2018 Copa Sudamericana Finals
The 2018 Copa Sudamericana Finals was the two-legged final to decide the winner of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana, the 17th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.


2018 Copa Sudamericana Finals
The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Colombian team Junior and Brazilian team Atlético Paranaense. The first leg was hosted by Junior at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla on 5 December 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Atlético Paranaense at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba on 12 December 2018. This was the last final to take place over two legs, as starting from 2019 the final will be played as a single match at a venue chosen in advance.


2018 Copa Sudamericana Finals
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Paranaense won 4–3 on penalties, winning the tournament for the first time in their history. As champions, Atlético Paranaense earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 Copa Libertadores in the 2019 Recopa Sudamericana, and the winners of the 2018 J.League Cup in the 2019 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship. Atlético Paranaense also automatically qualified for the group stage of the 2019 Copa Libertadores.


2018 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2018 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Format
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team (Atlético Paranaense) hosting the second leg. The away goals rule was not applied, and extra time would be played if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to determine the winner. If extra time was played, a fourth substitution would have been allowed.


2018 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Jonny Bossio (Peru)Víctor Raez (Peru)Fourth official:Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)Video assistant referee:Gery Vargas (Bolivia)Assistant video assistant referees:Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)Carlos Astroza (Chile)


2018 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Christian Schiemann (Chile)Claudio Rios (Chile)Fourth official:Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)Video assistant referee:Julio Bascuñán (Chile)Assistant video assistant referees:Piero Maza (Chile)Carlos Astroza (Chile)


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages
The 2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages were played from 21 August to 12 December 2018. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana.


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Qualified teams
The 16 winners of the second stage advanced to the round of 16.


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Qualified teams, Seeding
Starting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to the second stage draw, with each team assigned a "seed" 1–16 corresponding to the tie they win (O1–O16) (Regulations Article 22.c).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Format
Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Bracket
The bracket starting from the round of 16 was determined as follows:


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Bracket
The bracket was decided based on the second stage draw, which was held on 4 June 2018.


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16
The first legs were played on 21–22 August, 18–20 and 26 September, and the second legs were played on 19, 25, 27 September, and 2–4 October 2018.


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match A
Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Santa Fe won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match B
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Bahia won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match C
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Nacional won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match D
Junior won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match E
Defensa y Justicia won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match F
Fluminense won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match G
Atlético Paranaense won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Round of 16, Match H
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Deportivo Cali won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 23–25 October, and the second legs were played on 30–31 October and 1 November 2018.


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S1
Santa Fe won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S2
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Paranaense won on penalties and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S3
Fluminense won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Quarterfinals, Match S4
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Junior won on away goals and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 7–8 November, and the second legs were played on 28–29 November 2018.


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Semifinals, Match F1
Junior won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Semifinals, Match F2
Atlético Paranaense won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Finals
In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 28).


2018 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Finals
The first leg was played on 5 December, and the second leg was played on 12 December 2018.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage
The 2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage was played from 13 February to 23 May 2018. A total of 44 teams competed in the first stage to decide 22 of the 32 places in the second stage of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Draw
The draw for the first stage was held on 20 December 2017, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. For the first stage, the teams were divided into two pots according to their geographical zones:


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Draw
The 44 teams were drawn into 22 ties (E1–E22) between a team from Pot A and a team from Pot B, with the teams from Pot B hosting the second leg in odd-numbered ties, and the teams from Pot A hosting the second leg in even-numbered ties. This distribution ensured that teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Format
In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Format
The 22 winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 10 teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores (two best teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying and eight third-placed teams in the group stage).


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches
The first legs were played on 13, 15, 20–22 February, 10–12 and 18 April, and the second legs were played on 6–8 March, 8–10 and 23 May 2018.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E1
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Caracas won on away goals and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E2
Deportes Temuco won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E3
Lanús won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E4
Deportivo Cali won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E5
San Lorenzo won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E6
Tied 4–4 on aggregate, LDU Quito won on away goals and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E7
Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Nacional won on penalties and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E8
Cerro won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E9
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Sol de América won on away goals and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E10
General Díaz won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E11
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Deportivo Cuenca won on penalties and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E12
Rampla Juniors won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E13
Defensa y Justicia won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E14
Atlético Paranaense won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E15
Sport Huancayo won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E16
Boston River won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E17
São Paulo won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E18
El Nacional won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E19
Bahia won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E20
Colón won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E21
Botafogo won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage, Matches, Match E22
Fluminense won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage
The 2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage was played from 17 July to 16 August 2018. A total of 32 teams competed in the second stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana.


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Draw
The draw for the second stage was held on 4 June 2018, 20:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. For the second stage, the teams were allocated to two pots according to their previous results in this season:


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Draw
The 32 teams were drawn into 16 ties (O1–O16) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Draw
The following were the 10 teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores (two best teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying and eight third-placed teams in the group stage).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Draw
The following were the 22 winners of the first stage from the Copa Sudamericana. Matches in the first stage were considered for the ranking of teams for the second stage draw.


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Format
In the second stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Format
The 16 winners of the second stage advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stages.


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches
The first legs were played on 17–19, 25–26 July, and 1–2 August, and the second legs were played on 24, 31 July, 1–2, 7–9 and 14–16 August 2018.


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O1
Millonarios won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match A).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O2
Botafogo won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match B).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O3
Nacional won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match C).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O4
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Colón won on penalties and advanced to the round of 16 (Match D).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O5
Banfield won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match E).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O6
Fluminense won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match F).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O7
Atlético Paranaense won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match G).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O8
Deportivo Cali won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match H).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O9
LDU Quito won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match H).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O10
Caracas won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match G).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O11
Tied 4–4 on aggregate, Deportivo Cuenca won on penalties and advanced to the round of 16 (Match F).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O12
Defensa y Justicia won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match E).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O13
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Junior won on penalties and advanced to the round of 16 (Match D).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O14
San Lorenzo won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match C).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O15
Bahia won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match B).


2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage, Matches, Match O16
Santa Fe won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match A).


2018 Copa Truck season
The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro de Copa Truck is the second season of the Copa Truck.


2018 Copa Truck season, Race calendar and results
The Copa Truck is divided into four parallel championships with two stages (South Truck Cup, Southeast Truck Cup, Midwest Truck Cup and Mercosul Truck Cup), totaling eight stages. And a ninth stage, denominated The Great Final, will define the general champion of the category.


2018 Copa Venezuela
The 2018 Copa Venezuela was the 49th edition of the competition. It began with the first stage on 11 July 2018 and concluded with the second leg of the final on 31 October 2018. Primera División side Mineros were the defending champions, but they were disqualified from the competition in the second stage.


2018 Copa Venezuela
Zulia were the champions after beating Aragua 3–1 on aggregate in the final, and qualified to the 2019 Copa Sudamericana.


2018 Copa Verde
The 2018 Copa Verde was the fifth edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 18 clubs, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul and Tocantins has two vacancies; Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia and Roraima with one each. The others four berths will be set according to CBF ranking.


2018 Copa Verde
In the finals, Paysandu defeated Atlético Itapemirim 3–1 on aggregate to win their second title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2019 Copa do Brasil.


2018 Copa Verde Finals
The 2018 Copa Verde Finals was the final two-legged tie that decided the 2018 Copa Verde, the 5th season of the Copa Verde, Brazil's regional cup football tournament organised by the Brazilian Football Confederation.


2018 Copa Verde Finals
The finals were contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between Atlético Itapemirim, from Espírito Santo, and Paysandu, from Pará.


2018 Copa Verde Finals
Paysandu defeated Atlético Itapemirim 3–1 on aggregate to win their second Copa Verde title.


2018 Copa Verde Finals, Teams, Road to the final
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.


2018 Copa Verde Finals, Format
The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


2018 Copa Verde Finals, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Fabrício Vilarinho da Silva (Goiás)Bruno Raphael Pires (Goiás)Fourth official:Dyorgenes José Padovani de Andrade (Espírito Santo)


2018 Copa Verde Finals, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Alessandro Álvaro Rocha de Matos (Bahia)Tatiane Sacilotti dos Santos Camargo (São Paulo)Fourth official:Andrey da Silva e Silva (Pará)


2018 Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto
The Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto 2018 was the 56th edition of the Spanish Queen's Basketball Cup. It is managed by the Spanish Basketball Federation – FEB and was held between January 19 and 21, 2018.


