The 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3 (officially the Brasileirão Feminino Binance A3 2023 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the second season of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3, the third level of women's football in Brazil. The tournament was organized by CBF. It started on 21 April and ended on 25 June 2023.[2]
Thirty-two teams competed in the tournament. Twenty-eight qualified from their state leagues and four relegated from the 2022 Série A2 (Aliança/Goiás, CEFAMA, Iranduba and Vasco da Gama).[3] As the Federação Amazonense de Futebol suspended the Iranduba men's team for two years due to their possible involvement in match-fixing, the Iranduba women's team was expelled from the Série A3. They were replaced by VF4 (2022 Série A3 fifth place).[4]
Mixto defeated Remo 4–0, on aggregate, in the finals to win their first title.[6]
Format
The competition was a single-elimination tournament with each round contested a home-and-away two-legged basis. The first rounds were organized regionally.
In the round of 32, the highest-ranked team in the 2023 Women's Club Ranking hosted the second leg. If the teams had the same rank the highest-ranked-federation team in the 2023 Women's State Ranking would host the second leg.
Starting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Overall goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards in the tournament; 5. Fewest yellow cards in the tournament; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).
If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 14).
The number of teams from each state was chosen based on the CBF Women's State Ranking (WSR), with São Paulo having two berths, and the other states with one berth each.
1Since some teams declined to participate or were excluded, the Goiás, Rondônia and Rio Grande do Norte berths were granted to Distrito Federal, Amazonas and Bahia, respectively, through the CBF Women's State Ranking.
bOriginally, Porto Velho (2022 Campeonato Rondoniense Feminino runners-up) qualified for the Série A3, however, CBF announced that the 2022 Campeonato Rondoniense Feminino did not meet the requirements as qualification tournament.[9] CBF awarded the berth, via Women's State Ranking, to Penarol (2022 Campeonato Amazonense Feminino 3rd place).[10] However, Penarol declined to participate and they were replaced by Tarumã (2022 Campeonato Amazonense Feminino 5th place).[11]
cOriginally, União/ABC (2022 Campeonato Potiguar Feminino champions) qualified for the Série A3, however, CBF announced that the 2022 Campeonato Potiguar Feminino did not meet the requirements as qualification tournament.[12] CBF awarded the berth, via Women's State Ranking, to Astro (2022 Campeonato Baiano Feminino 3rd place).[10]
dAtletas de Jesus (2022 Campeonato Goiano Feminino 3rd place) declined to participate in the Série A3.[13] They were replaced, via Women's State Ranking, by Ceilândia (2022 Campeonato Brasiliense Feminino 5th place).[14]
eAs the Federação Amazonense de Futebol suspended the Iranduba men's team for two years due to their possible involvement in match-fixing, the Iranduba women's team (2022 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 14th place) was expelled from the Série A3. They were replaced by VF4 (2022 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3 5th place).[15]
Round of 32
The matches were played from 21 April to 2 May 2023.
