Brazil · Open Knockout
Copa do Brasil
In US-sports termsBrazil's giant knockout — 92 clubs from every state, serious prize money, and a Libertadores ticket for the winner.
What it is
Brazil's national cup: 92 clubs drawn from all 26 states plus the federal district, two-leg ties in the later rounds, and one of the richest prize pools in South American soccer.
How you get in
Qualify via your state championship or league standing — the big clubs enter in the later rounds.
What it feeds
Winner → Copa Libertadores (and a serious payday — the prize money genuinely changes mid-sized clubs' seasons).
Because Brazil is continental-scale, early rounds send big-city clubs on 2,000-mile trips to Amazonian towns — the road-trip upset is a beloved genre here.