⚠️ CBF brings Brasileirão to an early close, Copa do Brasil final postponed

The Brazilian Championship 2025 will no longer end on December 21.

The CBF has modified this season's calendar to advance the end of the competition.

Official decision made on Saturday (23).

Now, the final round of the competition will be played on the 7th of the same month.

The measure was taken considering the possibility of one of the three Brazilian teams still alive in the Libertadores (Flamengo, Palmeiras or São Paulo) winning the tournament and needing to play the Intercontinental Cup, which still has no defined venue.

Such change in the Brazilian Championship impacted the dates of the semi-finals and final of the Brazil Cup. Now the knockout tournament will have its decision on December 21.

Flamengo, Palmeiras or São Paulo are no longer competing in the tournament, which "paved the way" for the change to be made by the entity.

Last year, Botafogo sealed the Brazilian Championship victory in the last round, played on December 8.

And had to travel immediately to Qatar to face Pachuca on the 11th, for the "Derby of the Americas" of the Intercontinental Cup - they were eliminated after losing 3 x 0.

Initially, the Brazilian Championship 2025 would end "almost in 2026" due to the stoppage for the Club World Cup.

The champion of the current Libertadores will face Cruz Azul, from Mexico, for the title of the aforementioned "Derby of the Americas" and a place in the final play-off, the "Challenger Cup". PSG is already in the decision.

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