The Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores (or Belo Horizonte Youth Cup, in English), also known as Taça Belo Horizonte de Futebol Júnior or Taça BH, 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.Taça BH - Troféu homenageia Telê Santana - Atlético Paranaense´s official website
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 U-20 YearChampionRunner-up1985CruzeiroGrêmio1986FlamengoGrêmio1987São PauloCorinthians1988Atlético MineiroSanta Tereza1989Atlético MineiroValeriodoce1990Inter de LimeiraFlamengo1991Vasco da GamaAtlético Paranaense1992Vasco da GamaAtlético Mineiro1993CruzeiroAtlético Mineiro1994VitóriaVasco da Gama1995CruzeiroAmérica-MG1996Atlético ParanaenseCruzeiro1997São PauloColo-Colo (Chile)1998PalmeirasSão Paulo1999BotafogoFlamengo2000América-MGGoiás2001CruzeiroSantos2002PalmeirasCruzeiro2003FlamengoAtlético Paranaense2004CruzeiroFluminense2005Atlético MineiroBahia2006Atlético ParanaenseAtlético Mineiro2007FlamengoCruzeiro2008GrêmioCruzeiro2009Atlético MineiroInternacional2010CoritibaAtlético Paranaense2011Atlético MineiroFluminense2012GrêmioFlamengo2013Vasco da GamaVitória2014América-MGAtlético Mineiro
U-17
YearChampionRunner-up2015CorinthiansFlamengo2016São PauloPalmeiras2017São PauloFlamengo2018Atlético MineiroFluminense
Titles by team ChampionTitlesYears wonAtlético Mineiro61988, 1989, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2018Cruzeiro51985, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2004São Paulo41987, 1997, 2016, 2017Flamengo31986, 2003, 2007Vasco da Gama31991, 1992, 2013América-MG22000, 2014Atlético Paranaense21996, 2006Grêmio22008, 2012Palmeiras21998, 2002Botafogo11999Corinthians12015Coritiba12010Inter de Limeira11990Vitória11994
References
External links RSSSF Brasil 2006 edition at the Federação Mineira de Futebol (in Portuguese)