CBF releases fixture list and ratings for Women's Brasileirão | OneFootball

The dates, times, and venues for the semifinals of the Brazilian Women’s Championship have been set. On Tuesday (8), the CBF released the detailed schedule for the third stage of the competition, with the first-leg matches taking place on the 12th and 15th, and the second-leg matches on September 19th and 21st.

Still in the race for the title are Flamengo, São Paulo, Bahia, and Corinthians. The matches will be played at Luso Brasileiro Stadium, Arena Fonte Nova, and Neo Química Arena — the venue for the return match between São Paulo and Flamengo is still to be confirmed.

TV Globo, SporTV, TV Brasil, N Sports, Ge TV, UOL, and CBF TV will broadcast the matches, which are gaining more and more space and viewership on free-to-air TV schedules. In two years, the number of broadcasters showing women’s competitions has doubled, going from four to eight (read more).

This year, the Brazilian Women’s Championship reached 29.5 million Brazilians (unique viewers) through TV Globo’s quarterfinal broadcasts alone, considering the full broadcast, including pre-match, live play, and post-match coverage.

In the last round, the matches between Grêmio and São Paulo and between Flamengo and Ferroviária drew around 19 million viewers — across both the first and second legs. Viewership surpassed the first-leg quarterfinal matches of the previous two years, with an 18% increase in the female audience.

According to CBF Competitions Director Julio Avellar, the Ibope data show both the challenge and the potential of the sport. “The audience figures are proof that there is enormous demand for women’s football in Brazil. The CBF, the federations, the clubs, athletes, and sponsors have a responsibility to turn this interest into an ever bigger, more structured, and more relevant product. Reaching nearly 30 million Brazilians through the competition’s quarterfinals alone on free-to-air TV shows that we are talking about a championship that already holds an important place in Brazilian football — and that still has plenty of room to grow.”

Check out the detailed schedule for the Brazilian Women’s Championship semifinals

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