2022 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3

The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3 (officially the Brasileirão Feminino Binance A-3 2022 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the first season of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3, the third level of women's football in Brazil. The tournament was organized by CBF. It started on 11 June and ended on 28 August 2022.^[2]

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3

Season	2022
Dates	11 June – 28 August
Champions	AD Taubaté (1st title)
Promoted	3B da Amazônia Sport AD Taubaté Vila Nova/UNIVERSO
Matches played	62
Goals scored	177 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jhonson (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 6–1 Rio Branco Round of 32, 2nd leg, 18 June
Biggest away win	CRB 1–6 VF4 Round of 32, 1st leg, 13 June
Highest scoring	8 goals Toledo 5–3 Coritiba/Imperial Round of 32, 2nd leg, 19 June
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The competition was contested by 32 teams, either qualified by participating in their respective state championships (27) or by the 2022 men's CBF ranking (5). The four semi-finalists, 3B da Amazônia, Sport, AD Taubaté and Vila Nova/UNIVERSO, were promoted to the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2.^[3]

AD Taubaté defeated 3B da Amazônia 3–2, on aggregate, in the finals to win their first title.^[4]

Format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with each round contested a home-and-away two-legged basis. The highest-ranked-federation team in the 2022 Women's State Ranking hosted the second leg. If the teams belonged to the same federation the highest-ranked team in the 2022 Women's Club Ranking would host the second leg. The first rounds were organized regionally.

If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 14).

The four semi-finalists were promoted to the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2.^[5]

Teams

3B da Amazônia

Abelhas Rainhas

Atlético Goianiense

Barcelona

Cabofriense

Coritiba/Imperial

CRB

Criciúma

Cuiabá

Doce Mel

Estanciano

Flamengo de
São Pedro

Ipatinga

Juventude

Legião

Menina Olímpica

Mixto

Náutico

Operário

Paraíso

Realidade Jovem

Remo

Rio Branco

São Raimundo

Sport

AD Taubaté

Toledo

União/ABC

VF4

Vila Nova/UNIVERSO

Vila Nova-ES

Ypiranga-AP

Location of teams in 2022 Série A3

Federation ranking

The number of teams from each state was chosen based on the CBF Women's State Ranking. Originally four teams would qualify via 2022 Men's Club Ranking (RNC) but as Maranhão championship was cancelled, a fifth team qualified via RNC.

Rank Federation Coeff. Teams Notes 1 São Paulo 69,072 2 2 Rio de Janeiro 19,828 1 3 Santa Catarina 17,112 4 Rio Grande do Sul 15,892 +1 (RNC) 5 Bahia 15,368 6 Distrito Federal 12,720 7 Minas Gerais 12,684 8 Pernambuco 11,344 +1 (RNC) 9 Amazonas 9,920 10 Paraná 8,308 +1 (RNC) 11 Ceará 6,816 12 Pará 6,124 13 Goiás 5,552 +1 (RNC) 14 Maranhão[1] 3,776 0 15 Piauí 3,700 1 16 Paraíba 3,548 17 Alagoas 3,456 18 Rondônia 3,448 19 Espírito Santo 3,240 20 Acre 3,192 Mato Grosso do Sul Tocantins Rio Grande do Norte Amapá Sergipe 26 Mato Grosso 2,968 +1 (RNC) 27 Roraima 2,280

¹ The 2021 Campeonato Maranhense Feminino was cancelled. The Maranhão berth was granted, via men's RNC, to Paraná.