2018 Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto, Qualification
Prior to the start of the season, the rules of the Spanish Basketball Federation established that the top six teams classified at the end of the first leg of the 2017–18 Liga Femenina,  would play the Competition.


2018 Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto, Qualification
The two first qualified teams qualify directly for the semifinals.


2018 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol
The 2018 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol was the 36th edition of the Spanish women's association football national cup. It took place from 19 May to 3 June 2018.


2018 Copa del Rey Final
The 2018 Copa del Rey Final was an Association football match played on 21 April 2018 to decide the winner of the 2017–18 Copa del Rey, the 116th edition of Spain's primary football cup (including two seasons where two rival editions were played).


2018 Copa del Rey Final
The match was between Sevilla and Barcelona at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid.


2018 Copa del Rey Final
Barcelona won the final 5–0 for their 4th consecutive and 30th overall Copa del Rey title.


2018 Copa del Rey Final, Background
Barcelona were competing in their 40th Copa del Rey final, extending the record of 39 which they previously shared with Real Madrid, having won 29 titles prior, a competition record. They were the reigning champions, having defeated Deportivo Alavés 3–1 in the earlier 2017 final at the Vicente Calderón in Madrid. This was their fifth consecutive final, a feat never accomplished before, and were seeking a fourth consecutive title, a record shared by Real Madrid (1905, 1906, 1907, 1908) and Athletic Bilbao (1930, 1931, 1932, 1933).


2018 Copa del Rey Final, Background
Sevilla were competing in their ninth Copa del Rey final, having won a total of five titles prior (1935, 1939, 1948, 2007, and 2010).


2018 Copa del Rey Final, Background
The pairing was a rematch from the 2016 final, where Barcelona won 2–0 after extra time.


2018 Copa del Rey Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Ángel Nevado RodríguezJuan Carlos Yuste JiménezFourth official:Carlos del Cerro GrandeReserve assistant referee:Roberto Alonso Fernández


2018 Copa del Rey Juvenil
The 2018 Copa del Rey Juvenil is the 68th staging of the Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol. The competition will start on May 13, 2018.


2018 Copa del Rey Juvenil, First round
The top two teams from each group of the 2017–18 División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol and the two best third-placed teams were drawn into a two-game best aggregate score series. The first leg was played on May 13 and 14 and the return leg on May 19 and 20.


2018 Copa del Rey Juvenil, Quarterfinals
The eight winners from the first round advance to quarterfinals, that are played in a two-game series. The first leg were played on May 27 and the second on June 2 and 3.


2018 Copa del Rey Juvenil, Semifinals
The four winners from the quarterfinals advance to semifinals, that are played in a two-game series. The first leg was played on June 10 and the second leg bill be played on June 17.


2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
The 2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was the 82nd edition of the Spanish King's Basketball Cup, won by FC Barcelona Lassa against former 4-time reigning champions Real Madrid. The competition is managed by the ACB and was held in Las Palmas, in the Gran Canaria Arena in February 2018.


2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, Qualified teams
The seven first qualified after the first half of the 2017–18 ACB regular season qualified to the tournament. As Herbalife Gran Canaria, host team, not finished between the seven first teams, the eighth qualified did not enter in the Copa del Rey.


2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, Draw
The 2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was drawn on 23 January 2018 at approximately 11:30 and was broadcast live on YouTube and on TV in many countries. The seeded teams were paired in the quarterfinals with the non-seeded teams. There were not any restrictions for the draw of the semifinals. As in recent seasons, the first qualified team plays its quarterfinal game on Thursday.


2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, Threat of strike
In the previous week of the Cup, the Basketball Players Association (ABP) called for a strike on 14 February, thus trying to stop the Cup if the ACB do not accept their requirements, in the negotiation of the new collective agreement, including the subsidy of €315,000 from the league to the players' trade union.


2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, Threat of strike
After the trade union's proposal, several clubs refused to follow the strike. However, many players are supporting the Players' Association by social networks. Finally, on 13 February, ACB and ABP agreed terms and the Cup would be played normally.


2018 Copa do Brasil
The 2018 Copa do Brasil (officially the Copa Continental Pneus do Brasil 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. It was held between 30 January and 17 October 2018. The competition was contested by 91 teams, which qualified either by participating in their respective state championships (70), by the 2018 CBF ranking (10), by the 2017 Copa do Nordeste (1), by the 2017 Copa Verde (1), by the 2017 Série B (1) or by qualifying for the 2018 Copa Libertadores (8).


2018 Copa do Brasil
Cruzeiro were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title, winning the finals 3–1 on aggregate against Corinthians for their 6th title. As champions, Cruzeiro qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores Group stage and the 2019 Copa do Brasil Round of 16.


2018 Copa do Brasil
Jádson (Corinthians) and Cássio (Corinthians) won best player and best goalkeeper awards, respectively.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Format
The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament, the first two stages featuring a single match and the other stages featuring two-legged ties. Eleven teams qualified for the Round of 16 (the that teams qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores (8), Série B champions, Copa Verde champions and Copa do Nordeste champions). The remaining 80 teams played the first stage. The 40 winners played the second stage, the 20 winners played the third stage, the 10 winners played the fourth stage. The five fourth-stage winners qualified for the Round of 16.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Format
In this season, the away goals rule was not be used in any stage.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Qualified teams
Teams in bold are qualified directly for the round of 16.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Draw
The draw for the first and second stage was held on 15 December 2017, 15:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Teams were seeded by their CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The 80 qualified teams were divided in eight groups (A-H) with 10 teams each. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. E; B vs. F; C vs. G; D vs. H. The lower ranked teams hosted the first stage match.


2018 Copa do Brasil, First stage
In the first stage, each tie was played on a single match basis. The lower CBF ranked team hosted the match. If tied, the higher CBF ranked team would advance to second stage.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Second stage
In the second stage, each tie was played on a single match basis. If tied, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Third stage
In the third stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Fourth stage
The draw for the fourth stage was held on 19 March 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The 10 qualified teams were in a single group (CBF ranking shown in parentheses).


2018 Copa do Brasil, Fourth stage
In the fourth stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Final stages
In the final stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Final stages, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 20 April 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The 16 qualified teams were divided in two pots. Teams from Pot 1 were the ones which competed at the 2018 Copa Libertadores. Pot 2 was composed of the five teams which qualified through the Fourth Stage plus the champions of 2017 Copa Verde, 2017 Copa do Nordeste and 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Final stages, Round of 16
The first legs were played from 25 April to 16 May and the second legs were played from 9 May to 16 July 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Final stages, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 30 May 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. All teams were placed into a single pot.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Final stages, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 1 and 2 August and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 August 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Final stages, Semi-finals
The draw to determine the home-and-away teams for both legs was held on 22 August 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Final stages, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 12 September and the second legs were played on 26 September 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil, Final stages, Finals
The draw to determine the home-and-away teams for both legs was held on 27 September 2018, 14:30 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages
The 2018 Copa do Brasil final stages were the final stages (Round of 16, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Finals) of the 2018 Copa do Brasil football competition. They were played from 25 April to 17 October 2018. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2018 Copa do Brasil.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Format
In the final stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Round of 16, Draw
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 20 April 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The 16 qualified teams were divided in two pots. Teams from Pot 1 were the ones which competed at the 2018 Copa Libertadores. Pot 2 was composed of the five teams which qualified through the Fourth Stage plus the champions of 2017 Copa Verde, 2017 Copa do Nordeste and 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Round of 16, Matches
The first legs were played from 25 April to 16 May and the second legs were played from 9 May to 16 July 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Round of 16, Match 76
Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Chapecoense won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Round of 16, Match 77
Cruzeiro won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Round of 16, Match 78
Bahia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Round of 16, Match 79
Grêmio won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Round of 16, Match 80
Corinthians won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Round of 16, Match 81
Palmeiras won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Round of 16, Match 82
Flamengo won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Round of 16, Match 83
Santos won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Draw
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 30 May 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. All teams were placed into a single pot.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Matches
The first legs were played on 1 and 2 August and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 August 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Match 84
Corinthians won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Match 85
Flamengo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Match 86
Palmeiras won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Match 87
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Cruzeiro won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Semi-finals, Draw
The draw to determine the home-and-away teams for both legs was held on 22 August 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Semi-finals, Matches
The first legs were played on 12 September and the second legs were played on 26 September 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Semi-finals, Match 88
Corinthians won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Semi-finals, Match 89
Cruzeiro won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Finals, Draw
The draw to determine the home-and-away teams for both legs was held on 27 September 2018, 14:30 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.


