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.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1962
Dates	2 September 1962 – 2 April 1963
Champions	Santos (2nd title)
Copa Libertadores	Santos (title holder) Botafogo
Matches	39
Goals	128 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Araponga - Campinense (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Campinense 6-0 CRB
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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
ABC	Natal
Bahia	Salvador
] Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
Campinense	Campina Grande
Ceará	Fortaleza
Comercial-PR	Cornélio Procópio
CRB	Maceió
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
Internacional	Porto Alegre
Metropol	Criciúma
Paysandu	Belém
Rio Branco-RJ	Campos dos Goytacazes
River	Teresina
Sampaio Corrêa	São Luís
Santo Antônio	Vitória
Santos	Santos
Sergipe	Aracaju
Sport Recife	Recife

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

External links

• Brazil Cup 1962