Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores

Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores
Founded 1985
Region Brazil
Number of teams 28
Current champions São Paulo (2016)
Most successful club(s) Cruzeiro
Atlético Mineiro (5 times each)
2016 Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores

The Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores (or Belo Horizonte Youth Cup, in English), also known as Taça Belo Horizonte de Futebol Júnior or Taça BH, is a cup competition usually played by 36 Brazilian under-20 football teams, most of them from Minas Gerais state.

The 2006 competition's trophy was named after Telê Santana.[1]

Format

In the first stage the 36 teams are divided in 6 groups. The top 2 of each group, plus the top four 3rd placed teams, qualify to the knockout stage. From the round of 16 to the final there are only one-leg matches, as all matches are played in Minas Gerais state.

An edition of this cup lasts about 40 days.

List of champions

Year Champion Runner-up
1985CruzeiroGrêmio
1986FlamengoGrêmio
1987São PauloCorinthians
1988Atlético MineiroSanta Tereza
1989Atlético MineiroValeriodoce
1990Inter de LimeiraFlamengo
1991Vasco da GamaAtlético Paranaense
1992Vasco da GamaAtlético Mineiro
1993CruzeiroAtlético Mineiro
1994VitóriaVasco da Gama
1995CruzeiroAmérica-MG
1996Atlético ParanaenseCruzeiro
1997São PauloColo-Colo (Chile)
1998PalmeirasSão Paulo
1999BotafogoFlamengo
2000América-MGGoiás
2001CruzeiroSantos
2002PalmeirasCruzeiro
2003FlamengoAtlético Paranaense
2004CruzeiroFluminense
2005Atlético MineiroBahia
2006Atlético ParanaenseAtlético Mineiro
2007FlamengoCruzeiro
2008GrêmioCruzeiro
2009Atlético MineiroInternacional
2010CoritibaAtlético Paranaense
2011Atlético MineiroFluminense
2012GrêmioFlamengo
2013Vasco da GamaVitória
2014América-MGAtlético Mineiro
2015CorinthiansFlamengo
2016São PauloPalmeiras

Titles by team

Champion Titles Years Won
Atlético Mineiro 5 1988, 1989, 2005, 2009, 2011
Cruzeiro 5 1985, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2004
Flamengo 3 1986, 2003, 2007
São Paulo 3 1987, 1997, 2016
Vasco da Gama 3 1991, 1992, 2013
América-MG 2 2000, 2014
Atlético Paranaense 2 1996, 2006
Grêmio 2 2008, 2012
Palmeiras 2 1998, 2002
Botafogo 1 1999
Corinthians 1 2015
Coritiba 1 2010
Inter de Limeira 1 1990
Vitória 1 1994

References

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