2018 Copa do Brasil Final Stages, Finals, Matches
The first leg was played on 10 October and the second leg was played on 17 October 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals
The 2018 Copa do Brasil Finals was the final two-legged tie that decided the 2018 Copa do Brasil, the 30th season of the Copa do Brasil, Brazil's national cup football tournament organised by the Brazilian Football Confederation.


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals
The finals were contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between the defending champions Cruzeiro, from Minas Gerais, and Corinthians, from São Paulo. Cruzeiro and Corinthians reached the Copa do Brasil finals for the eighth and sixth time, respectively.


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals
A draw by CBF was held on 27 September 2018 to determine the home-and-away teams for each leg. The first leg was hosted by Cruzeiro at Mineirão in Belo Horizonte on 10 October 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Corinthians at Arena Corinthians in São Paulo on 17 October 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals
Cruzeiro defeated Corinthians 3–1 on aggregate in the finals to win their sixth title. As champions, Cruzeiro earned the right to play in the 2019 Copa Libertadores Group stage and the 2019 Copa do Brasil Round of 16. Cruzeiro were the first team to successfully defend the title.


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals, Teams, Road to the final
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals, Format
In the finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals, Matches, First leg
In the second leg of the semi-finals, Douglas (Corinthians) picked up a yellow card and Sassá (Cruzeiro) was sent off which meant they were suspended for the first leg of the Finals. Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro) was called-up for the Uruguay National Team and he could not play the first leg.


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals, Matches, First leg
A goal from Thiago Neves gave Cruzeiro a 1–0 win over Corinthians in the first leg. The winning goal came after a cross from Egídio headed into the net in the 45th minute by Thiago Neves.


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals, Matches, First leg
Man of the Match: Thiago Neves (Cruzeiro)Assistant referees:Alessandro Álvaro Rocha de Matos (Bahia)Fabrício Vilarinho da Silva (Goiás)Fourth official:Bruno Arleu de Araújo (Rio de Janeiro)Fifth official:Rafael da Silva Alves (Rio Grande do Sul)Video assistant referee:Wilton Sampaio (Goiás)


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals, Matches, Second leg
Egídio (Cruzeiro), booked in the first leg, Ángelo Araos (Corinthians) sent off in the first leg, and Sassá (Cruzeiro), suspended six games, were ruled out of the second leg.


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals, Matches, Second leg
In the second leg, Cruzeiro defeated Corinthians 1–2 to lift the Copa do Brasil. Robinho scored in the 27th minute after Hernan Barcos' shot off the post. Jádson equalized thanks to a penalty awarded with the help of the VAR after a play between Thiago Neves and Ralf within the Cruzeiro area. The referee, after another VAR review, annulled a goal of Pedrinho due to a foul on Dedé by Jádson. With under 10 minutes left, Giorgian De Arrascaeta scored after a pass from Raniel finishing a counter attack.


2018 Copa do Brasil Finals, Matches, Second leg
Man of the Match: Dedé (Cruzeiro)Assistant referees:Rodrigo Figueiredo Henrique Corrêa (Rio de Janeiro)Bruno Boschilia (Paraná)Fourth official:Jean Pierre Gonçalves Lima (Rio Grande do Sul)Fifth official:Luiz Cláudio Regazone (Rio de Janeiro)Video assistant referee:Wilton Sampaio (Goiás)


2018 Copa do Brasil First Stage
The 2018 Copa do Brasil first stage was the first stage of the 2018 Copa do Brasil football competition. It was played from 30 January to 7 February 2018. A total of 80 teams competed in the first stage to decide 40 places in the second stage of the 2018 Copa do Brasil.


2018 Copa do Brasil First Stage, Draw
The draw for the first and second stage was held on 15 December 2017, 15:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Teams were seeded by their CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The 80 qualified teams were divided in eight groups (A-H) with 10 teams each. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. E; B vs. F; C vs. G; D vs. H. The lower ranked teams hosted the first stage match.


2018 Copa do Brasil First Stage, Format
In the first stage, each tie was played on a single match basis. The lower CBF ranked team hosted the match. If tied, the higher CBF ranked team would advance to second stage.


2018 Copa do Brasil Fourth Stage
The 2018 Copa do Brasil fourth stage was the fourth stage of the 2018 Copa do Brasil football competition. It was played from 4 to 19 April 2018. A total of 10 teams competed in the fourth stage to decide five places in the final stages of the 2018 Copa do Brasil.


2018 Copa do Brasil Fourth Stage, Draw
The draw for the fourth stage was held on 19 March 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The 10 qualified teams were in a single group (CBF ranking shown in parentheses).


2018 Copa do Brasil Fourth Stage, Format
In the fourth stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2018 Copa do Brasil Fourth Stage, Matches, Match 71
Ponte Preta won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.


2018 Copa do Brasil Fourth Stage, Matches, Match 72
Atlético Paranaense won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.


2018 Copa do Brasil Fourth Stage, Matches, Match 73
Goiás won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.


2018 Copa do Brasil Fourth Stage, Matches, Match 74
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Vitória won on penalties and advanced to the round of 16.


2018 Copa do Brasil Fourth Stage, Matches, Match 75
Atlético Mineiro won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.


2018 Copa do Brasil Second Stage
The 2018 Copa do Brasil second stage was the second stage of the 2018 Copa do Brasil football competition. It was played from 14 to 22 February 2018. A total of 40 teams competed in the second stage to decide twenty places in the third stage of the 2018 Copa do Brasil.


2018 Copa do Brasil Second Stage, Format
In the second stage, each tie was played on a single match basis. If tied, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. Host teams were settled in the first-stage draw.


2018 Copa do Brasil Second Stage, Matches
All times are Brasília time, BRT (UTC−2 before 18 Feb. and UTC−3 after 18 Feb.)


2018 Copa do Brasil Sub-20
The Copa do Brasil Sub-20 (English: Brazil Under-20 Cup) is a Brazilian football competition run by the Brazilian Football Confederation for under–20 teams. In 2017, Atletico Mineiro won their first title.


2018 Copa do Brasil Sub-20, Round of 32
First leg was held from 27 March – 5 April 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil Sub-20, Quarter-finals
First leg was held on 25 April and second leg was held from May 1 to 3 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil Sub-20, Semi-finals
First leg was held on May 8 and 9 and second leg was held on May 15 and 17 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil Sub-20, Finals
First leg was held on May 26 and second leg was held on June 2 2018.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage
The 2018 Copa do Brasil third stage was the third stage of the 2018 Copa do Brasil football competition. It was played from 28 February to 15 March 2018. A total of 20 teams competed in the third stage to decide ten places in the fourth stage of the 2018 Copa do Brasil.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage, Format
In the third stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. Host teams were settled in a draw held on 21 February 2018, 11:00 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage, Matches, Match 61
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Paranaense won on penalties and advanced to the fourth round.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage, Matches, Match 62
Internacional won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage, Matches, Match 63
Avaí won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage, Matches, Match 64
Goiás won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage, Matches, Match 65
Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Ponte Preta won on penalties and advanced to the fourth round.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage, Matches, Match 66
São Paulo won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage, Matches, Match 67
Vitória won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage, Matches, Match 68
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Mineiro won on penalties and advanced to the fourth round.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage, Matches, Match 69
Ferroviário won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.


2018 Copa do Brasil Third Stage, Matches, Match 70
Náutico won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round.


2018 Copa do Nordeste
The 2018 Copa do Nordeste was the 15th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 20 clubs, with Bahia and Pernambuco having three seeds each, and Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with two seeds each.


