1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1962 Taça Brasil) was the 5th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on 2 September 1962, and ended on 2 April 1963.[1]

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season1962
Dates2 September 1962 – 2 April 1963
ChampionsSantos
2nd Taça Brasil title
2nd Brazilian title
Copa LibertadoresSantos (title holder)
Botafogo
Matches played39
Goals scored128 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorerAraponga - Campinense (8 goals)
Biggest home winCampinense 6-0 CRB
1961
1963

Format

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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

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Eighteen state champions qualified for the tournament.

Team Home city Home ground
  ABC Natal-RN
  Bahia Salvador-BA
  Botafogo Rio de Janeiro-GB
  Campinense Campina Grande-PB
  Ceará Fortaleza-CE
  Comercial-PR Cornélio Procópio-PR
  CRB Maceió-AL
 Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte-MG
  Internacional Porto Alegre-RS
  Metropol Criciúma-SC
  Paysandu Belém-PA
  Rio Branco-RJ Campos dos Goytacazes-RJ
  River Teresina-PI
  Sampaio Corrêa São Luís-MA
  Santo Antônio Vitória-ES
  Santos Santos-SP
  Sergipe Aracaju-SE
  Sport Recife Recife-PE

Northern Zone

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Northeastern Group

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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

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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

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

Southern Zone

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Southern Group

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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

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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

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

National Semi-Finals

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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

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

References

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