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's top professional football league. The competition is scheduled to start on 3 February 2022, although dates beyond the first phase are not yet fixed due to potential clashes with

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and

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. Campinense are defending champions, after winning the

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final against Sousa.

Format

The competition is divided into a number of stages; a group phase, a repechage, a semi-final, a final and a third-place play-off. In the group phase, the ten teams are divided into two groups of five, and play the other teams in their group home and away. The teams finishing top in each group qualify directly for the semi-final. The teams finishing bottom of each group are relegated to the second division. In the repechage, the second placed team in each group plays the third placed team in the other group in a single game. The winners of the two matches qualify for the semi-finals. The semi-final and final will be played over two legs, with a penalty shoot-out to decide the tie if results are level after the two legs. The semi-finals will pair the winner of each group phase with the winner of the repechage match featuring the third-placed team from the same group. In the final, the team with the best record in the competition to date will be designated the home team for the second leg. The third-place play-off will be a single match, with extra time and penalties if required.

Qualification

The two finalists will qualify to participate in the

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, unless they obtain qualification via other means, in which case the place passes to the third-placed team. The champion will qualify to participate in the

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. The two best placed teams (other than those already participating in a national league) will qualify to participate in the

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Participating teams

Group phase

Group A

Group B

References

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