2018 Copa do Nordeste
Sampaio Corrêa defeated the defending champions Bahia 1–0 on aggregate to win their first Copa do Nordeste title. As champions, Sampaio Corrêa qualified for the Round of 16 of the 2019 Copa do Brasil.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Format changes
In 2018 season there was a qualifying stage. In the qualifying stage, a total of 8 teams competed in a single-elimination tournament where the four winners advanced to the group stage. The group stage had only 4 groups. 12 teams gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the qualifying stage.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Draws
The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 3 July 2017, 11:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Draws
Teams were seeded by their 2017 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the Pot A teams hosting the second leg.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Draws
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 September 2017, 21:00, at the Auditório da Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Maranhão (FIEMA) in São Luís.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Draws
For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups (Groups 1–4) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams were seeded by their 2017 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses) excluding the winners of the qualifying stage, which were allocated to Pot 4.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Qualifying stage
In the qualifying stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12).


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Group stage
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie was only between two teams). If tie on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used (except if both teams shared the same stadium); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 10).


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Group stage
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Final stages
Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Final stages, Seeding
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 2 April 2018, 12:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The 8 qualified teams were drawn into four ties between a group winner (Pot 1) and a group runner-up (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Final stages, Seeding
Starting from the semi-finals, the teams would be seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams would be ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Final stages, Quarter-finals
ABC won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Final stages, Quarter-finals
Sampaio Corrêa won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Final stages, Quarter-finals
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Ceará won on away goals and advanced to the semi-finals.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Final stages, Quarter-finals
Bahia won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Final stages, Semi-finals
Sampaio Corrêa won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, Final stages, Semi-finals
Bahia won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.


2018 Copa do Nordeste, 2018 Copa do Nordeste team
The 2018 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.


2018 Coppa Italia Final
The 2018 Coppa Italia Final decided the winner of the 2017–18 Coppa Italia, the 71st season of Italy's main football cup. It was played on 9 May 2018 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome between rivals Juventus and Milan.


2018 Coppa Italia Final
Juventus won the match 4–0 with all four goals coming in the second half, winning their fourth consecutive Coppa Italia title and 13th title overall. This was the fifth time these teams met in the Coppa Italia Final, with Juventus winning previously in 1942, 1990 and 2016, and Milan winning in the 1973 final.


2018 Coppa Italia Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2018 Coppa Italia Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Riccardo Di FioreGiulio DoboszFourth official:Marco GuidaReserve assistant referee:Fabrizio PosadoVideo assistant referee:Massimiliano IrratiAssistant video assistant referee:Gianluca Vuoto


2018 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2018 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 109th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 10 December 2017. The championship began on 21 April 2018 and ended on 14 October 2018.


2018 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 14 October 2018, Ballincollig won the championship after a 2-16 to 1-15 defeat of Blackrock in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It was their eighth championship title overall and their first title since 1999.


2018 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Ballincollig's Cian Dorgan was the championship's top scorer with 0-57.


2018 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
The 2018 Cork Junior Hurling Championship was the 121st staging of the Cork Junior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship draw took place in August 2018. The championship began on 15 September 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.


2018 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
On 27 October 2018, Cloughduv won the championship after a 2-12 to 0-14 defeat of Russell Rovers in the final. This was their third title overall and their first title since 1970.


2018 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship, Qualification
The Cork Junior Hurling Championship features fourteen teams in the final tournament. Over 70 teams contested the seven divisional championships with the seven respective champions and runners-up automatically qualifying for the county series.


2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship
The 2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship was the 13th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2006. The championship began on 8 April 2018 and ended on 1 December 2018.


2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship
On 21 October 2018, Fermoy won the championship following an 0-11 to 0-07 defeat of St Michael's in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It was their first ever championship title.


2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 15th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2004. The draw for the opening round took place on 10 December 2017. The championship began on 15 April 2018 and ended on 29 October 2018.


2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 29 October 2018, Charleville won the championship after a 0-15 to 0-14 defeat of Courcey Rovers in a final replay at Páirc Uí Rinn. It was their first ever championship title in this grade.


2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Tadhg O'Sullivan from the Courcey Rovers club was the championship's top scorer with 1-49.


2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship, Teams
A total of 16 teams contested the Premier Intermediate Championship, including 14 teams from the 2017 premier intermediate championship, one promoted team from the 2017 intermediate championship and one relegated team from the 2017 senior championship.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 2018 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 130th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2018 opening fixtures took place on 10 December 2017. The championship began on 18 March 2018 and ended on 28 October 2018.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship
Nemo Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Castlehaven at the quarter-final stage.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 28 October 2018, St. Finbarr's won the championship following a 3-14 to 2-14 defeat of Duhallow in the final. This was their 9th championship title overall and their first title since 1985.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship, Championship details, Overview
The 2018 championship will see a total of 27 teams compete for the title. These consist of 19 club teams, 6 divisional teams and 2 college teams.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship, Championship details, Format
A new format will be used for the 2018 championship. For the first time since 2015, the divisions and colleges will compete in their own mini championship before entering the championship proper.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship, Championship details, Format, Divisional and college section
Round 1: Eight teams will contest this round. The four winning teams will advance to Round 2. The four losing teams will be eliminated from the championship.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship, Championship details, Format, Divisional and college section
Round 2: Four teams will contest this round. The two winning teams will advance to Round 3 of the championship proper. The two losing teams will be eliminated from the championship.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Preliminary round: 2 teams will contest this round. The winning team will advance to Round 1. The losing team will advance to Round 3.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Round 1: 18 teams will contest this round. The nine losing teams will advance to Round 2. The nine winning teams will advance to Round 3.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Round 2: The 9 losing teams from Round 1 will contest this round. The four winning teams will advance to Round 3. The four losing teams will be eliminated from the championship. One team will receive a bye to Round 3.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Round 3: The 9 winning teams from Round 1, the 4 winning teams from Round 2, the bye team and the 2 divisional teams will contest this round. The 8 winning teams will advance to the Quarter-finals. The 8 losing teams will be eliminated from the championship.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Quarter-finals: 8 teams will contest this round. The 4 winning teams will advance to the Semi-finals. The 4 losing teams will be eliminated from the championship.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Semi-finals: 4 teams will contest this round. The 2 winning teams will advance to the Semi-finals. The 2 losing teams will be eliminated from the championship.


2018 Cork Senior Football Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Final: The final will be contested by the two semi-final winners.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 130th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2018 opening fixtures took place on 10 December 2017. The championship began on 22 March 2018 and ended on 14 October 2018.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 14 October 2018, Imokilly won the championship after a 4-19 to 1-18 defeat of Midleton in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It was their fourth championship title overall and their second title in succession.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Midleton's Conor Lehane was the championship's top scorer with 2-37.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Overview
The 2018 championship saw a total of 26 teams compete for the title. These consisted of 18 club teams, 6 divisional teams and 2 college teams. Kanturk made their debut in the senior championship while they were also the first club from the Duhallow Division to play in the senior championship.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Format
A new format was used for the 2018 championship. For the first time since 2015, the divisions and colleges competed in their own mini championship before entering the championship proper.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Format, Divisional and college section
Round 1: Eight teams contested this round. The four winning teams advanced to Round 2. The four losing teams were eliminated from the championship.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Format, Divisional and college section
Round 2: Four teams contested this round. The two winning teams advanced to Round 3 of the championship proper. The two losing teams were eliminated from the championship.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Round 1: 18 teams contested this round. The nine losing teams advanced to Round 2. The nine winning teams advanced to Round 3.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Round 2: The 9 losing teams from Round 1 contested this round. The four winning teams advanced to Round 3. The four losing teams were eliminated from the championship. One team received a bye to Round 3.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Round 3: The 9 winning teams from Round 1, the 4 winning teams from Round 2, the bye team and the 2 divisional teams contested this round. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarter-finals. The 8 losing teams were eliminated from the championship.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Quarter-finals: 8 teams contested this round. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semi-finals. The 4 losing teams were eliminated from the championship.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Semi-finals: 4 teams contested this round. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Semi-finals. The 2 losing teams were eliminated from the championship.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Championship details, Format, Club section
Final: The final was contested by the two semi-final winners.


