 23 and 24.	second club with the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 25 and 26.

The two best clubs of each group qualified to the semifinals, and the semifinals winners played the final on December 9, at Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília.

Ranking criteria

If the teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order:

Greatest total goal difference;
Greatest number of goals scored as a visitor;.
Penalty shootout.

Participating teams

The 2007 participating teams were the following clubs:^[1]

AJA ( São Paulo)
Santos ( São Paulo)
Botucatu ( São Paulo)
America ( Rio de Janeiro)
Vasco ( Rio de Janeiro)
Juventude ( Rio Grande do Sul)
Internacional ( Rio Grande do Sul)
Nacional ( Minas Gerais)
Benfica ( Minas Gerais)
São José ( Paraná)
Sport Recife ( Pernambuco)
São Francisco do Conde ( Bahia)
Aliança ( Goiás)
Scorpions ( Santa Catarina)
Horizonte ( Ceará)
Independente ( Pará)
CESMAC ( Alagoas)
ABC ( Rio Grande do Norte)
Internacional ( Maranhão)
Desportiva Capixaba ( Espírito Santo)
CRESSPOM ( Distrito Federal)
Rio Negro ( Amazonas)
Mato Grosso do Sul/Saad^[2] ( Mato Grosso do Sul)
River Plate ( Paraíba)
CEPE ( Sergipe)
Tiradentes ( Piauí)
Mixto ( Mato Grosso)
Andirá ( Acre)
Genus ( Rondônia)
Gurupi ( Tocantins)
Rio Norte ( Amapá)
Baré ( Roraima)

Table

First stage

references: ^[3]^[4]

Pool	Group	Team #1	Score	Team #2	Stadium/City
Pool	Group	Team #1	Score	Team #2	1st Match	2nd Match
A	1	Baré	October 30: 0-0 November 2: 2-3 aggregate: 2-3	Rio Negro	Ribeirão Boa Vista	Vivaldo Lima Manaus
	2	Genus	October 30: 3-0 November 2: 3-0 aggregate: 6-0	Andirá	Aluízio Ferreira Porto Velho	Arena da Floresta Rio Branco
	3	Rio Norte	October 30: 1-2 November 2: 3-1 aggregate: 4-3	Independente	Glicério Marques Macapá	Mangueirão Belém
	4	Gurupi	October 30: 0-2 November 2: 0-0 aggregate: 0-2	Internacional	Resende Rocha Gurupi	Nhozinho Santos São Luís
B	5	CEPE	October 30: 0-1 November 2: 2-8 aggregate: 2-9	São Francisco	Presidente Médici Itabaiana	Junqueira Ayres S.F. do Conde
	6	CESMAC	October 30: 0-5 November 2: 1-3 aggregate: 1-8	Sport	Nelson Feijó Maceió	Ilha do Retiro Recife
	7	River Plate	October 30: 0-1 November 2: 0-6 aggregate: 0-7	ABC	Sílvio Porto Guarabira	Frasqueirão Natal
	8	Tiradentes	October 30: 2-0 November 2: 3-0 aggregate: 5-0	Horizonte	Alberto Silva Teresina	Clenilsão Horizonte
C	9	Mixto	November 2: 2-0 November 8: 2-3 aggregate: 4-3	Aliança	Presidente Dutra Cuiabá	Antônio Accioly Goiânia
C	10	MS/SAAD	November 2: 2-0 November 8: 7-1 aggregate: 9-1	CRESSPOM	Morenão Campo Grande	CAVE Guará
D	11	Juventude	November 2: 1-1 November 8: 0-0 aggregate: 1-1¹	Internacional	Alfredo Jaconi Caxias do Sul	Beira Rio Porto Alegre
D	12	Scorpions	November 2: 0-7 November 8: 1-5 aggregate:1-12	São José	Orlando Scarpelli Florianópolis	Pinhão São José dos Pinhais
E	13	Desportiva	November 2: 2-1 November 8: 0-4 aggregate: 2-5	Nacional	Engenheiro Araripe Cariacica	Frimisa Santa Luzia
E	14	Benfica	November 2: 3-2 November 8: 5-1 aggregate: 8-3	Vasco da Gama	Mario Helênio Juiz de Fora	São Januário Rio de Janeiro
F	15	Botucatu	November 2: 0-0 November 8: 2-1 aggregate: 2-1	Santos	Arísio Paes Cruz Botucatu	Vila Belmiro Santos
F	16	America	November 2: 1-1 November 8: 2-0 aggregate: 3-1	AJA	Giulitte Coutinho Mesquita	Azulão Jaguariúna

¹ Internacional qualified due to the away goals rule.

