2001 Copa dos Campeões

2001 Copa dos Campeões

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	5 June – 11 July
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Flamengo (1st title)
Runner-up	São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	61 (3.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Luís Fabiano (7 goals)
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The 2001 Copa dos Campeões was the second edition of the football competition held in Brazil. It was carried out in a neutral field in two states in the Northeast Region — Alagoas and Paraíba.^[1]

In the finals, Flamengo defeated São Paulo 7–6 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the group stage of the 2002 Copa Libertadores.^[2]

Team	Qualification
Bahia	2001 Copa Nordeste champions
Corinthians	2001 Campeonato Paulista champions
Coritiba	2001 Copa Sul-Minas runners-up
Cruzeiro	2001 Copa Sul-Minas champions
Flamengo	2001 Campeonato Carioca champions
Goiás	2001 Copa Centro-Oeste champions
São Paulo	2001 Torneio Rio-São Paulo champions
São Raimundo	2001 Copa Norte champions
Sport	2001 Copa Nordeste runners-up

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Raimundo (A)	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Sport (A)	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	Goiás	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	Corinthians	0	0	0
	Coritiba	1	2	3
							Coritiba	0	1	1
							São Paulo	2	4	6
	São Paulo	4	5	9
	Sport	2	0	2
													São Paulo	3	3	6
													Flamengo	5	2	7
	Flamengo	4	2	6
	Bahia	2	0	2
							Flamengo	0	3	3
							Cruzeiro	0	0	0
	Cruzeiro	1	5	6
	São Raimundo	0	1	1

8 July 2001

16:00 UTC−3

São Paulo	3–5	Flamengo
Luís Fabiano 16', 71' Rogério Pinheiro 59'	Report	Edílson 14', 57' Reinaldo 25' Beto 36' Rogério Pinheiro 79' (o.g)

Almeidão, João Pessoa

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Luciano Almeida

11 July 2001

21:45 UTC−3

Flamengo	2–3	São Paulo
Juan 47' Petković 58'	Report	Kaká 39' França 65' (pen.), 88'

Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió

Attendance: 26,708

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas

Flamengo won 7–6 on aggregate.