The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 68 clubs. The competition started on 12 June and is ended on 1 October. The four teams in the semifinals, CSA, Moto Club, São Bento and Volta Redonda were promoted to the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
Volta Redonda were champions, beating CSA in the final.
Competition format In the first stage, 68 teams were divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. The teams played home and away against the other three teams in their group, a total of six games. The winner of each group plus the best 15 runners-up qualified for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament. The four semi-finalists qualified for the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. The winners of the semifinals played the final over two legs to determine the champion.
First stage As at 17 July 2016 Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners advance to the Second stageBest group runners-up advance to the Second stage Group A1
Group A2
Group A3
Group A4
Group A5
Group A6
Group A7
Group A8
Group A9
Group A10
Group A11
Group A12
Group A13
Group A14
Group A15
Group A16
Group A17
Second stage The Second stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised.
Qualification and draw The 32 qualifiers (17 group winners and 15 best performing group runners-up) were divided into two pots. Pot 1 contained the 16 best performing group winners. Pot 2 contained the worst performing group winner and the 15 qualifying group runners-up. In pot 1 the teams were numbered 1 to 16 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In pot 2 the teams were numbered 17 to 32 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In the case that one of the qualifying runners-up was from the same group as the worst performing group winner, both teams would be in pot 2 and the group winner would be numbered lower in sequence than the group runner-up.
To keep the draw regionalised Team 1 would play Team 18, Team 2 would play Team 17 and this pattern was repeated throughout the draw. The higher numbered team would play at home in the first leg.
Ranking of group winners Ranking of group winners to determine the worst performing team to be placed into pot 2 was achieved by comparing 1) Points gained 2) Most victories 3) Best goal difference 4) Most goals scored 5) Sort.
Team 1 Altos 16 5 17 22 Pot 1 2 Ceilândia 15 5 13 19 Pot 1 3 Volta Redonda 14 4 10 11 Pot 1 4 Atlético Acreano 14 4 8 15 Pot 1 5 São Raimundo 13 4 13 15 Pot 1 6 Ituano 13 4 10 15 Pot 1 7 Princesa do Solimões 13 4 6 11 Pot 1 8 São Bento 13 4 6 7 Pot 1 9 Caldense 13 4 5 6 Pot 1 10 Uniclinic 12 3 6 11 Pot 1 11 CSA 11 3 7 13 Pot 1 12 Globo 11 3 7 11 Pot 1 13 J. Malucelli 11 3 4 8 Pot 1 14 Sete de Setembro 11 3 3 9 Pot 1 15 Águia de Marabá 11 3 2 7 Pot 1 16 Internacional de Lages 10 3 4 8 Pot 1 17 Campinense 10 3 2 7 Pot 2
Ranking of group runners-up Ranking of group runners-up to determine the 15 best performing teams to be placed into pot 2 was achieved by comparing 1) Points gained 2) Most victories 3) Best goal difference 4) Most goals scored 5) Sort.
Team 1 URT 13 4 7 10 Pot 2 2 Aparecidense 13 4 2 9 Pot 2 3 Itabaiana 11 3 5 10 Pot 2 4 Juazeirense 11 3 4 12 Pot 2 5 Anápolis 11 3 2 5 Pot 2 6 Palmas 10 3 3 13 Pot 2 7 América 10 3 2 9 Pot 2 8 Linense 10 3 0 7 Pot 2 9 Moto Club 10 2 6 8 Pot 2 10 Caxias 9 3 0 9 Pot 2 11 Parnahyba 9 2 5 11 Pot 2 12 Brusque 9 2 5 7 Pot 2 13 Náutico 9 2 2 9 Pot 2 14 Fluminense de Feira 9 2 1 9 Pot 2 15 Espírito Santo 8 2 1 4 Pot 2 16 Nacional 8 2 0 8 Eliminated 17 Portuguesa 7 2 -5 3 Eliminated
Qualification pots Pot 1Team 1 A1 Atlético Acreano 2 A2 Princesa do Solimões 3 A3 São Raimundo 4 A4 Águia de Marabá 5 A5 Altos 6 A6 CSA 7 A7 Globo 8 A8 Uniclinic 9 A10 Ceilândia 10 A11 Sete de Setembro 11 A12 Volta Redonda 12 A13 Caldense 13 A14 São Bento 14 A15 J. Malucelli 15 A16 Internacional de Lages 16 A17 ItuanoPot 2Team 17 A2 Palmas 18 A3 Náutico 19 A4 Moto Club 20 A5 Juazeirense 21 A6 Parnahyba 22 A7 América 23 A8 Itabaiana 24 A9 Campinense 25 A9 Fluminense de Feira 26 A10 Aparecidense 27 A11 Anápolis 28 A12 URT 29 A13 Espírito Santo 30 A15 Brusque 31 A16 Linense 32 A17 Caxias
Ties Matches took place between 23 July and 7 August.
Third stage The third stage was also a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties were predetermined from the second stage, with the winner of second stage tie 1 playing the winner of second stage tie 2, etc.
Ties First team in the draw has home advantage in the second leg.
Final stage The final stage was a two leg knockout competition with quarter-final, semi-final and final rounds. The draw for the quarter-final was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First would play eighth, second would play seventh, etc. The top four seeded teams would play the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners were promoted to Série C for 2017.
The draw for the semi-final was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First would play fourth, second would play third. The top two seeded teams would play the second leg at home.
In the final, the team with the best record in the competition would play the second leg at home.
Quarter final seedings Team 1 Atlético Acreano24103210 2 Volta Redonda2210163 3 São Bento2110112 4 CSA2010219 5 Ituano19102211 6 Itabaiana1810159 7 Fluminense de Feira1810149 8 Moto Club1710135
Quarter final ties
First team in the draw had home advantage in the second leg.
Semi finals seedings Team 1 Volta Redonda 2812216 2 São Bento2712142 3 CSA26122410 4 Moto Club2112178
Semi finals ties First team in the draw had home advantage in the second leg.
Final First team in the draw had home advantage in the second leg.
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