The 2022
Campeonato Mineiro
Campeonato Mineiro is the state football league of the state of Minas Gerais and is controlled by the Minas Gerais Football Federation FMF (Federação Mineira de Futebol).
The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: befor ...
(officially Campeonato Mineiro SICOOB 2022 – Módulo I for sponsorship reasons)
was the 108th edition of the state championship of
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...
organized by the
FMF. The competition started on 26 January and ended on 3 April 2022.
Atlético Mineiro
Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to:
Sports Teams Athletico
*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
successfully defended its bi-championship and earned the 47th title.
Format
First stage
The 2022 Módulo I first stage was contested by 12 clubs in a single
round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
. The four best-placed teams qualified for the final stage and the bottom two teams will be relegated to the 2023 Módulo II.
The three best-placed teams not already qualified for the 2023 seasons of the
Série A,
Série B or
Série C, gained berths in the
Série D. The four best-placed teams qualified for the
2023 Copa do Brasil
The 2023 Copa do Brasil (officially the Copa Betano do Brasil 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 35th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. It was held between 21 February and 24 September 2023.
The competition was contested by 92 ...
. If a team qualified for the Copa do Brasil by other means, its berth would be awarded to the Troféu Inconfidência champions.
Knockout stage
The knockout phase will be played between the 4 best placed teams from the previous phase in a
two-handed tie in the semi-finals, where the team with the best seed will win the right to choose the order of the legs. The final, from this edition onwards, will take place in a single match on neutral ground. The
away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
will not be used, and if two teams tied for higher aggregate goals, the highest ranked team would advance.
Troféu Inconfidência
The Inconfidência Trophy will be disputed between the teams from 5th to 8th placed in the previous phase. The semi-finals will be
two-handed tie and the final will be played in a single game.
Participating teams
First stage
Troféu Inconfidência
Bracket
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
Group F
Group G
Final
Top goalscorers
References
External links
Campeonato Mineiro Official Website
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Campeonato Mineiro seasons
Mineiro
Mineiro (), Mineirês, or the Brazilian mountain dialect ( pt, montanhês), is the Brazilian Portuguese term for the characteristic accent spoken in the heart of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, and also in its capital, Belo Horizonte, and ...
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