Festival Brasileiro de Futebol
The Festival Brasileiro de Futebol was a friendly football competition organized in the year of 1997, bringing together teams that did not qualify for the final phase of the Brazilian Championship that year.The tournament organized by the Brazilian television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT).[2] The championship was disputed with two groups in a single round-robin format.All matches in the first stage were played in the Morenão stadium.[3] Coritiba was entitled to hold the final at home due to the better campaign.