The 2016 Copa Verde was the third edition of the Copa Verde football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 18 clubs, Amazonas and Distrito Federal has two vacancies; Acre, Amapá, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins with one each. The others four berths was set according to CBF ranking.

In the finals, Paysandu defeated Gama 3–2 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2017 Copa do Brasil.

Qualified teams

AssociationTeamQualification method
Acre (state) Acre 1 berthRio Branco2015 Campeonato Acreano champions
Amapá Amapá 1 berthSantos2015 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Amazonas 2 berthsNacional2015 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Fast Clube2015 Copa Amazonas champions
Federal District (Brazil) Distrito Federal 2 berthsGama2015 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Brasília2015 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo Espírito Santo 1 berthEspírito Santo2015 Copa Espírito Santo champions
Goiás Goiás 1+1 berthsAparecidense2015 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
Vila Nova3rd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso Mato Grosso 1+1 berthsCuiabá2015 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
Luverdense2nd best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul 1 berthComercial2015 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Pará Pará 1+2 berthsRemo2015 Campeonato Paraense champions
Paysandu1st best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Águia de Marabá4th best placed team in the 2016 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia Rondônia 1 berthGenus2015 Campeonato Rondoniense 2nd round champions
Roraima Roraima 1 berthNáutico2015 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins Tocantins 1 berthInterporto2015 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

StageFirst legSecond leg
Preliminary round6 and 18 February 201617 February and 3 March 2016
Round of 169, 10 and 24 March 201616, 17 and 27 March 2016
Quarter-finals23 and 24 March and 7 April 20166, 7, 13 and 14 April 2016
Semi-finals20 April 201623 April 2016
Finals3 May 201610 May 2016

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Fast Clube Amazonas (Brazilian state)0–4Pará Águia de Marabá0–10–3
Brasília Federal District (Brazil)1–2Goiás Vila Nova1–10–1

Bracket

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Fast Clube101
Pará Paysandu134
Pará Paysandu156
Acre (state) Rio Branco022
Rondônia Genus2——
Acre (state) Rio Branco1——
Pará Paysandu246
Pará Remo123
Amapá Santos325
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Nacional347
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Nacional101
Pará Remo112
Roraima Náutico101
Pará Remo347
Pará Paysandu213
Federal District (Brazil) Gama022
Mato Grosso do Sul Comercial000
Mato Grosso Cuiabá022
Mato Grosso Cuiabá112
Goiás Aparecidense303
Espírito Santo Espírito Santo000
Goiás Aparecidense022
Goiás Aparecidense123
Federal District (Brazil) Gama314
Goiás Vila Nova415
Mato Grosso Luverdense000
Goiás Vila Nova000 (3)
Federal District (Brazil) Gama (p)000 (4)
Tocantins Interporto101
Federal District (Brazil) Gama134

Finals

Paysandu Pará2–0Federal District (Brazil) Gama
Celsinho 9' Leandro Cearense 90+4'
Gama Federal District (Brazil)2–1Pará Paysandu
Rafael Grampola 73', 78' (pen.)Raí 3'

Paysandu won 3–2 on aggregate.