1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1962 Taça Brasil) was the 4th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on September 2, 1962, and ended on April 2, 1963.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season1962
ChampionsSantos
2nd Taça Brasil title
2nd Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores
de América
Santos (title holder)
Botafogo
Matches played39
Goals scored127 (3.26 per match)
1961
1963

Format

The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, with a Tie-Break (play-off) if the sides were tied on points (however, if the tie-break was a draw, the aggregate score of the first two legs was used to determine the winner).

Teams

18 State Champions qualified for the tournament.

Team Home city Home ground
ABCNatal-RN
BahiaSalvador-BA
BotafogoRio de Janeiro-GB
CampinenseCampina Grande-PB
CearáFortaleza-CE
Comercial-PRCornélio Procópio-PR
CRBMaceió-AL
CruzeiroBelo Horizonte-MG
InternacionalPorto Alegre-RS
MetropolCriciúma-SC
PaysanduBelém-PA
Rio Branco-RJCampos dos Goytacazes-RJ
RiverTeresina-PI
Sampaio CorrêaSão Luís-MA
Santo AntônioVitória-ES
SantosSantos-SP
SergipeAracaju-SE
Sport RecifeRecife-PE

Northern Zone

Northeastern Group

First Phase Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-break
Campinense 4 : 0 ABC 4 - 3 3 - 1
CRB 2 : 2 Sergipe 1 - 1 2 - 2 2 - 1
Semi-Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Campinense 4 : 0 CRB 2 - 1 6 - 0
Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-break
Bahia 2 : 2 Campinense 1 - 0 0 - 2 1 - 1
Campinense progressed thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs.

Northern Group

First Phase Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
River 1 : 3 Ceará 0 - 0 5 - 7
Paysandu 3 : 1 Sampaio Corrêa 3 - 2 2 - 2
Semi-Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-break
Paysandu 2 : 2 Ceará 0 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 3
FInal Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Sport Recife 3 : 1 Ceará 2 - 0 1 - 1

Northern Zone Final

Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Campinense 1 : 3 Sport Recife 0 - 0 0 - 2

Southern Zone

Southern Group

Semi-Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Comercial-PR 1 : 3 Metropol 1 - 1 1 - 2
Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Metropol 0 : 4 Internacional 2 - 3 2 - 3

Eastern Group

Semi-Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Rio Branco-RJ 3 : 1 Santo Antônio 1 - 1 2 - 1
Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Rio Branco-RJ 1 : 3 Cruzeiro 1 - 1 0 - 1

Southern Zone Final

Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruzeiro 1 : 3 Internacional 1 - 1 1 - 2

National Semi-Finals

Botafogo and Santos entered this stage.

Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-break
Botafogo 2 : 2 Internacional 2 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 0
Sport Recife 1 : 3 Santos 1 - 1 0 - 4

National Final

Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-break
Santos 2 : 2 Botafogo 4 - 3 1 - 3 5 - 0

References

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