1967 Copa Minas
The Copa Minas - was an interclub tournament for association football clubs from Brazil, organised in 1967 by the football association of the state of Minas Gerais, the Federação Mineira de Futebol. Participants were the 1966 state champions of
- Rio de Janeiro: Bangu AC
- São Paulo: SE Palmeiras
- Minas Gerais: Cruzeiro EC
- Atlético Mineiro, as runner-up in the Minas Gerais state championship of 1966.
The matches
Venue of all matches was the Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, commonly known as Mineirão, in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais. The first four matches were held in two double features.18 January 1967:
- Attendance: 32,552 Revenue: 98,000 cruzeiros
- Atlético 3-1 SE Palmeiras
- Cruzeiro EC 0-2 Bangu AC
- Attendance: 55,478 Revenue: 160,000 cruzeiros
- Bangu AC 2-2 Atlético Mineiro
- Cruzeiro EC 3-2 SE Palmeiras
The deciding match served also as a match for the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, a national tournament recognised ca. 2010 as official national championship.
- Attendance: 16,773 Revenue: 34,000 cruzeiros
- Atlético Mineiro 0-1 Bangu AC
- Atletico: Luizinho; Canindé, Vânder, Grapete, Décio Teixeira; Vanderlei Paiva, Santana; Buião, Ronaldo, Beto, Tião - Coach: Gérson dos Santos.
- Bangu: Ubirajara Motta; Cabrita, Mário Tito, Luis Alberto, Pedrinho; Ocimar, Jair; Paulo Borges, Cabralzinho, Tonho, Aladim - Coach: Martim Francisco.
- Referee: José Teixeira de Carvalho or José Gomes Sobrinho
- Goal: Cabralzinho ; Expulsion: ''Vanderlei Paiva''