CBF tweaks Brazilian football calendar for Copa do Brasil run-in in 2025 | OneFootball

This Saturday, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced changes for the final stretch of the 2025 calendar. The end dates for the Brasileirão and the Copa do Brasil final have been altered. The organization stated that the adjustment is intended to favor a possible participant in the Intercontinental Cup in December.

The main change in the new schedule is the alteration of rounds 27 through 38 of the Brasileirão. Initially, these matches were scheduled to begin on October 15 and run until December 21. Now, the games have been moved up, changing the end date of the Brasileirão to December 7, two weeks earlier than the originally set date.

As a result, the end of the Copa do Brasil has been postponed. The tournament was expected to finish on November 9, but now the competition will conclude on December 21.

Check out the comparison between the old and new calendars. (Photo: Reproduction / CBF)

With the date changes, the CBF also announced that the draw for the home team in the Copa do Brasil finals will take place on December 10, which is also the date of the first leg of the tournament’s semifinal.

Flamengo, Palmeiras, and São Paulo, the only Brazilian teams still alive in the Libertadores, benefit from the change. With the new end date for the Brasileirão, if any of these teams win the continental tournament, which ends on November 29, they will be able to focus solely on the Intercontinental, scheduled for December 10, after the conclusion of the Brazilian Championship.

The three teams have also already been eliminated from the Copa do Brasil. Therefore, they are not affected by the changes in the knockout tournament.

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