The Copa do Brasil (English: Brazil Cup) is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District.

The winner of the cup automatically qualifies for the following edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, the most prestigious continental football tournament contested by top clubs in South America organized by CONMEBOL.

Also, the best 8 teams from the previous year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A eliminated up to the third round qualify for Copa Sudamericana.

[2] Cruzeiro is the most successful club, having won the competition six times, followed by Flamengo and Grêmio with 5 titles, Palmeiras with 4, Corinthians with 3, and Atlético Mineiro with 2.

The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties (in the third round onwards).

This concern arose after a decrease in the number of participants in the 1987 Campeonato Brasileiro, when 13 of the biggest clubs in Brazil broke away to form the Copa União (Union Cup) in response to the CBF's financial difficulties.

The first goal in the cup's history was scored by Alcindo Sartori in a 2–0 victory by Flamengo over Paysandu.

In 1994 it was determined that the club that won the Copa do Brasil three times would have final possession of the cup.

Thus, for the 2002 Copa do Brasil a new trophy was contested, which remained until 2007 with no club earning its final possession.

Grêmio's victory over Atletico Mineiro in the first leg of the 2016 Copa do Brasil final was the first time ever that a visiting club won the first leg of the Copa do Brasil final, in the 28 editions of the competition.