Participating teams

Federation	Team	Home city	Qualification method
Acre	Rio Branco	Rio Branco	2021 Campeonato Acreano Feminino champions
Alagoas	CRB	Maceió	2021 Campeonato Alagoano Feminino champions
Amapá	Ypiranga-AP	Macapá	2021 Campeonato Amapaense Feminino champions
Amazonas	3B da Amazônia	Manaus	2021 Campeonato Amazonense Feminino champions
Bahia	Doce Mel	Cruz das Almas	2021 Campeonato Baiano Feminino runners-up
Ceará	Menina Olímpica	Fortaleza	2021 Campeonato Cearense Feminino 3rd place
Distrito Federal	Legião	Brasília	2021 Campeonato Brasiliense Feminino 4th place
Espírito Santo	Vila Nova-ES	Vila Velha	2021 Campeonato Capixaba Feminino champions
Goiás	Vila Nova/UNIVERSO	Goiânia	2021 Campeonato Goiano Feminino champions
	Atlético Goianiense	Goiânia	best placed team in the 2022 Men´s CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso	Mixto	Cuiabá	2021 Campeonato Mato-Grossense Feminino champions
	Cuiabá	Cuiabá	3rd best placed team in the 2022 Men´s CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul	Operário	Campo Grande	2021 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense Feminino champions
Minas Gerais	Ipatinga	Ipatinga	2021 Campeonato Mineiro Feminino 4th place
Pará	Remo	Belém	2021 Campeonato Paraense Feminino champions
Paraíba	VF4	João Pessoa	2021 Campeonato Paraibano Feminino champions
Paraná	Toledo	Toledo	2021 Campeonato Paranaense Feminino runners-up
	Coritiba/Imperial[a]	Curitiba	5th best placed team in the 2022 Men´s CBF ranking not already qualified
Pernambuco	Náutico	Recife	2021 Campeonato Pernambucano Feminino champions
	Sport	Recife	2nd best placed team in the 2022 Men´s CBF ranking not already qualified
Piauí	Abelhas Rainhas[b]	Picos	2021 Campeonato Piauiense Feminino runners-up
Rio de Janeiro	Cabofriense	Cabo Frio	2021 Campeonato Carioca Feminino 5th place
Rio Grande do Norte	União/ABC	Extremoz/Natal	2021 Campeonato Potiguar Feminino champions
Rio Grande do Sul	Flamengo de São Pedro	Tenente Portela	2021 Campeonato Gaúcho Feminino 3rd place
	Juventude[c]	Caxias do Sul	4th best placed team in the 2022 Men´s CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia	Barcelona	Vilhena	2021 Campeonato Rondoniense Feminino runners-up
Roraima	São Raimundo	Boa Vista	2021 Campeonato Roraimense Feminino champions
Santa Catarina	Criciúma	Criciúma	2021 Campeonato Catarinense Feminino runners-up
São Paulo	AD Taubaté	Taubaté	2021 Campeonato Paulista Feminino 8th place
	Realidade Jovem	São José do Rio Preto	2021 Campeonato Paulista Feminino 9th place
Sergipe	Estanciano	Estância	2021 Campeonato Sergipano Feminino champions
Tocantins	Paraíso	Paraíso do Tocantins	2021 Campeonato Tocantinense Feminino champions

^a As the 2021 Campeonato Maranhense Feminino was not played, the Maranhão berth was granted to Vitória via 2022 Men´s CBF ranking. However they did not confirm their participation before the deadline and were excluded.^[6] Finally the berth was granted to Coritiba/Imperial.^[7]

^b Teresina (2021 Campeonato Piauiense Feminino champions) declined to participate in the Série A3. They were replaced by the runners-up Abelhas Rainhas.^[8]

^c Chapecoense qualified for the Série A3 via 2022 Men´s CBF ranking but declined to participate. They were replaced by Juventude.^[9]

