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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
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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.

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

Eighteen state champions qualified for the tournament.

Team Home city Home ground
Rio Grande do Norte ABC Natal-RN
Bahia Bahia Salvador-BA
Botafogo Rio de Janeiro-GB
Paraíba Campinense Campina Grande-PB
Ceará Ceará Fortaleza-CE
Paraná (state) Comercial-PR Cornélio Procópio-PR
Alagoas CRB Maceió-AL
Minas GeraisCruzeiro Belo Horizonte-MG
Rio Grande do Sul Internacional Porto Alegre-RS
Santa Catarina (state) Metropol Criciúma-SC
Pará Paysandu Belém-PA
Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio Branco-RJ Campos dos Goytacazes-RJ
Piauí River Teresina-PI
Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa São Luís-MA
Espírito Santo Santo Antônio Vitória-ES
São Paulo (state) Santos Santos-SP
Sergipe Sergipe Aracaju-SE
Pernambuco Sport Recife Recife-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

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brazcup62.html RSSSF

External links

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