2025 Copa do Brasil finals
Football match
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The 2025 Copa do Brasil Finals were the final two-legged tie that decided the 2025 Copa do Brasil, the 37th season of the Copa do Brasil, Brazil's national cup football tournament organised by the Brazilian Football Confederation.
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| Date | 17 December 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Neo Química Arena, São Paulo | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Andrés Gómez (Vasco da Gama) | ||||||
| Referee | Rafael Klein (Rio Grande do Sul) | ||||||
| Attendance | 47,339 | ||||||
| Weather | Mostly Cloudy 16 °C (61 °F) 72% humidity[1] | ||||||
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| Date | 21 December 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Yuri Alberto (Corinthians) | ||||||
| Referee | Wilton Pereira Sampaio (Goiás) | ||||||
| Attendance | 67,111 | ||||||
| Weather | Partly Cloudy 28 °C (82 °F) 74% humidity[2] | ||||||
The finals were contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between Corinthians, from São Paulo, and Vasco da Gama, from Rio de Janeiro.[3] Corinthians and Vasco da Gama reached the Copa do Brasil finals for the eighth and third time, respectively.
The finals took place on 17 and 21 December 2025.[4] A draw by CBF was held on 22 October 2025 to determine the home-and-away teams for the semi-finals and finals.[5] The first leg was hosted by Corinthians at Neo Química Arena in São Paulo, while the second leg was hosted by Vasco da Gama at Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.[6]
Corinthians defeated Vasco da Gama 2–1 on aggregate to win their fourth title. As the winners, they qualified for the 2026 Copa Libertadores group stage and the 2026 Supercopa do Brasil.
Teams
Road to the final
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.
 Corinthians |
Round |  Vasco da Gama | ||||
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| Opponent | Venue | Score | Opponent | Venue | Score | |
| Bye | First round |  União Rondonópolis |
Away | 0–3 | ||
| Second round | Nova Iguaçu |
Away | 0–3 | |||
| Novorizontino (won 2–0 on aggregate) |
Away | 0–1 | Third round |  Operário Ferroviário(tied 2–2 on aggregate, won 7–6 on penalties) |
Away | 1–1 |
| Home | 1–0 | Home | 1–1 | |||
| Palmeiras (won 3–0 on aggregate) |
Home | 1–0 | Round of 16 |  CSA(won 3–1 on aggregate) |
Away | 0–0 |
| Away | 0–2 | Home | 3–1 | |||
| Athletico Paranaense (won 3–0 on aggregate) |
Away | 0–1 | Quarter-finals | Botafogo (tied 2–2 on aggregate, won 5–3 on penalties) |
Home | 1–1 |
| Home | 2–0 | Away | 1–1 | |||
 Cruzeiro(tied 2–2 on aggregate, won 5–4 on penalties) |
Away | 0–1 | Semi-finals | Fluminense (tied 2–2 on aggregate, won 4–3 on penalties) |
Home | 2–1 |
| Home | 1–2 | Away | 1–0 | |||
Format
In the finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[7]
- The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The home-and-away teams for both legs were determined by a draw held on 22 October 2025 at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule and extra time would not be used and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners. (Regulations Article 20).
Matches
First leg
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Second leg
| Vasco da Gama | 1–2 | Corinthians |
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Report |
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Vasco da Gama
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Corinthians
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Man of the Match:
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