Round of 32

The matches were played from 11 to 26 June 2022.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Realidade Jovem	1–4	AD Taubaté	0–2	1–2
Vila Nova-ES	3–1	Cabofriense	1–1	2–0
Ipatinga	4–3	Criciúma	3–1	1–2
Juventude	1–5	Flamengo de São Pedro	1–2	0–3
Operário	0–6	Legião	0–2	0–4
Coritiba/Imperial	4–8	Toledo	1–3	3–5
Vila Nova/UNIVERSO	3–2	Atlético Goianiense	2–0	1–2
Cuiabá	2–5	Mixto	1–1	1–4
Estanciano	2–4	Doce Mel	2–1	0–3
Náutico	1–4	Sport	1–1	0–3
CRB	2–9	VF4	1–6	1–3
União/ABC	4–1	Menina Olímpica	4–0	0–1
Paraíso	4–2	Abelhas Rainhas	2–1	2–1
Ypiranga-AP	4–3	Remo	2–1	2–2
São Raimundo	2–5	3B da Amazônia	2–2	0–3
Rio Branco	1–10	Barcelona	0–4	1–6

Round of 16

The matches were played from 2 to 10 July 2022.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vila Nova-ES	2–5	AD Taubaté	1–2	1–3
Ipatinga	3–1	Flamengo de São Pedro	2–0	1–1
Toledo	4–3	Legião	2–1	2–2
Mixto	2–3	Vila Nova/UNIVERSO	0–1	2–2
Sport	2–1	Doce Mel	1–0	1–1
União/ABC	1–3	VF4	0–1	1–2
Ypiranga-AP	0–0 (8–7 p)	Paraíso	0–0	0–0
Barcelona	1–4	3B da Amazônia	0–1	1–3

Quarter-finals

The matches were played from 16 to 24 July 2022.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ipatinga	1–4	AD Taubaté	0–3	1–1
Vila Nova/UNIVERSO	3–2	Toledo	2–0	1–2
VF4	2–4	Sport	0–2	2–2
Ypiranga-AP	0–2	3B da Amazônia	0–1	0–1

Semi-finals

The matches were played from 6 to 14 August 2022.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vila Nova/UNIVERSO	0–3	AD Taubaté	0–1	0–2
3B da Amazônia	4–2	Sport	2–0	2–2

Finals

The matches were played on 20 and 28 August 2022.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
3B da Amazônia	2–3	AD Taubaté	2–0	0–3

3B da Amazônia	2–0	AD Taubaté
Karol Cardozo 49' Paulinha 66'	Report

20 August 2022

16:00

Estádio Ismael Benigno, Manaus

Referee: Elaine da Silva Melo (Pará)

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AD Taubaté	3–0	3B da Amazônia
Bárbara Santos 13' Baiana 44' (pen.) Keke 49'	Report

28 August 2022

15:00

Joaquinzão, Taubaté

Referee: Francielly Fernanda Lima de Castro (Minas Gerais)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jhonson	Toledo	7
2	Aline Rosa	AD Taubaté	5
3	Ana Keyla	Legião	4
	Bia	Mixto
	Cacá	AD Taubaté
	Larissa Santos	3B da Amazônia
	Layza	Sport
	Letícia Nunes	Ipatinga
	Lu Meireles	VF4

Source: CBF

References

1. "Binance fecha com CBF e patrocinará Brasileirão e futebol feminino" (in Portuguese). MKT Esportivo. 9 May 2022.
2. "BRASILEIRÃO FEMININO BINANCE A3 – TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2022" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 29 August 2022.
3. "Brasileiro Feminino: Vila Nova faz no fim e garante acesso à Série A2" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. 24 July 2022.
4. "Taubaté é campeão do Brasileiro Feminino Binance A-3" (in Portuguese). CBF. 28 August 2022.
5. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino Binance A3 – 2022" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 8 June 2022.
6. "Após dispensar jogadoras, Vitória reativa futebol feminino com apoio de novo patrocinador" (in Portuguese). Globo. 25 April 2022.
7. "Coritiba/Imperial deverá disputar Campeonato Brasileiro A3 e Sub-20 Feminino em 2022" (in Portuguese). Rede Coxa. 12 April 2022.
8. "Teresina desiste da Série A3, e Abelhas Rainhas herdam vaga no Brasileiro feminino; veja rival" (in Portuguese). Globo. 2 June 2022.
9. "Juventude confirma participação no Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A3" (in Portuguese). GZH. 6 April 2022.