2012 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2012 Campeonato Paulista began on 21 April with the quarter-finals, and concluded on 12 May 2012 with the final at Morumbi in São Paulo.

Round and draw dates

All draws held at Federação Paulista de Futebol headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil.

Format

The quarter-finals are played in one match at stadium of the best teams in the first phase. The 1st placed confronts the 8th, 2nd against the 7th, the 3rd against 6th and 4th against 5th. If no goals are scored during the match, the tie is decided by penalty shootout. The semi-finals are played in the same way of the quarter-finals. The final matches are played over two legs, with the best campaign team in previous stages playing the second match at home.^[4]

Qualified teams

Source: Globo Esporte and UOL Esporte
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
São Paulo	4–1	Bragantino
Santos	2–0	Mogi Mirim
Corinthians	2–3	Ponte Preta
Guarani	3–2	Palmeiras

São Paulo v Bragantino

21 April 18:30 UTC-03:00

São Paulo	4 – 1	Bragantino
Fernandinho  19' Luís Fabiano  52', 68' Osvaldo  83'	Report	Junior Lopes  64'

Morumbi, São Paulo Attendance: 25,555[5] Referee: Wilson Seneme[6]

Santos v Mogi Mirim

22 April 16:00 UTC-03:00

Santos	2 – 0	Mogi Mirim
Maranhão  22' Neymar  71'	Report

Vila Belmiro, Santos Attendance: 10,635[7] Referee: Flávio Luís Guerra[6]

Corinthians v Ponte Preta

22 April 16:00 UTC-03:00

Corinthians	2 – 3	Ponte Preta
Willian  74' Alex  90'	Report	Willian Magrão  12' Roger  34' Rodrigo Pimpão  89'

Pacaembu, São Paulo Attendance: 24,254[8] Referee: Rodrigo Braghetto[6]

Guarani v Palmeiras

22 April 18:30 UTC-03:00

Guarani	3 – 2	Palmeiras
Fumagalli  50' Fabinho  53', 90'	Report	Marcos Assunção  54' Henrique  90+3'

Brinco de Ouro, Campinas Attendance: 15,005[9] Referee: Vinicius Furlan[6]

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
São Paulo	1–3	Santos
Guarani	3–1	Ponte Preta

São Paulo v Santos

29 April 16:00 UTC-03:00

São Paulo	1 – 3	Santos
Willian José  63'	Report	Neymar  3' (pen.), 31', 77'

Morumbi, São Paulo Attendance: 47,771[10] Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira[11]

Guarani v Ponte Preta

29 April 18:30 UTC-03:00

Guarani	3 – 1	Ponte Preta
Fabinho  52' Medina  67', 86'	Report	Caio  39'

Brinco de Ouro, Campinas Attendance: 15,179[12] Referee: Flávio Rodrigues Guerra[11]

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guarani	2–7	Santos	0–3	2–4

First Leg

Guarani v Santos

6 May 16:00 UTC-03:00

Guarani	0 – 3	Santos
	Report	Ganso  42' Neymar  65', 90+1'

Morumbi, São Paulo Attendance: 40,146[13] Referee: Wilson Seneme[14]

Second leg

Santos v Guarani

13 May 16:00 UTC-03:00

Santos	4 – 2	Guarani
Alan Kardec  1', 90' Neymar  8', 71'	Report	Fabinho  4' Bruno Mendes  16'

Morumbi, São Paulo Attendance: 53,749[15] Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira[16]

References