campeonato_brasileiro_série_c | country | brazil <sep> the campeonato brasileiro série c is the third tier of the brazilian football league system unlike the first and second divisions, the série c is not played in a double round robin system, arguably because many participating teams lack the financial conditions to travel long distances thus, the tournament is organized in regional groups and the table prevents teams from distant states from playing each other in the initial rounds beginning in 2009, the série c was reduced from 64 teams to 20 and the new campeonato brasileiro série d is the qualifier for brazilian league football in its current format  the first phase was then played in a single round, with 19 matches 
campeonato brasileiro serie c is based in brazil.the série c is the third tier of the brazil football league system