Coluna do Fla
·27 March 2026
Flamengo learn quarter-final dates and kick-off times in national cup

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·27 March 2026

The best team of the first stage of the Women’s Volleyball Superliga, Sesc RJ Flamengo will face eighth-placed Batavo Mackenzie for a spot in the semifinals. The matchup will be played in a ‘best-of-three’ series, and the opening clash takes place this Tuesday (31).
Having posted the best campaign in the Superliga, Flamengo will have the right to two home matches in the knockout stage. However, the Rubro-Negro side intends to ‘discard’ one of those games. After all, the first meeting is in Belo Horizonte, and Bernardinho’s team’s idea is to settle the series in Game 2, with no need for a tiebreaker match.
On December 19, Flamengo beat Mackenzie 3 sets to 1 in Belo Horizonte. The return matchup in the qualification stage was more recent, on Tuesday (24). In the final round, at Tijuca Tênis Clube, Mengão cruised to a 3-0 win.
If Flamengo confirms its favoritism and eliminates Mackenzie, the semifinal opponent will come from the clash between Minas Gerais side Praia Clube and São Paulo side Bauru. The teams face each other on Monday (30), Thursday (02) and, if necessary, Tuesday (07).
Together since 2020, Flamengo and Sesc have already won the Superliga in ‘other projects.’ The Rubro-Negro club was champion in 2000/01, in a thrilling final against Vasco. On the other hand, the Bernardinho-led project is the competition’s biggest winner, with 12 trophies.
However, the six-year partnership has yet to produce a Superliga title. Bernardinho’s last triumph came in 2016/17, when he was linked to Rexona/A
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