The 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A-2 is the 5th season of the
Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 (Brazilian Women's National Championship Second Level) is an annual Brazilian women's club football tournament organized by the CBF.
The semi-finalists are promoted to Campeonato Brasi ...
, the second level of women's football in Brazil. The tournament is organized by the
Brazilian Football Confederation
The Brazilian Football Confederation ( pt, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country ...
(CBF). It started on 15 May and scheduled to end on 5 September 2021.
It is played by 36 teams, which qualified through state championships or other tournaments held by each of the state federations, and also by the men's
CBF ranking The CBF Rankings are football rankings produced by the ''CBF'', the Brazilian Football Confederation. The Ranking Nacional de Federações determines how many berths each state federation receives in Copa do Brasil, Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, ...
. This last criterion exists because of the requirement that, as of
2019
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, all
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...
teams in men's football a professional and youth soccer team, either in its own structure or by partnership.
Format
In the first stage, the teams were divided into six groups of six teams each. Each group was played on a single
round-robin basis. The top two teams of each group and the best third-placed teams advanced to the round od 16.
Starting from the round of 16, the teams will play a
single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
on a home-and-away
two-legged
In sports (particularly association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum o ...
basis. The teams qualified for the semifinals will be promoted to
2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino Série A1
Tiebreaker criteria
In case of a tie in points between two clubs, the tie-breaking criteria will be applied in the following order:
# Number of wins
# Goal balance
# Goals scored
# Number of red cards
# Number of yellow cards
# Prize draw
Teams
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
Final stages
Bracket
Round of 16
''Red Bull Bragantino won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.''
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''Athletico Paranaense won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.''
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''Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Real Ariquemes won on penalties and advanced to quarter-finals.''
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''ESMAC won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.''
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''América Mineiro won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.''
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''Atlético Mineiro won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.''
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''Ceará won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.''
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''Tied 1–1 on aggregate, CRESSPOM won on penalties and advanced to quarter-finals.''
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Quarter-finals
''Tied 4–4 on aggregate, Red Bull Bragantino won on penalties and advance to the semi-finals.''
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''ESMAC won 3–2 on aggregate and advance to the semi-finals.''
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''Atlético Mineiro won 3–1 on aggregate and advance to the semi-finals.''
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''CRESSPOM won 2–0 on aggregate and advance to the semi-finals.''
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Semi-finals
''Bragantino won 3–1 on aggregate and advance to the Finals.''
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''Atlético Mineiro won 2–0 on aggregate and advance to the Finals.''
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Finals
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Final classification
References
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Women's football leagues in Brazil
2021 in Brazilian football