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)
Runners-up	São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	61 (3.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Luís Fabiano (7 goals)

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.