"Brasileirão" - Highest league of women's football in Brazil

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Founded: 2013

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Teams: 16

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2021 Regular Season: 17 April - 24 June

2021 Playoffs: 15 August - 26 September

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Match rounds: 15

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Total matches: 134 (120 +14 playoff games)

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2021 Playoffs: Top eight teams from regular season.

Quarter-finals - home and away game for each team. Same goes for semi-finals and the final.

1st and 2nd placed team from regular season go directly to the championship semi-finals. 

4th placed team will face 6th placed team and 3d placed team against 5th from there will be decided the last semifinalists.

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Promotion: Top four from Brasileiro A2

Relegation: Bottom four to Brasileiro A2

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Current champions: Corinthians (2nd title)

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2020 Top scorer: Carla Nunes (12 goals)

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Most championships: Ferroviária & Corinthians (2 titles each)

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Qualification to Copa Libertadores: 3 spots (2021 edition)

1. The Brasileiro champions

2. The top four ranked countries (according to the historical achievements of the clubs in the Copa Libertadores) receive another spot (Brazil is one of them)

3. The country of the team which is the recent champions also receive another spot (Ferroviária won 2020)

Photo source: Twitter: @realbrasiliaofc @saojoseecfem