Copa Norte

Copa Norte

Organising body	Brazilian Football Confederation
Founded	1997
Abolished	2002
Region	Brazil's North plus Maranhão and Piauí
Most successful club(s)	São Raimundo (3 titles)

Copa Norte (English: North Cup) was a Brazilian football competition contested between North region teams. Also with teams from the states of Maranhão and Piauí in the Northeastern.

From 1997 to 1999, the Copa Norte champions granted qualification to Copa CONMEBOL.

From 2000 to 2002, the Copa Norte champions granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões.

List of champions

Year	Finals			Losing semi-finalists^1
	Winners	Score	Runners-up
1997	Rio Branco	0–0 2–1 Aggregate 2–1	Remo	Imperatriz	Ji-Paraná
1998	Sampaio Corrêa	0–1 2–1 Aggregate 2–2 (3–0 p)	São Raimundo	Rio Branco	Ypiranga
1999	São Raimundo	0–1 2–1 Aggregate 2–2 (3–1 p)	Sampaio Corrêa	Cruzeiro	Flamengo
2000	São Raimundo	2–3 2–0 Aggregate 4–3	Maranhão	Remo	River
2001	São Raimundo	0–1 1–0 Aggregate 1–1^2	Paysandu	Genus	River
2002	Paysandu	1–0 3–0 Aggregate 4–0	São Raimundo	Ji-Paraná	Remo

Note 1: Losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Note 2: São Raimundo won for having made the best campaign.

Records and statistics

Finalists

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
São Raimundo	3	2	1999, 2000, 2001	1998, 2002
Sampaio Corrêa	1	1	1998	1999
Paysandu	1	1	2002	2001
Rio Branco	1	0	1997	—
Remo	0	1	—	1997
Maranhão	0	1	—	2000

Performance by State

State	Won	Runner-up
Amazonas	3	2
Maranhão	1	2
Pará	1	2
Acre	1	0

External links

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