Série D: 14 more clubs qualify for the second round
· Yahoo Sports
The weekend round of Série D, the third-to-last of the group stage, qualified 14 more clubs for the knockout stage. There are now 21 teams in total with their place in the next phase of the competition secured. There are still two rounds left before the end of the opening stage.
In all, 64 clubs will advance to the knockout stage. Before the 8th round began, only seven teams had already secured a spot in the next phase: Gama, Uberlândia, Capital, ABC, Iguatu, Ferroviário and Sergipe.
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Over the weekend, Manauara and Nacional (Group A1), Guaporé (Group A2), Goiatuba (Group A4), Trem and Águia de Marabá (Group A5), América-RN (Group A8), Treze and Sergipe (Group A9), CSA (Group A10), Portuguesa-SP (Group A13), XV de Piracicaba (Group A14), and Marcílio Dias and Blumenau (Group A16) secured qualification.
For the first time, the 2026 Série D features 96 teams, a record for the competition. Divided into 16 groups of six, the four highest-scoring teams from each group advance to the next phase.
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