 Several inter-state club championships have been held along the decades, such as the Torneio Rio-São Paulo (1933-1966, 1993, 1997-2002), Copa Centro-Oeste (1999-2002), Copa Norte (1997-2002), Copa Sul-Minas (2000-2002), Copa do Nordeste (held intermittently since 1994), Copa Verde (since 2014), and Primeira Liga (2016-2017).The Copa do Brasil is contested between the winners and best placed clubs of the previous season state championships, and by the best placed clubs in the CBF ranking.From 2013, it is played between the months of April and November.