The 2025 Copa do Brasil (officially the Copa Betano do Brasil 2025 for sponsorship reasons) is the 37th edition of Brazil's
domestic cup
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, the
Copa do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil () is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and it is the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de Portugal, ...
. It is held from 18 February to 9 November 2025.
Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...
are the defending champions.
Qualified teams
Each state league received a number of berths based on their
state ranking. The states chose how to distribute those berths between league placements and state cup champions. Teams in bold enter the competition in the third round.
Schedule
On 12 November 2024,
CBF published the 2025 Copa do Brasil schedule:
Single-legged rounds
The draw for the first and second rounds was held on 7 February 2025 at the CBF headquarters in
Rio de Janeiro
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. Teams were seeded into eight groups as per their
national ranking. Matches were drawn using pot A vs E, B vs F, C vs G, and D vs H; lower-ranked teams host the match in the first round.
;Draw
First round
The first round was contest by 80 teams and they played between 18 and 27 February 2025, in a
single knock-out match format. The 40 winning teams advanced to the second round.
Second round
The second round was contest by the 40 teams qualified from the first round and they played between 4 and 13 March 2025, in a single knock-out match format. The 20 winning teams advanced to the third round.
Two-legged rounds
Third round
The draw for the third round was held on 9 April 2025 at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The 20 teams qualified from the previous round additionally to the 12 teams that will be enter from this round were placed into two pots, seeded by their
national ranking, and then drawn into 16 ties. The competition from this round onwards will be played on a home-and-away
two-legged
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basis. The winning teams advanced to the round of 16.
;Draw
;Matches
The third round pairings are:
;First leg
;Second leg
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 2 June 2025 at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The 16 teams qualified from the previous round was placed into a single pot and then drawn into eight ties. The winning teams advanced to the quarter-finals.
;Draw
;Matches
The round of 16 pairings are:
;First leg
;Second leg
References
{{2025 in South American football (CONMEBOL)
2025 in Brazilian football
Copa do Brasil seasons
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