Copa João Havelange Group Blue

Copa João Havelange Group Blue 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 25 teams, 12 teams qualified to the final stages.

All team qualified for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2001 to avoid legal conflicts.

Teams

Club	City	Stadium	1999 season
América	Belo Horizonte		Quarterfinalists in Série B
Bahia	Salvador		3rd in Série B
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro		Série C Champion (Clube dos 13 member)
Goiás	Goiânia		Série B Champion
Santa Cruz	Recife		Série B Runner-up

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cruzeiro (A)	24	12	9	3	46	27	+19	45
2	Sport (A)	24	12	6	6	46	27	+19	42
3	Fluminense (A)	24	12	6	6	45	31	+14	42
4	Goiás (A)	24	11	8	5	41	29	+12	41
5	Vasco da Gama (A)	24	11	6	7	36	37	−1	39
6	São Paulo (A)	24	10	9	5	46	35	+11	39
7	Ponte Preta (A)	24	11	5	8	49	37	+12	38
8	Atlético Paranaense (A)	24	11	5	8	32	28	+4	38
9	Internacional (A)	24	10	8	6	34	25	+9	38
10	Grêmio (A)	24	10	7	7	37	31	+6	37
11	Palmeiras (A)	24	10	7	7	29	30	−1	37
12	Bahia (A)	24	10	6	8	29	30	−1	36
13	Guarani	24	9	8	7	29	29	0	35
14	Santos	24	9	6	9	38	31	+7	33
15	Flamengo	24	9	6	9	42	37	+5	33
16	Botafogo	24	9	5	10	31	35	−4	32
17	Portuguesa	24	9	5	10	34	43	−9	32
18	Vitória	24	9	4	11	44	40	+4	31
19	América (MG)	24	7	6	11	26	35	−9	27
20	Atlético Mineiro	24	7	6	11	31	42	−11	27
21	Juventude	24	7	5	12	27	36	−9	26
22	Gama	24	6	4	14	22	39	−17	22
23	Coritiba	24	5	6	13	26	35	−9	21
24	Corinthians	24	4	4	16	26	46	−20	16
25	Santa Cruz	24	3	7	14	18	51	−33	16

Updated to games played on 4 June 2009
Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/braz-joao00.html RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

• RSSSF