2022 Copa do Brasil
The 2022 Copa do Brasil (officially the Copa Intelbras do Brasil 2022 for sponsorship reasons)[1] is the 34th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. It will be held between 23 February and 19 October 2022.[2]
| Country |  Brazil |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 February – 19 October |
| Teams | 92 |
← 2021 2023 →
All statistics correct as of 27 October 2021. | |
The competition is contested by 92 teams, either qualified by participating in their respective state championships (70), by the 2022 CBF ranking (10), by the 2021 Copa do Nordeste (1), by the 2021 Copa Verde (1), by the 2021 Série B (1), by the 2021 Série A (1) or those qualified for 2022 Copa Libertadores (8).
The winners of the 2022 Copa do Brazil will qualify for the 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage and 2023 Supercopa do Brasil.
Format changes
92 teams contest the competition and twelve teams advance directly to the third round.
Qualified teams
Teams in bold were qualified directly for the third round.
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Format
The competition is a single-elimination tournament, the first two rounds are played as a single match and the rest are played as a two-legged ties. Twelve teams enter in the third round, which are teams qualified for 2022 Copa Libertadores (9), Série B champions, Copa Verde champions and Copa do Nordeste champions. The remaining 80 teams play in the first round, the 40 winners play the second round, and the 20 winners play the third round. Finally, the sixteen third round winners advance to the round of 16.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows:[3]
| Stage | First leg | Second leg | ||
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| First round |
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| Second round |
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| Third round | 20 April | 11 May | ||
| Round of 16 | 22 June | 13 July | ||
| Quarter-finals | 27 July | 17 August | ||
| Semi-finals | 24 August | 14 September | ||
| Finals | 12 October | 19 October | ||
Draw
The draw for the first and second rounds will be held on TBD, --:-- at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Teams were seeded by their CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The 80 qualified teams were divided in eight groups (A-H) with 10 teams each. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. E; B vs. F; C vs. G; D vs. H. The lower-ranked teams hosted the first round match.
References
- "CBF lança Copa Intelbras do Brasil 2021" (in Portuguese). CBF. 9 March 2021.
- "CBF apresenta calendário do futebol brasileiro em 2022" [CBF presents the calendar of the Brazilian football in 2022] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- "CALENDÁRIO DO FUTEBOL BRASILEIRO 2022" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.