Flamengo won their record 35th Campeonato Carioca after defeating Vasco da Gama in the final.
Bangu and Cabofriense qualified for the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The competition maintains the format of the 2017 and 2018 editions.
The top two teams of the preliminary phase qualify for the main competition while the remaining four compete in the relegation group.
The four other best-placed teams in the overall group stage standings compete in a four-team single-match semifinal and final to face them.
On the morning of 8 February, a fire erupted at the Ninho do Urubu youth training ground of Flamengo.
[2][3] The fire resulted in the deaths of ten people, mostly academy players between the ages of 14 and 16 training with the club.
The governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro declared a three-day period of mourning following the tragedy.