2018 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Team of the Year
The All-Star Team of the Year was announced on 5 December 2018.


2018 Cornell Big Red football team
The 2018 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by sixth-year head coach David Archer and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 3–7 overall 2–5 in Ivy League play to place seventh.


2018 Cornell Big Red football team, Previous season
The Big Red finished the 2017 season 3–7, 3–4 in Ivy League play, to finish tied for fifth place.


2018 Cornell Big Red football team, Schedule
The 2018 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Yale, Harvard, Penn, and Dartmouth, and traveled to Brown, Princeton, and Columbia.


2018 Cornell Big Red football team, Schedule
In 2018, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Delaware of the Colonial Athletic Association, Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference, and Colgate of the Patriot League. Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 22.


2018 Cornell Big Red football team, Schedule
Cornell's 66–0 loss to Princeton on October 27 was its worst defeat since a 77–0 defeat by Harvard in 1890, 128 years earlier.


2018 Corpus Christi mayoral election
The 2018 Corpus Christi mayoral election was held on November 6, 2018 and December 18, 2018 to elect the mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas. The general election, held on November 6, 2018 did not produce a winner (elections for the mayoralty of Corpus Christi require a majority), therefore a runoff was required and held on December 18, 2018. The runoff election resulted in the re-election of Joe McComb, this time for a full two-year term.


2018 Costa Book Awards
The Costa Book Awards category winners for 2018 were announced on 7 January 2019, and the "Book of the Year" on 29 January 2019.


2018 Costa Rican general election
General elections were held in Costa Rica in 2018 to elect both the President and Legislative Assembly. The first round of the presidential election was held on February 4, 2018, with the two highest-ranked candidates being Christian singer and Congressman Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz from the conservative National Restoration Party and writer and former Minister Carlos Alvarado Quesada from the progressive Citizens’ Action Party, gaining 24% and 21% of the votes respectively. As no candidate received more than 40% of the first round vote, a second round run-off election was held on April 1, 2018 and was won by Carlos Alvarado Quesada, with a landslide victory of 60.6% of the vote.


2018 Costa Rican general election
The previously dominant National Liberation Party suffered its worst results to date, ending third in the presidential run for the first time in its history with its candidate former Legislative Assembly President Antonio Álvarez Desanti winning only 18%. Other notable candidates were lawyer and entrepreneur Rodolfo Piza from the center-right Social Christian Unity Party with 16% and right-wing populist Juan Diego Castro with 9%.


2018 Costa Rican general election
In the 57-seat Legislative Assembly, the National Liberation Party won 17 seats, the National Restoration Party won 14 seats (although their parliamentary group later splits in half due to factionalism), the Citizens' Action Party won 10 seats, the Social Christian Unity Party won 9 seats, the National Integration Party won 4 seats, the Social Christian Republican Party (an offshoot of PUSC) won 2 seats and left-wing Broad Front won 1 seat.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Electoral system
The President of Costa Rica is elected using a modified two-round system in which a candidate must receive at least 40% of the vote to win in the first round; if no candidate wins in the first round, a runoff will be held between the two candidates with the biggest quantity of votes.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Electoral system
The 57 members of the Legislative Assembly are elected using closed list proportional representation through the largest remainder method from seven multi-member constituencies with between four and 19 seats, which are based on the seven provinces. Party lists were required to alternate between male and female candidates, with parties also required to have three or four of their seven regional lists headed by a female candidate.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Presidential primaries, Citizens' Action Party
The internal elections for the Citizens' Action Party were held on July 9, 2017. The candidates were two former ministers of the Solís Rivera administration; writer Carlos Alvarado, former Minister of Labour and Social Issues, and economist Welmer Ramos, former Economy Minister. Alvarado won by 56% of the votes. Deputies Epsy Campbell, Ottón Solis and Vicepresident Ana Helena Chacón declined a potential run.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Presidential primaries, Citizens' Action Party
Carlos Alvarado was the first one of the party to announce his intention to run under the slogan of "I choose the future" (Elijo el futuro) and ran under a progressive platform, which sought to exalt the achievements of Luis Guillermo Solis's government and promised to continue with it. Meanwhile, Welmer Ramos's campaign focused more on a moderate and conservative campaign, under the slogan "A citizen like you" (Un ciudadano como usted) and openly criticized the then government to appeal to those who were upset with the administration.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Presidential primaries, Libertarian Movement
The Libertarian Movement had its first primaries on June 30, 2017.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Presidential primaries, Libertarian Movement
Candidates were deputy Natalia Diaz, and historic leader and deputy Otto Guevara Guth, who will attempt to run for presidency for the fifth time. Guevara won the primary over Diaz by a 10% margin. Otto Guevara's primary campaign was based under a right-wing populist inclination, stating that Donald Trump's presidential campaign had given him new inspiration to run, while Natalia Diaz's campaign promised to bring a new face to the party and offer a new alternative to the party's establishment.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Presidential primaries, Libertarian Movement
After the 2016 municipal elections, the party lost its only mayor and 258 aldermen, leaving it with little power. Plus, due to Guevara's turnabout from libertarianism to religious conservatism, many party adherents created a new party: the Liberal Progressive Party, under former transport minister Eliécer Feinzag's leadership; or joined Social Christian Unity Party because of its new liberal stance on politics.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Presidential primaries, National Liberation Party
The internal elections for the National Liberation Party were held on April 2, 2017. The candidates were Sigifredo Aiza Campos, former deputy for the Guanacaste province, then deputy and radio host Rolando González Ulloa, Antonio Álvarez Desanti president of the Legislative Assembly, former minister and presidential candidate who was supported by former president Óscar Arias Sánchez, and former president José María Figueres Olsen. Álvarez Desanti was chosen as the party's candidate.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Presidential primaries, Social Christian Unity Party
The Social Christian primary was held on June 4, 2017 with former president of the Health System and previous candidate Rodolfo Piza winning over then deputy Rafael Ortiz.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Presidential primaries, Other candidates
Former Public Safety Minister Juan Diego Castro launched his unexpected presidential campaign presenting himself as a political outsider and with a strong anti-establishment and anti-corruption speech. Promising to "rule by decree" and with a very loud "hard hand" rhetoric (uncommon in Costa Rican politics as the country is famous for its political centrism), Castro has been compared to figures like Donald Trump and Rodrigo Duterte, and accused of right-wing populism and far-right positions, albeit he rejects the comparisons. He ran as the National Integration Party's nominee.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Presidential primaries, Other candidates
Four of the minor candidates lean towards the conservative evangelical community. These are former journalist and San José deputy Fabricio Alvarado for National Restoration Party, journalist Stephanie Campos for Costa Rican Renewal Party, perennial candidate and San José deputy Óscar López for Accessibility without Exclusion, and lawyer and twice Cartago deputy Mario Redondo for Christian Democratic Alliance a former Cartaginese provincial party but which expanded to the national level. The left-wing Broad Front nominated Alajuela deputy Edgardo Araya (es:Edgardo Araya Sibaja). The far-left Workers' Party chose the trade unionist and high school professor Jhon Vega as its candidate.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Presidential primaries, Other candidates
The right-wing New Generation Party chose its founder Sergio Mena as the presidential nominee. Finally, former Social Christian Unity Party's presidential nominee Rodolfo Hernández (es:Rodolfo Hernández Gómez) launched his presidential campaign with the newly formed Social Christian Republican Party, a party formed by former PUSC members dissatisfied with the liberal-controlled Social Christian Central Committee, who claimed the party had lost its Calderonist origins


2018 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
Several topics like unemployment, corruption, economics, insecurity and poverty are among the main issues that concern the electorate according to polls.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
But one particular event that cause uproar in the campaign was the "Cementazo" (lit. cement hit) scandal. A corruption scandal involving political figures of all the main parties, including candidate Otto Guevara, whose properties and parliamentary office were raided by the General Attorney investigating the case. Some analysts point to the Cementazo scandal as one of the reasons for the unexpected ascension in polls of hardline anti-establishment candidate Castro.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
During the campaign Castro made a series of highly controversial statements that often caused polemic reactions. Among other things, he accused the Judiciary of having some of its female members ascending due to sexual favors, something that sprang harsh responses from female judges and judicial workers. Political figures from other parties reacted with outrage including Desanti's wife Nuria Marin and PAC's vice-president nominee Epsy Campbell. He later clarified that he was referring to one particular case of a known female friend of his.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
He also called for the removal of the prohibition on oil exploitation and gold mining calling those who opposed it "eco-terrorists and extremists". Desanti also said that "extremists should not dictate environmental policies" but mentioned that he opposes oil exploitation. Both Alvarado Quesada and Araya are staunch opponents of all forms of oil exploration and exploitation.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
A surprising ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights extending all rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples to same-sex couples made after Costa Rica's government lodged a motion for clarification also had an impact on the campaign. The ruling may require up to 22 signatory countries of the Pact of San José that recognize the contentious authority of the IACHR to change their laws to legalize same-sex marriage (whether by legislative or judicial methods, or both). Most polls show that most Costa Ricans oppose gay marriage albeit with large numbers supporting it (in a general ratio of 60–40%).


