The Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores (or Belo Horizonte Youth Cup, in English), also known as Taça Belo Horizonte de Futebol Júnior is a cup competition usually played by 36 Brazilian under-20 football teams, most of them from Minas Gerais state.

The 2006 competition's trophy was named after Telê Santana.

Format

In the first stage the 36 teams are divided in 6 groups. The top 2 of each group, plus the top four 3rd placed teams, qualify to the knockout stage. From the round of 16 to the final there are only one-leg matches, as all matches are played in Minas Gerais state.

An edition of this cup lasts about 40 days.

List of champions

Year	Champion	Runner-up
1985	Cruzeiro	Grêmio
1986	Flamengo	Grêmio
1987	São Paulo	Corinthians
1988	Atlético Mineiro	Santa Tereza
1989	Atlético Mineiro	Valeriodoce
1990	Internacional-SP	Flamengo
1991	Vasco da Gama	Atlético Paranaense
1992	Vasco da Gama	Atlético Mineiro
1993	Cruzeiro	Atlético Mineiro
1994	Vitória	Vasco da Gama
1995	Cruzeiro	América Mineiro
1996	Atlético Paranaense	Cruzeiro
1997	São Paulo	Colo-Colo (Chile)
1998	Palmeiras	São Paulo
1999	Botafogo	Flamengo
2000	América Mineiro	Goiás
2001	Cruzeiro	Santos
2002	Palmeiras	Cruzeiro
2003	Flamengo	Atlético Paranaense
2004	Cruzeiro	Fluminense
2005	Atlético Mineiro	Bahia
2006	Atlético Paranaense	Atlético Mineiro
2007	Flamengo	Cruzeiro
2008	Grêmio	Cruzeiro
2009	Atlético Mineiro	Internacional

Titles by team

Champion	Titles	Years Won
Cruzeiro	5	1985, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2004
Atlético Mineiro	4	1988, 1989, 2005, 2009
Flamengo	3	1986, 2003, 2007
Atlético Paranaense	2	1996, 2006
Palmeiras	2	1998, 2002
São Paulo	2	1987, 1997
Vasco da Gama	2	1991, 1992
América Mineiro	1	2000
Botafogo	1	1999
Grêmio	1	2008
Internacional-SP	1	1990
Vitória	1	1994

References

External links

• RSSSF Brasil
• 2006 edition at the Federação Mineira de Futebol (in Portuguese)