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.
| Season | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Santos 2nd Taça Brasil title 2nd Brazilian title |
| Copa Libertadores de América | Santos (title holder) Botafogo |
| Matches played | 39 |
| Goals scored | 127 (3.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Coutinho (7 goals) |
← 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 |
|---|---|---|
 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
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
External links
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