2018 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
Opponents of gay marriage were outraged by the ruling, causing an increase in social media support for Christian singer and journalist Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz from the staunchly conservative National Restoration Party (a normally small party with testimonial results mostly supported by the Evangelical Christian minority). Alvarado Muñoz was, for the first time for an Evangelical candidate, attracting Catholic voters. Nevertheless, Alvarado Muñoz' gain also saw a counter-reaction. Social media support for progressive pro-gay marriage candidate Carlos Alvarado Quesada was also notable, particularly among millennials and centennials who mostly support socially liberal policies. Some analysts point to a possible polarization between conservative and progressive voters, or among religious and secular or older and younger generations depending on the measure, which pushed both Alvarados into the second round. At least two homophobic attacks were reported.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
During the run-off campaign, Alvarado Muñoz’ strategy focused on linking his rival with the somewhat unpopular government at the time by pointing out its flaws, errors and scandals. On the contrary, Alvarado Quesada tried to distance himself from Luis Guillermo Solís’ Administration, but at the same time highlighted its achievements. Muñoz also reinforced his idea of defending "pro-life and family" values, whilst Quesada insisted in wanting an inclusive country with no "second class citizens". Quesada's strategy focused in presenting Muñoz as inexperienced and unprepared, pointing out his delay in presenting his second government program as promised and contradictions between him and some of his close collaborators.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
A series of controversies affected Muñoz' presidential run, including accusations of plagiarism on his government program, a delay in the presentation of his party's financial reports, high payments to him and some other high-ranking party members for services during the campaign, etc. But probably one of the most damaging was the content of a book written by pastor and tele-evangelist Ronny Chaves (close collaborator of Fabricio and described by him as "spiritual father") calling "La Negrita" or Virgen de los Angeles (Costa Rica's patron saint) a demon.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
Something that some analysts highlight as hurtful to many Catholics' feelings causing many of them to switch towards Carlos Alvarado. In fact, the Cartago Province which is Costa Rica's Catholic epicenter and see of the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles is where Quesada's support was higher (75%), on the contrary Fabricio won by wide margin in the mostly Protestant province of Limón.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
In the second round Carlos kept San José, Heredia and Cartago Provinces and all of the cantons he won in the first one, and managed to turn Alajuela and Guanacaste on his favor. He also won, again, the foreign vote winning all ballot booths overseas except Singapore were there was a tie. Fabricio kept Puntarenas and Limón as his strongholds and won in all cantons of Limon, most of the Punteranas cantons, four of the northern cantons of Alajuela (San Carlos, Upala, Guatuso and Los Chiles) and Sarapiqui in Heredia. Abstentionism was less during the second round for the first time in history.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior
During pre-campaign Juan Diego Castro emerged as one of the most popular political figures with around 51% of positive opinions, followed by Antonio Álvarez Desanti with 36%, with Libertarian deputy Otto Guevara and former president José María Figueres as the ones with more negative opinions. After the PLN primary in which Desanti won over Figueres by slight margin, Desanti started the campaign as frontrunner for a while with up to 36% support in some early polls.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior
Castro was also among the favorites even before he had a party supporting his candidacy (something required by law in Costa Rica as independent candidates are not allowed). As the campaign continued Desanti suffered a constant decrease in voters' intent. Castro remained as frontrunner for most of 2017, but an erratic and heavily controversial campaign begins to affect him losing support in January. PUSC's Rodolfo Piza remained as second in some polls, later replaced by Castro but still in third place.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior
The "Cementazo" scandal affected heavily the parties involved (PAC, PLN, PUSC and ML) especially during November and December when the Parliamentary Committee investigating the issue made most of its hearings, with all parties facing a reduction on their support.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior
The IACHR's ruling on same-sex marriage caused a turmoil in the country, with conservative candidate and staunch opponent Fabricio Alvarado showing a rapid increase in support passing from marginal percentages of around 2–6% to be in the lead with up to 17%. However, Carlos Alvarado's support also started to grow unusually fast especially in mid and late January with the later polls showing him surpassing other candidates including Castro and Piza, passing from sixth to third in a couple of days, and even in a technical tie with Desanti showing possibilities to go into the run-off. Castro appeared in fourth and Piza in fifth place as of late January. PAC's support historically tend to increase in January and after the debates, but it was also possible that its support came from more liberal voters fearful of a religious government.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior
According to polls Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz took most of his support from Evangelical Christian voters who represented around 70% of his supporters, followed by 20% Roman Catholics and 8% with no religion. Carlos Alvarado Quesada, on the contrary, was mostly supported by Catholics with 52% of his voters belonging to that denomination, followed by 29% non-religious and 13% Protestants. Alvarado Quesada was most popular among urban voters with higher education, whilst Alvarado Muñoz had strong support by those with only elementary or high school levels of education. Also Alvarado Quesada was more popular among voters under 35, whilst Alvarado Muñoz was more popular among women under 35 and voters of both sexes over 55.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior
A post-election study completed by the University of Costa Rica showed that Alvarado Quesada's success was in part due to his performance in the debates, his campaign and defense of the Rule of law. Whilst Alvarado Muñoz' supporters mentioned defense of the traditional family, the fact that he was a believer and being an alternative to PAC. Religion wasn't such an important factor as originally thought, but 71% of Alvarado Quesada's voters mentioned Ronny Chaves' anti-Catholic statements as something "bad or very bad", against 35% of Fabricio's voters expressing that such thing was indifferent to them.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior
Roman Catholics were 60% more likely to vote for Carlos Alvarado than non-Catholics that were only 30%. Alvarado Quesada had also much more support from middle and High Classes especially from the urban areas and the Central Valley whilst Fabricio's support came from the periphery and coastal areas with higher poverty levels and where the population is lower and less willing to vote at all.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior, Polling tampering
One day I'll tell you where the fraud was, every Friday we expected a survey that was false.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior, Polling tampering
The last poll of the second round scheduled for March 28 was canceled due to the fact that OPol Consultores' executives alleged that threats had been made against their collaborators. Shortly before this announcement, social media reported that a vehicle registered in the name of the private limited company to which the pollster belongs and led by the director of the company traveled with flags of National Restoration.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior, Polling tampering
Also the poll published by the Institute of Population Studies (IDESPO) of the National University, the only one that showed a wide advantage on the part of Carlos Alvarado over Fabricio, was questioned almost immediately by the digital newspaper El Mundo questioning its methodology. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal and the University's Council reaffirmed the validity of the poll. The IDESPO poll would be the closest to the electoral result of the second round together with an informal poll conducted by the Los Paleteros ice cream company.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior, Polling tampering
After the campaign it was made public that during the second round the Executive Committee of the National Restoration Party had made payments to the polling company OPol according to financial reports submitted to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. Party officials reported that these were political consultancies unrelated to the polls, however, subsequent investigations by the newspaper La Nación discovered a contract for the payment of the six polls that were carried out during the second round campaign, of which five were published by El Mundo. In all of them Fabricio Alvarado appeared as the winner by a wide margin.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Polling and voters' behavior, Polling tampering
They were immediately shared in the social media of the group and the candidate as well as party personalities and allies including deputy-elect and vice presidential candidate Jonathan Prendas and deputy Mario Redondo. Catherina Convertino, general manager of Opinión Política CyC, a private limited company that owns both OPol and El Mundo newspaper, confirmed to La Nación that the second round polls had been requested by Juan Carlos Campos, head of the National Restoration campaign and that they decided to make it public following the debt of the party in the total payment of the contract.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Results, Legislative Assembly
The National Liberation Party retains its parliamentary plurality despite being third on the presidential ticket with 17 seats (only one less), followed by the National Restoration Party obtaining 14, the first time in Costa Rica's history that a religious party gained such large number. The ruling party Citizens' Action became third with 10, also the first time in history that a ruling party is neither the second nor the third-largest party.


