The CBF Rankings are football rankings produced by the CBF, the Brazilian Football Confederation. The Ranking Nacional de Federações determines how many berths each state federation receives in Copa do Brasil, Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Copa do Nordeste and Copa Verde.[1][2][3][4] The Ranking Nacional de Clubes is a ranking of clubs and is used to determine the extra participants of Copa do Brasil as well as the allocation of clubs in the pots for the draws of Copa do Brasil and Copa do Nordeste.[5]
Criteria for awarding points
Points are awarded to clubs on the basis of performances in various competitions.[6]
Points for Campeonato Brasileiro
Série A
Place
Points
1
800
2
640
3
600
4
560
5
552
...
..
23
408
24...
408
Série B
Place
Points
1
400
2
320
3
300
4
280
5
276
...
..
23
204
24...
204
Série C
Place
Points
1
200
2
160
3
150
4
140
5
138
...
..
23
102
24...
102
Série D
Place
Points
1
100
2
80
3
75
4
70
5
69
...
..
23
51
24...
51
...
..
65
10
66...
10
Note: For 2020 and 2021 only, the teams eliminated in the Pré-Série D (65th through 68th places) received 10 points. The 65th through 68th places in other years also received 51 points.
Points for Copa do Brasil
Phase
Points
Champions
600
Runners-up
480
Semi-finalists
450
Quarter-finalists
400
Round of 16
200
4th stage
100
3rd stage
50
2nd stage
25
1st stage
15
Points for participants of Copa Libertadores up to 2012
Phase
Points
Participants
400
Note: Up to 2012 clubs taking part of Copa Libertadores could not participate of Copa do Brasil of the same year.
Points for the champion of Copa Sudamericana up to 2016
Phase
Points
Champions
280
Note: Up to 2016 The Copa Sudamericana champions automatically qualified to the next year edition of the competition, making them unable to take part in the next edition of Copa do Brasil.