Ponte Preta Wins Série C, Claims First National Trophy in 125 Years

Overview

• Ponte Preta beat Londrina 2–0 at Moisés Lucarelli in the second leg after a 0–0 first meeting.
• Jonas Toró opened the scoring and Élvis converted a penalty, with Toró finishing as joint top scorer on eight goals alongside Londrina’s Iago Teles.
• Both finalists had clinched promotion earlier in the competition, joining São Bernardo and Náutico in moving up.
• CBF president Samir Xaud was in Campinas to present the championship trophy.
• The match featured a brawl that halted play for nearly ten minutes with two players sent off, and thousands of home supporters later flooded the pitch to celebrate.