2018 Costa Rican general election, Results, Legislative Assembly
However this situation will change after a break-up among the National Restoration deputies causes more than half to split from the party a few months after the election, thus turning PAC back into first minority. The Social Christian Unity Party gained one more seat (9).


2018 Costa Rican general election, Results, Legislative Assembly
The left-wing Broad Front suffered a major setback losing most of its seats passing from 9 to 1, whilst right-wing National Integration returns to Congress for the first time in 20 years with 4 seats, but another schism between the party's leadership and the 2018's nominee Juan Diego Castro causes one of PIN's deputies (a Castro loyalist) to separate. The newly formed party Social Christian Republican gains two deputies.


2018 Costa Rican protests
The 2018 protests in Costa Rica was a civil conflict that took place in the Central-American country of Costa Rica for 93 days, after the trade unions went on an indefinite strike against the tax reform bill promoted by the Executive Branch in the Assembly Legislative.


2018 Costa Rican protests, Protests
The protest movement started on September 10, 2018 and culminated on December 11 of that same year, when the unions of the Supreme Court, the only ones still on strike, abandoned their protest.


2018 Costa Rican protests, Protests
The extent of the strike caused severe effects on the provision of services in medical centers, schools, colleges, universities, fuel distribution, trials, hearings and other judicial processes and interrupted the passage through important national routes.


2018 Costa Rican protests, Protests
The strike was constituted as the longest social conflict in the history of Costa Rica, surpassing the general strike of the year 2000 against the "Combo del ICE". The magnitude and duration of the movement produced a contraction in the growth of the country's nominal GDP of 0.4 percentage points, generated 13 8billion colones in losses and sparked a national debate on the scope and limitations of the right to strike, because The courts of justice took considerable time to issue the sentences that qualified as legal or illegal the different protests in the different state institutions.


2018 Costa Rican protests, Protests
The strikes also recorded acts of violence, clashes between police and strikers, attacks on infrastructure and state buildings, including the Costa Rican Oil Refinery and the Ministry of Finance, as well as an attack on the President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, in the middle of a public highway.


2018 Cote d'Ivoire International
The 2018 Cote d'Ivoire International is a badminton tournament which takes place at Palais des Sports de Treichville in Ivory Coast from 21 to 24 June 2018 and had a total purse of $10,000.


2018 Cote d'Ivoire International, Tournament
The 2018 Cote d'Ivoire International is the twelfth tournament of the 2018 BWF International Series and also part of the Cote d'Ivoire International championships which has been held since 2016. This tournament was organized by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Badminton.


2018 Cote d'Ivoire International, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament holds at Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.


2018 Cote d'Ivoire International, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF International Series event.


2018 Cote d'Ivoire International, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this year tournament is US$10,000. Distribution of prize money is in accordance with BWF regulations.


2018 Cottesloe state by-election
A by-election for the electoral district of Cottesloe in Western Australia took place on 17 March 2018. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the Liberal Party member, Colin Barnett, on 5 February 2018. Barnett was the Premier of Western Australia from 23 September 2008 until 17 March 2017, when he was succeeded as Premier by Mark McGowan after the Labor Party defeated Barnett's Liberal government at the 2017 state election in March 2017. The by-election was won by the Liberal candidate David Honey.


2018 Cottesloe state by-election, Dates
The writ for the by-election was issued by the Speaker of the  Legislative Assembly, Peter Watson, on 6 February 2018.


2018 Cottesloe state by-election, Dates
The by-election was held on 17 March 2018, the same day as the South Australian state election and the Batman federal by-election.


2018 Cottesloe state by-election, Candidates
The Labor Party announced it would not nominate a candidate for the by-election.


2018 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 2018 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2018, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 83rd Cotton Bowl Classic was a College Football Playoff semifinal with the winner to compete in the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship. It was one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.


2018 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams
The game featured second-ranked Clemson of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) against third-ranked Notre Dame, an FBS independent. This was the first time that the two programs met in a bowl game; their more recent regular season meeting had been in 2015, won by Clemson. The only prior Cotton Bowl to feature two undefeated teams had been the 1948 edition, which ended in a 13–13 tie between Penn State and SMU.


2018 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Clemson Tigers
Clemson defeated Pitt in the 2018 ACC Championship Game on December 1, then received their bid to the Cotton Bowl with the release of final CFP rankings on December 2. The Tigers entered the bowl with a 13–0 record (8–0 in conference). On December 27, it was confirmed that three Clemson players, including starting defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence, would be suspended from playing in the game by the NCAA, due to drug testing showing "trace amounts of a banned substance", which was identified as ostarine.


2018 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Clemson Tigers
This was Clemson's second Cotton Bowl bid in school history, following its appearance in the 1940 edition. It was also the first Cotton Bowl appearance by an active ACC member since Maryland's appearance in the 1977 edition.


2018 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Notre Dame received their bid to the Cotton Bowl with the release of final CFP rankings on December 2. The independent Fighting Irish entered the bowl with a 12–0 record. This was Notre Dame's first Cotton Bowl berth since the 1994 edition and its eighth overall.


2018 County Championship
The 2018 County Championship, known as the 2018 Specsavers County Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the 119th cricket County Championship season. As in 2017, Division One has eight teams and Division Two has ten teams, with two teams relegated and two promoted at the end of the season.


2018 County Championship
The first round of matches began on 13 April and the final round of matches were scheduled to end on 27 September. Most of the matches of the Championship were played as day matches, although each team played one day-night match during the season.


2018 County Championship
In September 2018, the match between Somerset and Lancashire at Taunton finished as a tie. It was the first tie in a County Championship game since 2003, Somerset's first tied match since 1939 and Lancashire's first since 1952. By winning their game against Worcestershire between the 10th and 13 September, Surrey took an unassailable lead at the top of Division One, making them champions.


2018 County Championship, Teams
The 2018 Championship was divided into two divisions, Division One with eight teams and Division Two with 10. Teams in both divisions played a total of 14 games, with all Division One teams playing each other twice, while Division Two teams played five others twice and four once.


2018 County Championship, Results
Fixtures for the 2018 County Championship were announced on 29 November 2017, with the previous season's champions Essex beginning the defence of their title against Yorkshire at Headingley.


2018 County Championship, Results
In total, 56 matches were be played in Division One, with 70 played in Division Two.


2018 County Championship, Standings
Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.


2018 Coupe Banque Nationale
The 2018 Coupe Banque Nationale is a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 26th edition of the Tournoi de Québec and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the PEPS de l'Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada, from September 10 through September 16, 2018.


2018 Coupe Banque Nationale, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Coupe Banque Nationale, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player entered the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2018 Coupe Banque Nationale, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2018 Coupe Banque Nationale – Doubles
Tímea Babos and Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková were the defending champions, but neither player chose to defend their title.


2018 Coupe Banque Nationale – Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Maria Sanchez won the title defeating Darija Jurak and Xenia Knoll 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Coupe Banque Nationale – Singles
Alison Van Uytvanck was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2018 Coupe Banque Nationale – Singles
Pauline Parmentier won the title defeating Jessica Pegula in the final 7–5, 6–2.


2018 Coupe de Calédonie
The 2018 Coupe de Calédonie (also known as New Caledonia Cup) was the 63rd edition of the national cup in New Caledonian football. AS Magenta won the title beating Hienghène Sport in the final, earning the right to represent New Caledonia in the 2018–19 Coupe de France, entering the seventh round.


2018 Coupe de Calédonie, Round of 16
Competed by 12 teams of the 2018 New Caledonia Super Ligue and four teams which qualified from provincial competitions (one from Islands, one from North, two from South).


