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2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Season 2018
2017
2019

The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D will be a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition will start on 22 April and will end on 5 August 2018.

Sixty-eight teams will compete in the tournament. Sixty-four teams qualified from their state leagues and cups, and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (ASA, Macaé, Mogi Mirim and Moto Club).

Top four teams will be promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.

The following 68 teams qualified for the tournament:

In the first stage, 68 teams will be divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. The teams will play home and away against the other three teams in their group, a total of six games. The winner of each group plus the best 15 runners-up will qualify for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition will be played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs. The four semi-finalists will qualify for the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.


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