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 allocation of clubs in the pots for the draws of Copa do Brasil and Copa do Nordeste[5] as well as was used until 2023 to determine the 10 extra participants of Copa do Brasil.
Points are awarded to clubs on the basis of performances in various competitions.
Série D Note: For 2020 and 2021 only, the teams eliminated in the Pré-Série D (65th through 68th places) received 10 points.
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.