The 81st season of the Campeonato Catarinense began on January 11, 2006, and ended on April 9, 2006. Format Divisão Principal First stage Teams are divided into two groups of six teams. Double round-robin, in which all teams from one group play home-and-away games against all teams within the group. Second stage Top 4 teams from each group of first stage are divided into two groups of four teams. Double round-robin, in which all teams from one group play home-and-away games against all teams within the group. Third stage Home-and-away playoffs with the top 2 teams of each group. The winner of the third stage is crowned the champion. The champion qualify to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2006 and qualify to Copa do Brasil 2007 The teams that do not participate in Brazilian Série A and Brazilian Série B will participate in Divisão Especial. First stage Group A Group B Second stage Group C Group D Third stage Semi-finals *The first games were played in Team 1 Stadium Italic: Teams qualify to Final Final * The Game 2 was played in Florianópolis, because the Figueirense Futebol Clube had better Punctuation in the two stages (Stage 1 points + Stage 2 points). Final standings * Joinville qualify to Série C, because Figueirense already was qualify to Serie A. Other Divisions Divisão Especial: 12 Teams Champion: Joinville Runner-up: Marcílio Dias - Qualify to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2006* 11th placed: Cidade Azul - Release to Divisão de Accesso 2006 12th placed: Lages - Release to Divisão de Accesso 2006 * Marcílio Dias qualify to Série C, because Joinville already was qualify to Serie C Divisão de Accesso: 10 teams Champion: Camboriuense - Qualify to Divisão Especial 2007 Runner-up: Videira - Qualify to Divisão Especial 2007 Champion Campeonato Catarinense seasons Cat