Copa Energil C


The Copa Energil C was a football competition organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol created for clubs that failed to qualify for the 2007 Copa FPF edition. The competition did not serve as a qualifier for any national championship, with only a prize of R$30,000 for the champions and R$10,000 for the runner-up.

Participants

Participation was open to all clubs not classified for the FPF Cup, however only 8 clubs were interested in the dispute:
ClubCityCriteria
ComercialRibeirão Preto13º place in 2007 Série A2
TaquaritingaTaquaritinga14º place in 2007 Série A2
Inter de LimeiraLimeira15º place in 2007 Série A2
Portuguesa SantistaSantos16º place in 2007 Série A2
FlamengoGuarulhos11º place in 2007 Série A3
IndependenteLimeira13º place in 2007 Série A3
SEVHortolândia14º place in 2007 Série A3
FrancanaFranca15º place in 2007 Série A3

Format

The championship was disputed in a double round-robin system, with the four best placed team advancing to the semifinals and the two winners advancing to the finals.