2020 Campeonato Paraibano


The 2020 Campeonato Paraibano de Futebol is the 110th edition of Paraíba's top professional football league. The competition began on 21 January and will end on 26 April.
Botafogo-PB are defending champions, after winning the 2019 final against Campinense.
The season was suspended indefinitely on 18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 18 June 2020, the Federação Paraibana announced that the competition would restart on 18 July.

Format

The competition is divided into a number of stages.
In the first stage, the ten teams are divided into two groups of five. Each team plays the five teams in the other group, home and away, for a total of ten games. The teams that finish first and second in each group qualify directly for the second stage. The teams that finish last in each group are relegated to the second division.
In the second stage, the winner of each group plays the runner up of their group over two games, home and away. The group winner has home advantage in the second leg.
In the third stage, the two winning teams from the second stage play over two legs, with the team with the best record in the competition so far playing the second leg at home.

Qualification

The two finalists qualify to participate in the 2021 Copa do Brasil and 2021 Copa do Nordeste. The two best placed teams qualify to participate in the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Participating teams

First stage

Group A

Group B

Semi-finals

In the semi-final stage, the winner of each group will play the runner up of their group over two games, home and away. The group winner has home advantage in the second leg.
Semi-finals were originally scheduled to be played between 5 April and 12 April 2020. They will now be played on 31 July and 4 August 2020.

Final

The final will take place over two games, home and away, and the team with the best record in the competition has home advantage in the second leg.
The final was originally scheduled to take place on 19 and 26 April 2020.