Peladão
Sign in to savethumb|350px|A scene of a match from Peladão Peladão is the name for which is known the Campeonato de Peladas do Amazonas, an amateur football/soccer tournament held in the Brazilian city of Manaus every year between August and December. It is organized by the Rede Calderaro de Comunicação (a local media conglomerate, owner, among others, of the newspaper A Crítica and the television channel TV A Crítica).
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thumb|350px|A scene of a match from Peladão Peladão is the name for which is known the Campeonato de Peladas do Amazonas, an amateur football/soccer tournament held in the Brazilian city of Manaus every year between August and December. It is organized by the Rede Calderaro de Comunicação (a local media conglomerate, owner, among others, of the newspaper A Crítica and the television channel TV A Crítica).
The tournament, established in 1973 at the initiative of local journalist Arnaldo Santos, has more than 1,000 participating teams, making the tournament the largest amateur soccer championship in Brazil. The teams compete in 5 categories: Main, Master (for people over 39 years old), Peladão (for teenagers, with prior parental authorization and with presentation of proof of enrollment from an educational institution) Indian Peladão and feminine.