2018 Copa Paulista


The 2018 Copa Paulista is the 20th edition of São Paulo State Cup. 27 teams are participate in the tournament. The winner gets to choose between a qualification spot for the 2019 Copa do Brasil or the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The spot not chosen by the winners will be taken by the second-placed team.

Format

First Stage: The clubs will be divided into four groups according to their location. The top four of each group will advance to the second stage.
Second Stage: The 16 clubs will be divided into four groups of four. The winner and runners-up of each group will advance to the Knockout stage.
Each stage will be played in a double round-robin format.

Qualified teams

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4