Second stage

Pool	Group	Team #1	Score	Team #2	Stadium/City
Pool	Group	Team #1	Score	Team #2	1st Match	2nd Match
A	17	Genus	November 9: 4-1 November 13: 3-3 aggregate: 7-4	Rio Negro	Aluízio Ferreira Porto Velho^[5]	Vivaldo Lima Manaus
A	18	Rio Norte	November 8: 1-2 November 13: 2-2 aggregate: 3-4	Internacional	Glicério Marques Macapá	Nhozinho Santos São Luís
B	19	São Francisco	November 8: 0-0 November 13: 2-1 aggregate: 2-1	Sport	Junqueira Ayres S.F. do Conde	Ilha do Retiro Recife
B	20	Tiradentes	November 8: 4-1 November 13: 4-3 aggregate: 8-4	ABC	Alberto Silva Teresina	Frasqueirão Natal
C	21	Mixto	November 15: 0-4 November 22: 1-4 aggregate: 1-8	MS/SAAD	Verdão Cuiabá	Morenão Campo Grande
D	22	São José	November 15: 2-1 November 22: 1-0 aggregate: 3-1	Internacional	Pinhão São José dos Pinhais	Beira Rio Porto Alegre
E	23	Nacional	November 15: 0-5 November 22: 1-7 aggregate: 1-12	Benfica	Frimisa Santa Luzia	Mario Helênio Juiz de Fora
F	24	America	November 15: 1-1 November 22: 0-1 aggregate: 1-2	Botucatu	Giulite Coutinho Mesquita	Acrísio Paes Cruz Botucatu

Third stage

Pool	Group	Team #1	Score	Team #2	Stadium/City
Pool	Group	Team #1	Score	Team #2	1st Match	2nd Match
A	25	Genus	November 22: 3-0 November 26: 1-0 aggregate: 4-0	Internacional	Aluízio Ferreira Porto Velho	Nhozinho Santos São Luís
B	26	Tiradentes	November 22: 1-3 November 26: 1-1 aggregate: 2-4	São Francisco	Alberto Silva Teresina	Junqueira Ayres S.F. do Conde

References: ^[6]^[7]

Fourth stage

Group 27

Position	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	MS/Saad	7	3	2	1	0	16	2	+14
2	Benfica	7	3	2	1	0	15	2	+13
3	America	3	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2
4	Genus	0	3	0	0	3	1	26	-25

Pos.	Qualified to the Semifinals
Pos.	Eliminated from the competition

Group	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Stadium/City
27	1st	Benfica	November 29: 1-0	America	Mané Garrincha Brasília
27	1st	MS/Saad	November 29: 11-0	Genus	Mané Garrincha Brasília
27	2nd	America	December 1: 0-3	MS/Saad	Mané Garrincha Brasília
27	2nd	Genus	December 1: 0-12	Benfica	Mané Garrincha Brasília
27	3rd	MS/Saad	December 4: 2-2	Benfica	Mané Garrincha Brasília
27	3rd	Genus	December 4: 1-3	America	Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga

(*) America qualified to the fourth stage because it had the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 22, 23 and 24.

Group 28

Position	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Botucatu	9	3	3	0	8	1	+7
2	São Francisco	3	3	1	2	4	5	-1
3	Tiradentes	3	3	1	2	3	5	-2
4	São José	3	3	1	2	2	5	-4

Pos.	Qualified to the Semifinals
Pos.	Eliminated from the competition

Group	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Stadium/City
28	1st	São José	November 29: 1-3	São Francisco	Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga
28	1st	Botucatu	November 29: 3-1	Tiradentes	Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga
28	2nd	São Francisco	December 1: 0-2	Botucatu	Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga
28	2nd	Tiradentes	December 1: 0-1	São José	Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga
28	3rd	São José	December 4: 0-3	Botucatu	Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga
28	3rd	São Francisco	December 4: 1-2	Tiradentes	Mané Garrincha Brasília

(*) Tiradentes qualified to the fourth stage because it had the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 25 and 26.

Final stage

Semifinals		Final

29 - December 6, Mané Garrincha, Brasília

MS/Saad	6
		32 - December 8, Mané Garrincha, Brasília^[8]
São Francisco	0
		MS/Saad	1 (5)
30 - December 6, Boca do Jacaré, Taguatinga
		Botucatu	1 (4)
Botucatu	0 (7)

Benfica	0 (6)
		3rd Place

		31 - December 8, Mané Garrincha, Brasília^[9]

		São Francisco	2 (5)

		Benfica	2 (3)