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.
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 |
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