CBF releases calendar for the Brazilian Women's Championship and Flamengo/Marinha debuts away from home
Mais Querido faces Iranduba at Arena da Amazônia; the competition will be in a new format
By Mariana Sa - in
Flamengo learned, on Tuesday morning (26), the path to the title of the Brazilian Women's Football Championship. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) officially released the complete table of the competition, which will start on March 17. In the first round, Rubro-Negro goes to Manaus to face Iranduba, at 18 pm (Brasília time), at Arena da Amazônia.
This will be Flamengo/Marinha's fifth appearance in the Brasileirão. Playing nationally since 2015, the red-and-black team won the title in 2016 and competed vigorously for the title in every edition. Last year, the team reached the semifinals. It's worth noting that Flamengo finished last year with the Campeonato Carioca title, its fourth since the partnership began.
new format
Starting this season, the competition format will be different from previous years. This time, all 16 teams will face each other in a single round, alternating between home and away matches. The top eight teams advance to the quarterfinals and so on until the final. In the knockout stage, all matches will be home and away.
Having been one of the top eight teams last season, the regulations state that Flamengo will play eight matches at home and seven away.
In a Women's World Cup year, the competition is scheduled to take a break between rounds nine and ten. Therefore, the Meninas da Gávea will play at the end of May and return only in July.
In addition to Flamengo, the participating teams are: Foz Cataratas/Athlético-PR, Ponte Preta, Kindermann/Avaí, Iranduba, Ferroviária, Audax-SP, Rio Preto, Santos, São Francisco-BA, São José-SP, Corinthians, Sport Recife (not yet confirmed), Vitória de Santo Antão-PE, Vitória-BA and Minas ICESP-DF.
Full calendar
17/03 (Sunday), at 18 pm: Iranduba-AM x Flamengo/Marinha at the Amazon Arena
23/03 (Saturday), at 15 pm: Flamengo/Marinha x Vitória-PE
26, 27 or 28/03 (Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday): São José-SP x Flamengo/Marinha
09, 10 or 11/04 (Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday): Flamengo/Marinha x Audax-SP
17, 18, 19, 20 or 21/04 (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday): Ponte Preta-SP x Flamengo/Marinha
23, 24 or 25/04 (Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday): Flamengo/Marinha x Ferroviária-SP
30/04, 01/02 or 05/XNUMX (Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday): Flamengo/Marinha x Sport-PE
08, 09, 10, 11 or 12/05 (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday): Santos-SP x Flamengo/Marinha
15, 16, 17, 18 or 19/05 (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday): Flamengo/Marinha x Vitória-BA
09, 10 or 11/07 (Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday): Internacional-RS x Flamengo/Marinha
13, 14 or 15/07 (Saturday, Sunday or Monday): Flamengo/Marinha x Minas/ICESP
16, 17 or 18/07 (Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday): Flamengo/Marinha x Foz Cataratas/Athlético-PR
20, 21 or 22/07 (Saturday, Sunday or Monday): Corinthians-SP x Flamengo/Marinha
27, 28 or 29/07 (Saturday, Sunday or Monday): Kindermann/Avaí-SC x Flamengo/Marinha
03 or 04/08 (Saturday or Sunday): Flamengo/Marinha x São Francisco-BA
Quarterfinals: August 18th and 25th (Sunday)
Semifinals: 08 and 15/09 (Sunday)
Final: 13th and 20th October (Sunday)