Copa João Havelange Group Yellow

Copa João Havelange Group Yellow was one of the three groups of 2000 season's first stage of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football league, named Copa João Havelange. It consists of 36 teams divided by 2 groups. 3 teams qualified for the final stage of Copa João Havelange.

Although division of groups is by the popularity of the clubs, Group Yellow contain 17 of 22 Série B clubs in 1999 season, which 4 of the excluded clubs were played in Group Blue. The only exception is Tuna Luso Brasileira. The group also contain top 8 of the past Série C season, except Fluminense (in group Blue) and Club Sportivo Sergipe.

Group A consist of teams from Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo.

Group B consist of teams from Amazonas, Alagoas, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Federal District, Goiás, Maranhão, Pará, Pernambuco, Piauí and Rio Grande do Norte.

Teams

Group A

Club	City	1999 seasons	2000 seasons
América (RJ)	Rio de Janeiro		Taça Rio 9th place
Americano	Campos dos Goytacazes	Série C Quarterfinallists	Taça Rio 6th place
Avaí	Florianópolis	Série B Quarterfinalists	Campeonato Catarinense
Bangu	Rio de Janeiro	Série C First Round	Taça Rio 5th place¹
Botafogo (SP)	Ribeirão Preto	Série A 20th place	Campeonato Paulista Série A2
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	Série B 12th place	Campeonato Paulista Série A2
Brasil	Pelotas	Série C Round of 16	Campeonato Gaúcho Série B
Caxias	Caxias do Sul	Série C Quarterfinallists	Campeonato Gaúcho Champions
Criciúma	Criciúma	Série B 18th place	Campeonato Catarinense 6th place
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Série C Quarterfinallists	Campeonato Catarinense Semifinalists
Joinville	Joinville	Série B 15th place	Campeonato Catarinense Champions
Londrina	Londrina	Série B 10th place	Campeonato Paranaense Quarterfinalists
Marcílio Dias	Itajaí		Campeonato Catarinense Runner-up¹
Paraná	Curitiba	Série A 17th place	Campeonato Paranaense Semifinalists
São Caetano	São Caetano do Sul	Série B Quarterfinalists	Campeonato Paulista Série A2
União São João	Araras	Série B 17th place	Campeonato Paulista Round of 16
Villa Nova (MG)	Nova Lima	Série C Round of 16	Campeonato Mineiro 5th place
XV de Novembro	Piracicaba	Série B 9th place	Campeonato Paulista Série A2

Group B

Club	City	1999 seasons	2000 seasons
ABC	Natal	Série B 14th place	Campeonato Potiguar Champions
América (RN)	Natal	Série B 21st place	Campeonato Potiguar 4th place
Anapolina	Anápolis	Série C First Round	Campeonato Goiano Runner-up¹
Bandeirante	Núcleo Bandeirante		Campeonato Brasiliense Runner-up¹
Ceará	Fortaleza	Série B Quarterfinallists	Campeonato Cearense Semifinallists
CRB	Maceió	Série B 11th place	Campeonato Alagoano
CSA	Maceió	Série C First Round	Campeonato Alagoano Runner-up
Desportiva	Cariacica	Série B 22nd place	Campeonato Capixaba Champions
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	Série C First Round	Campeonato Cearense Champions
Nacional (AM)	Manaus		Campeonato Amazonense Champions
Náutico	Recife	Série C 4th place	Campeonato Pernambucano 5th place
Paysandu	Belém	Série B 19th place	Campeonato Paraense Champions
Remo	Belém	Série B 13th place	Campeonato Paraense
River	Teresina		Campeonato Piauiense Champions
Sampaio Corrêa	São Luís	Série B 16th place	Campeonato Maranhense 3rd place
Serra	Serra	Série C 3rd place	Campeonato Capixaba Runner-up
São Raimundo	Manaus	Série C Runner-up	Campeonato Amazonense Runner-up
Vila Nova (GO)	Goiânia	Série B 4th place	Campeonato Goiano 14th place

