Copa do Brasil draw sets up fifth-round ties
Copa do Brasil draw sets up fifth-round ties CBF held the draw for the matchups of the fifth phase of the men's Copa do Brasil on the afternoon of this Monday (23), at the entity's headquarters in Rio, and determined the order of home advantage for each of the 16 groups. The next phase will be played with home and away legs – this format will continue until the semifinals. The base date for the first leg matches is April 22, and for the second leg matches, May 13.
The fifth phase will feature 32 clubs: the 20 from Série A of the Brasileirão and the 12 qualified from the fourth phase. The 2026 edition of the Copa do Brasil set a record for participating teams: 126 in total. In the draw, the 32 teams were divided into two pots.
In pot A were the 16 highest-ranked teams in the CBF national ranking. The others were placed in pot B. Check out the matchups below.
On the left, in bold, are those who will have home advantage in the first match: Atlético-MG vs Ceará Goiás vs Cruzeiro Athletico-PR vs Atlético-GO Flamengo vs Vitória Grêmio vs Confiança Paysandu vs Vasco Fortaleza vs CRB Bahia vs Remo Botafogo vs Chapecoense Red Bull Bragantino vs Mirassol Barra-SC vs Corinthians Operário-PR vs Fluminense Palmeiras vs Jacuipense Athletic-MG vs Internacional Santos vs Coritiba São Paulo vs Juventude This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.