Flag Kings aims for its third men’s Série A title at the Brazilian Flag Football Championship SuperFinal beginning on Saturday at Parque CERET in São Paulo, Olimpíada Todo Dia reported.
The club from Rio de Janeiro enters the 12-team tournament as the two-time defending champion after securing the national crown in 2024 and 2025. Twelve teams representing 10 states and five geographic regions of Brazil qualified for the weekend event.
“Carregamos a responsabilidade de sermos bicampeões brasileiros, o que naturalmente aumenta nossas expectativas e nossa motivação,” Daniela Coutinho told Olimpíada Todo Dia.
Thirty group-stage matches divide teams into two pools
Play begins Saturday morning with thirty group-stage matches spread across two divisions of six teams each. Teams play five matches apiece before the top two finishers in each pool advance to the knockout rounds.
Group A features Flag Kings alongside Floripa Ghosts from Santa Catarina, Vasco Almirantes from Rio de Janeiro, Manaus Cavaliers from Amazonas, Carlos Barbosa Ximangos from Rio Grande do Sul, and Locomotives from São Paulo.
Group B brings together Locomotiva from Minas Gerais, Campo Grande Predadores from Mato Grosso do Sul, Amazon Black Hawks from Amazonas, Fortaleza Tritões from Ceará, Cavalaria 2 de Julho from Bahia, and Sorriso Hornets from Mato Grosso.
The four regional berths allotted to the Southeast region reflect results from the previous national tournament, while other regions receive two berths each.
Opening match decides Southern title
The opening fixture on Saturday morning pits Carlos Barbosa Ximangos against Floripa Ghosts at Field 1 of CERET. The match also serves as the postponed Southern regional final, as both squads carry unblemished five-match records into the clash.
Saturday’s schedule gets underway at 8:30 a.m. local time. Sunday’s matches start at 8:00 a.m., with the semifinals scheduled for 1:15 p.m. local time.
The third-place playoff and the championship final are slated for 4:00 p.m. local time on Sunday at Fields 2 and 1 respectively. Admission to the park is free for spectators.
Chasing historical precedent
Standing in the way of the defending champions are past titleholders. Floripa Ghosts captured the national trophy in 2023, while Campo Grande Predadores claimed victories in 2017 and 2022.
The 2026 competition marks the culmination of a restructured national calendar featuring tiered Série A, B, and C divisions. While flag football prepares for its Olympic debut at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, tournament organizers emphasize that this weekend’s event functions strictly as a national club championship rather than an Olympic qualifier.
Semifinal winners advance to Sunday’s 4:00 p.m. title match.
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