Dragões da Real finish 3rd, Independente stay in 2nd division | OneFootball

Ranked as one of the favorites to win the São Paulo Carnival championship, Dragões da Real came close, finishing just two-tenths behind the 1st place, but ended up in 3rd position after the results were announced on Tuesday afternoon (17th) at the Anhembi Sambadrome.

The Samba School supported by São Paulo fans finished with 269.6 points. The champion, Mocidade Alegre, scored 269.8 to claim the title for the 13th time in its history. Gaviões da Fiel took 2nd place.

Dragões put on a beautiful performance at the Sambadrome and received a lot of praise, including from Tricolor idol Lugano, who watched the parade and pointed to the group as one of the favorites. See images and the best moments of the school's show here.

Meanwhile, Independente Tricolor, which has the club's largest organized fanbase, remained in the Access Group, the second division of the São Paulo Carnival. The school was just 1 second late in closing its parade, which proved costly. See images by clicking here.

The mistake caused the School to be penalized by 0.2 in its final score, which ended at 269.3, leaving them in 4th place. Without the points deduction, the Tricolor group would have finished in 2nd place, securing their return to the Special Group, from which they were relegated in 2024.

In 2026, Independente Tricolor presented the theme ‘N’Goma – The first party on the morning of the world’, based on the story ‘Brazil Is Born from the Melancholy of Zambi’ by Luiz Antônio Simas, which tells the story of how Brazilian civilization was founded in the terreiros.

Meanwhile, Camisa 12, one of Corinthians’ fan groups, fared poorly in the Access Group and was relegated to the 3rd division of São Paulo. The School finished in last place and will compete in the Third Division in 2027.

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