The winner qualified for the 2014 Copa Libertadores, the 2014 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2014 Suruga Bank Championship.

[2] São Paulo were the defending champions, but lost to Ponte Preta in the semifinals.

[18][19][20] Excluding the defending champion (entering in the round of 16), the other 46 teams were divided into four zones: The draw mechanism was as follows:[2] To determine the bracket starting from the round of 16, the defending champion and the 15 winners of the second stage were assigned a "seed" by draw.

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all dates listed were Wednesdays, but matches may be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well).

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.