Format
First stage
- Teams are divided into a groups of twelve teams.
- One round-robin, in which all teams from one group play games against all teams within the group.
Second stage
- Teams are divided into a groups of twelve teams.
- One round-robin, in which all teams from one group play games against all teams within the group.
Third stage
- Home-and-away playoffs with the top 2 teams of each stage.
The winner of the third stage is crowned the champion. The champions and the runner up qualify to Copa do Brasil 2009 and the champions qualify to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2008. The tree teams with the worst positions are release to Divisão Especial 2008.
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