Corinthians get Women’s Copa do Brasil opener foe Friday, can pocket R$1.1m | OneFootball

This Friday (15), Corinthians will learn their opponent for the third round of the 2026 Women’s Copa do Brasil. The draw will be held by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) at 3 p.m. (Brasília time), at Granja Comary, in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, and will also determine home-field rights for the next stage of the competition.

This year’s edition marks another chapter in the return of the Copa do Brasil to the national women’s football calendar. Reactivated in 2025 after nine seasons without being played, the tournament began offering bigger prize money to participating teams, including payments per round and million-real bonuses for the champion and runner-up.

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Corinthians enter directly in the third round because they compete in Série A1 of the Brazilian Women’s Championship. Just for participating at this stage, the club is already guaranteed a payment of R$ 80,000.

In total, the CBF will distribute prize money in every stage of the competition. The champion will receive R$ 1.1 million, while the runner-up will get R$ 550,000. If a team advances from the preliminary round all the way to the title, the accumulated amount can reach R$ 1.9 million.

The competition will be played in a knockout format. In the third round, the matchups will be decided in a single game, with a penalty shootout in the event of a draw in regular time. All clubs will be placed in a single pot for the draw, with no division by ranking or region.

In addition to Corinthians, other Série A1 teams also enter at this stage, such as Palmeiras, São Paulo, Flamengo, Ferroviária, Internacional and Cruzeiro. The clubs qualified from the previous rounds include teams from Série A2 and A3 of national women’s football.

Timão are trying to win their second trophy in the competition. The club lifted the trophy in 2016, still in partnership with Osasco Audax, after beating São José in the final. In the last edition, in 2025, Corinthians eliminated Cruzeiro and Juventude before being knocked out by São Paulo in the quarterfinals.

Last season’s campaign also reinforced the financial growth of Brazilian women’s football. Although still far from the amounts paid in the men’s tournament, the Women’s Copa do Brasil significantly increased its prize money compared to recent years.

For comparison, the maximum possible prize in the women’s tournament is still lower than the amount paid to men’s clubs just for reaching the fifth round of the Copa do Brasil. In the men’s competition, the champion can earn more than R$ 99 million in total revenue throughout the tournament.

Check out the prize money for the 2026 Women’s Copa do Brasil:

Corinthians’ possible opponents in the third round are:

Série A1 clubs

Clubs qualified from the previous rounds

The base date for the third round is set for May 27. The official dates and kickoff times for the matchups will still be announced by the CBF in the coming days.

Check out the schedule for the next stages of the competition:

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