Teams
Federation ranking
The number of teams from each state was chosen based on the CBF State Ranking.Participating teams
The teams were: : :Competition format
In the first stage, 68 teams were divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. 32 teams (17 winners and 15 runners-up) qualified for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs.First stage
In the first stage, each group played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group and the best 15 runners-up qualified for the second stage. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2.Group A1
Group A2
Group A3
Group A4
Group A5
Group A6
:Group A7
Group A8
Group A9
Group A10
Group A11
Group A12
Group A13
Group A14
Group A15
Group A16
Group A17
Second stage
The Second stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised.Qualification and draw
The 32 qualifiers (17 group winners and 15 best performing group runners-up) were divided into two pots. Pot 1 contained the 16 best performing group winners. Pot 2 contained the worst performing group winner and the 15 qualifying group runners-up. In pot 1 the teams were numbered 1 to 16 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In pot 2 the teams were numbered 17 to 32 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In the case that one of the qualifying runners-up was from the same group as the worst performing group winner, both teams would be in pot 2 and the group winners would be numbered lower in sequence than the group runners-up. The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 14). To keep the draw regionalised Team 1 played Team 18, Team 2 played Team 17 and this pattern was repeated throughout the draw. The higher numbered team played at home in the first leg.Ranking of group winners
Ranking of group runners-up
Qualification pots
Ties
The matches were played from 15 to 23 June.Third stage
The third stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties were predetermined from the second stage, with the winners of second stage tie 1 playing the winners of second stage tie 2, etc. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.Ties
The matches were played from 30 June to 8 July.Final stages
The final stages were a two leg knockout competition with quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals rounds. The draw for the quarter-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played eighth, second played seventh, etc. The top four seeded teams played the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners were promoted to Série C for 2020. The draw for the semi-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played fourth, second played third. The top two seeded teams played the second leg at home. In the finals, the team with the best record in the competition played the second leg at home.Quarter-finals seedings
Quarter-finals ties
The matches were played from 13 to 21 July.Semi-finals seedings
Semi-finals ties
The matches were played from 28 July to 4 August.Finals seedings
Finals
The matches were played on 11 and 18 August. ----Top goalscorers
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie D Campeonato Brasileiro Série D seasons 2