¹ Best Place

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Caetano (SP)	17	11	4	2	40	19	+21	37	Second Round
2	Figueirense (SC)	17	8	7	2	25	13	+12	31
3	Paraná (PR)	17	8	5	4	18	11	+7	29
4	Botafogo (SP)	17	8	4	5	27	15	+12	28
5	Criciúma (SC)	17	7	5	5	19	18	+1	26
6	Caxias (RS)	17	6	8	3	29	26	+3	26
7	Bangu (RJ)	17	6	6	5	25	23	+2	24
8	Avaí (SC)	17	5	9	3	27	21	+6	24
9	Joinville (SC)	17	5	7	5	19	17	+2	22
10	América (RJ)	17	5	6	6	18	20	−2	21
11	Americano (RJ)	17	4	8	5	17	22	−5	20
12	União São João (SP)	17	3	11	3	20	21	−1	20
13	XV de Novembro/P (SP)	17	5	4	8	21	27	−6	19
14	Marcílio Dias (SC)	17	4	7	6	17	23	−6	19
15	Bragantino (SP)	17	2	11	4	16	21	−5	17
16	Brasil (RS)	17	4	3	10	17	25	−8	15
17	Villa Nova (MG)	17	3	6	8	18	27	−9	15
18	Londrina (PR)	17	2	3	12	8	32	−24	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fortaleza	17	10	5	2	38	25	+13	35	Second Round
2	São Raimundo (AM)	17	9	3	5	32	24	+8	30
3	Sampaio Corrêa	17	9	3	5	23	24	−1	30
4	Náutico	17	8	4	5	22	16	+6	28
5	Paysandu	17	8	4	5	22	17	+5	28
6	Anapolina	17	7	7	3	24	14	+10	28
7	Remo	17	7	5	5	23	21	+2	26
8	CRB	17	6	8	3	25	19	+6	26
9	Serra	17	7	4	6	26	22	+4	25
10	ABC	17	6	5	6	26	24	+2	23
11	River	17	6	4	7	23	23	0	22
12	América de Natal	17	5	6	6	24	23	+1	21
13	Ceará	17	5	6	6	20	19	+1	21
14	CSA	17	6	2	9	22	29	−7	20
15	Nacional (AM)	17	5	4	8	34	37	−3	19
16	Desportiva Capixaba	17	5	1	11	19	42	−23	16
17	Vila Nova (GO)	17	2	5	10	20	25	−5	11
18	Bandeirante	17	1	6	10	16	35	−19	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of Sixteen					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

A1	São Caetano (SP)	1	4	5

B8	CRB (AL)	1	1	2
					A1	São Caetano (SP)	0	6	6

					B4	Náutico (PE)	1	2	3
B4	Náutico (PE)	2	0	2

A5	Criciúma (SC)	1	0	1
										A1	São Caetano (SP)	1	5	6

										B5	Paysandu (PA)	1	4	5
A4	Botafogo (SP)	0	2	2

B5	Paysandu (PA)	3	1	4
					B5	Paysandu (PA)	1	1	2

					B1	Fortaleza (CE)	0	0	0
B1	Fortaleza (CE)	2	1	3

A8	Avaí (SC)	0	2	2
															A1	São Caetano (SP)	1	1	2

															A3	Paraná (PR)	1	3	4
A2	Figueirense (SC)	1	2	3

B7	Remo (PA)	4	1	5
					B7	Remo (PA)	1	3	4

					A6	Caxias (RS)	2	0	2
B3	Sampaio Corrêa (MA)	0	1	1

A6	Caxias (RS)	2	1	3
										B7	Remo (PA)	0	1	1

										A3	Paraná (PR)	0	2	2
B2	São Raimundo (AM)	1	2	3

A7	Bangu (RJ)	2	2	4
					A7	Bangu (RJ)	0	1	1

					A3	Paraná (PR)	3	2	5
A3	Paraná (PR)	1	2	3

B6	Anapolina (GO)	0	0	0

Third-place match

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Remo (PA)	4–3	Paysandu (PA)	3–2	1–1

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