2026 Brasileirão Feminino: format, title favourites and where to watch | OneFootball

The 2026 Women's Brasileirão kicks off this Thursday, with Flamengo and Mixto opening the national competition calendar at 9 PM (Brasília time) at the Eurico Gaspar Dutra Stadium in Cuiabá. The competition will run until October 4.

With that, Gazeta Esportiva has outlined where to watch, information about the national competition, and the favorites for the 2026 title.

Format

The first Brasileirão was held in 2013 with 20 clubs. This year, the Women's Brazilian Championship will feature 18 teams, two more than the previous edition, totaling 167 matches. The system is a single round in the first phase, with the top eight teams advancing to the quarterfinals. In the knockout stage, the matches are played home and away until the final.

Clubs

The teams promoted from A2 to A1 were Santos, Botafogo, Atlético-MG, and Fortaleza. In addition to them, Vitória and Mixto inherited the spots of Real Brasília and Fortaleza itself in the elite.

Clubs like América-MG, Bahia, Bragantino, Corinthians, Cruzeiro, Ferroviária, Flamengo, Fluminense, Grêmio, Internacional, Juventude, Palmeiras, Real Brasília, and São Paulo will also compete for the 2026 Brasileirão title.

Recent Champions

The current champion and the tournament's most successful team, Corinthians, is seeking its eighth title, the seventh in a row. The Brabas were champions in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2018.

In 2019, Ferroviária broke Timão's dominance and lifted the trophy for the second time in its history, the first being in 2014.

The first champion of the Women's Brasileirão was Centro Olímpico, which defeated São José with an aggregate score of 4-3.

Santos in 2017, Flamengo in 2016, and Rio Preto in 2015 also have one title each.

Where to Watch

All matches will be broadcast live, according to the CBF. TV Brasil, TV Globo, SporTV, NSports, and GeTV will be responsible for the broadcasts.

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Favorites for 2026

Despite starting the season with a loss to Palmeiras in the Supercup, Corinthians is the main favorite for this year's Women's Brasileirão title. Led by Lucas Piccinato, the team features standout players like Vic Albuquerque and Gabi Zanotti.

Rival Palmeiras has been growing in the sport and also appears among the favorites, having won, in addition to the Supercup, the 2025 Women's Paulista Championship. Rosana Augusto's team includes athletes like Bia Zaneratto and Poliana.

Cruzeiro also enters the title race strongly. In the last edition, they finished with the best campaign in the first phase, with 11 wins, three draws, and only one loss. In the final against Corinthians, the Cabulosas were defeated with an aggregate score of 3-2.

Prizes

Each club participating in the first phase will receive R$ 720,000, double the amount distributed in 2025. The champion will receive R$ 2 million, while the runner-up will get R$ 1 million, both higher than last season's prizes, which were R$ 1.8 million for the champion and R$ 900,000 for the runner-up.

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