2018 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire
The 2018 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire is the 55th edition of the Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire, the knockout football competition of Côte d'Ivoire.


2018 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire
The tournament began with the preliminary round on 27 April 2018.


2018 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire
In the final on 24 June 2018, ASEC Mimosas defeated Stade d'Abidjan.


2018 Coupe de France Final
The 2018 Coupe de France Final was a football match between Les Herbiers VF and Paris Saint-Germain to decide the winner of the 2017–18 Coupe de France, the 101st season of the Coupe de France.


2018 Coupe de France Final
Paris Saint-Germain won the final 2–0 for their 4th consecutive and 12th overall Coupe de France title.


2018 Coupe de France Final, Background
The final was Les Herbiers' first. They upset many higher-level teams, such as Lens; however, they did not play any top-level teams en route to the final. Les Herbiers were the third team from the third division of French football to reach the final, after Nîmes, in 1996, and US Quevilly, in 2012. Both of these teams lost their matches, to Auxerre and Lyon respectively.


2018 Coupe de France Final, Background
Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain were the three-time defending champion, having been to 15 finals and winning 11. They defeated Angers 1–0 in the 2017 final.


2018 Coupe de France Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Frédéric HébrardHuseyin OcakFourth official:Hakim Ben El HadjVideo assistant referee:Benoît BastienAssistant video assistant referee:Jérôme Brisard


2018 Coupe de Madagascar
The 2018 Coupe de Madagascar is the 2018 edition of the Coupe de Madagascar, the knockout football competition of Madagascar.


2018 Coupe de Madagascar
In the final on 7 October 2018, ASSM Elgeco Plus defeated AS Adema.


2018 Coupe de la Ligue Final
The 2018 Coupe de la Ligue Final decided the winner of the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, the 24th season of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, a competition for the 42 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final took place on 31 March 2018 at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux in Bordeaux and was contested by reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, a rematch of the previous final.


2018 Coupe de la Ligue Final
Paris Saint-Germain won the final 3–0 for their 5th consecutive and 8th overall Coupe de la Ligue title.


2018 Coupe de la Ligue Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2018 Coupe de la Ligue Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Nicolas DanosCyril GringoreFourth official:Mikael LesageVideo assistant referee:Amaury DelerueAssistant video assistant referee:Nicolas Rainville


2018 Coupe du Congo (DR Congo)
The 2018 Coupe du Congo is the 54th edition of the Coupe du Congo, the knockout football competition of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


2018 Coupe du Congo (DR Congo), Provincial preliminaries
The following teams qualified for the final stage from the provincial preliminaries:


2018 Coupe du Congo (Republic of Congo)
The 2018 Coupe du Congo is the 34th edition of the Coupe du Congo, the knockout football competition of the Republic of the Congo.


2018 Coupe du Congo (Republic of Congo), Semifinals
AS Otôho                      awd La Mancha                     [awarded 3-0; abandoned at 2-0 on 26', La Mancha walked off after they had had two penalties awarded against them]


2018 Coupe du Faso
The 2018 Coupe du Faso is the 32nd edition of the Coupe du Faso (51st edition including earlier cup competitions), the knockout football competition of Burkina Faso.


2018 Coupe du Président de la République
The 2018 Coupe du Président de la République is the 41st edition of the Coupe du Président de la République, the knockout football competition of Mauritania.


2018 Coupe du Président de la République, Semifinals
ACS Ksar                    abd FC Nouadhibou           [abandoned at 0-0 in 50' due to power outage]


2018 Coupe du Togo
The 2018 Coupe du Togo is the 2018 edition of the Coupe du Togo, the knockout football competition of Togo.


2018 Coupe du Togo, First round, Région de Lomé
Entente II FC (Lomé)	 	    0-0 Etoile Filante FC (Lomé)		[4-3 pen]


2018 Coupe du Togo, First round, Région de Lomé
Centre de Formation AAFA 	    2-2 AS OTR (Lomé)				[4-1 pen]


2018 Coupe du Togo, First round, Région Maritime
Olympique Football Club (Vo) 	    2-3 Espoir Football Club de Zio (Tsévié)


2018 Coupe du Togo, First round, Région Centrale
Tchaoudjo Athletic Club FC (Sokodé) 1-1 Agouwa FC (Koussountou)			[5-4 pen]


2018 Coupe du Togo, First round, Région Centrale
Odalou FC (Kambolé)		    0-0 AC Sèmassi FC (Sokodé)			[2-4 pen]


2018 Coupe du Togo, Second round, Région de Lomé/Région Maritime
Dynamic Togolais FC (Lomé)	    0-0 Centre de Formation AAFA		[3-2 pen]


2018 Coupe du Togo, Second round, Région de Lomé/Région Maritime
Entente II FC (Lomé)		    0-1 Espoir Football Club de Zio (Tsévié)


2018 Coupe du Togo, Second round, Région Centrale
AC Sèmassi FC (Sokodé)		    2-1 US Koroki Metete FC (Tchamba)


2018 Coupe du Togo, Third round
AS Togo-Port (Lomé)		    1-0 Espoir Football Club de Zio (Tsévié)


2018 Coupe du Togo, Third round
Dynamic Togolais FC (Lomé)	    1-0 Tchaoudjo Athletic Club FC (Sokodé)


2018 Coupe du Togo, Semi-finals
Gomido FC (Kpalimé)		    1-1 AC Sèmassi FC (Sokodé)			[3-0 pen]


2018 Coventry City Council election
The 2018 Coventry City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Coventry City Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections.


2018 Coventry City Council election, Current Council seats
The table below shows a summary of the make-up of the City Council before the 3 May 2018 elections.


2018 Crawley Borough Council election
The 2018 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council, with no seats changing hands.


2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
The 2018 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that took place during March 2018 in Zimbabwe. It formed the final part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process for the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales. The top two teams, Afghanistan and the West Indies, qualified for the World Cup, joining the hosts and the seven teams who had already qualified through their ranking in the ICC ODI Championship. Afghanistan won the tournament, beating the West Indies by 7 wickets in the final. Afghanistan's Mohammad Shahzad was named the player of the match and Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza was named the player of the tournament.


2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
The tournament was initially scheduled to take place in Bangladesh, but in May 2017 it was reported that the event would instead be hosted elsewhere as Bangladesh were close to automatic qualification, and thus would not need to participate in this tournament. Three bids were under consideration: one from Zimbabwe, one from the United Arab Emirates and a joint-bid from Ireland and Scotland, who were the winners of the previous qualifier tournament.


2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
In October 2017, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Zimbabwe would host the event. In January 2018, the ICC confirmed all the fixtures and venues for the tournament. At the end of the tournament, the Netherlands (who won the ICC World Cricket League Championship) and the top three Associate Member teams earned One Day International (ODI) status until 2022.


2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Summary
Hosts Zimbabwe failed to reach the final and missed out on playing in the Cricket World Cup for the first time since 1983. As a result of their poor performance, Zimbabwe Cricket sacked all their coaching staff and their team captain, Graeme Cremer. Recently appointed Full Member side Ireland also missed the Cricket World Cup for the first time since 2007, and for the first time, no Associate Member qualified for the Cricket World Cup.


2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Summary
Following the conclusion of the group stage, Afghanistan, Ireland, Scotland, United Arab Emirates, West Indies and Zimbabwe had all progressed to the Super Sixes, with a chance to qualify for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Hong Kong, Nepal, Netherlands and Papua New Guinea did not qualify for the Super Sixes, but advanced to the playoffs to determine their final rankings in positions seven to ten. Both Scotland and the United Arab Emirates kept their ODI status until 2022, after reaching the Super Sixes.


2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Summary
Hong Kong, Nepal and Papua New Guinea competed for the final ODI status spot in the playoffs. In the first round of playoff matches, Nepal beat Papua New Guinea by 6 wickets and the Netherlands beat Hong Kong by 44 runs. Therefore, with the Netherlands already guaranteed ODI status at the end of the tournament, Nepal gained ODI status for the first time. With their defeats in the first playoff matches, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea both lost their ODI status and were relegated to Division Two of the World Cricket League. The fixture between Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea, for the ninth place playoff, was the 4,000th ODI match to be played.