Taça das Favelas (Favela Cup)is a football competition between favela residents from across the city, It brings together more than 90,000 young people, and has three divisions: A, B and C - In 2015, there were 80 teams involved, 64 of which were male and 16 female.

The aim of the cup is to use sport to promote integration between communities as well as to discover hidden sporting talent - It looks to use sporting spaces as a way to involve all of Brazilian society in the mega-events that Brazil is playing host to and to increase the self-esteem of those involved.

The contest began in 2012, in which year the male cup was won by rocinha and the female cup by Fallet Fogueteiro - The 2015 cup took place in March and was awarded to Madre Miguel in the men's league, and Barata in the female league.