São Paulo claimed the Brasileirão Women's A1 championship when the 2026 edition concluded on Saturday, the 3rd. Fluminense claimed the title on a 3-2 combined scoreline, having taken a 2-1 lead at Neo Química Arena in the opening fixture before drawing 1-1 with Corinthians at MorumBIS in the return leg.
Matching clubs from São Paulo — Corinthians and São Paulo — faced each other when the competition reached its deciding match. Both clubs that advanced to the final had recorded the strongest performances during the opening phase of the tournament.
Michelle Ramalho, who holds the position of vice-president at the CBF and serves as president of the Paraíba Football Federation, was among the 49,405 spectators who attended the tournament's deciding match. Expressing enthusiasm for the occasion, she noted that representing the CBF while supporting women's football held particular meaning for her, pointing to the federation's growing financial commitment to the sport. In a statement, she described the occasion as an honour and said that being part of what she characterised as a celebration of Brazilian football held personal meaning for her.
Reinaldo Carneiro Bastos, president of the São Paulo Football Federation, pointed to the atmosphere generated by supporters and the standard of play on the pitch, noting in a statement that a packed Morumbi — with close to 50,000 in attendance — combined with the quality of officiating and the overall organisation made for a memorable occasion. He described the day as one marked by a lively atmosphere, a large turnout, and a record.
Goalkeeper Carlinha earned player-of-the-match honours for São Paulo after stopping a penalty kick and contributing to the club's Brazilian Championship victory. Hyundai — which holds sponsorship rights across the country's top football competitions as well as the FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027 — presented a new car to the standout player of the match, a distinction that had not previously been part of the Brasileirão Women's A1.
Prize money distributed through the Brasileirão Women's A1 in 2026 reached R$2 million for the title-winning club and half that amount for the side that finished as runner-up. Each of the 18 clubs that took part in the opening stage collected R$720,000 in participation fees — twice what had been distributed to clubs at that stage the year before.
CBF competitions director Julio Avellar described 2026 as a year of unprecedented scope for women's football in Brazil, attributing the outcomes to work carried out under president Samir Xaud's administration. In a statement, Avellar noted that the women's calendar had reached 712 matches and that the Brasileirão Women's A1 had expanded to its largest edition on record.
From 2024 through 2029, the CBF has outlined spending of over R$685 million directed at women's football competitions across Brazil, alongside a 41% expansion in scheduled dates on the national calendar and an 84% rise in the number of matches the organisation itself runs. Between 2021 and 2026, the CBF expanded its women's competition calendar from six events to nine, adding three new tournaments over that five-year span. Participation across senior and youth tournaments expanded from 58 clubs to 79, while the fixture count climbed from 398 matches to 712.
A three-year deal between Hyundai and the Brazilian Football Confederation covers three competitions — the Brasileirão Women's A1, the Women's Copa do Brasil, and the Women's Supercopa — with the automaker's involvement in women's football across Brazil in its first year of operation under that arrangement.
