1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1962
Champions	Santos (2nd title)
Copa Libertadores de América	Santos (title holder) Botafogo
Matches played	39
Goals scored	127 (3.26 per match)
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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 is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties.

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		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Campinense	4 : 0	ABC	4 - 3	3 - 1	—
CRB	2 : 2	Sergipe	1 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 1

Semi-Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Campinense	4 : 0	CRB	2 - 1	6 - 0	—

Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Bahia	2 : 2	Campinense	1 - 0	0 - 2	1 - 1

Note - Campinense qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs.

Northern Group

First Phase			Scores		Tie-breaker
	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		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Paysandu	2 : 2	Ceará	0 - 0	1 - 1	1 - 3

FInal			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Sport Recife	3 : 1	Ceará	2 - 0	1 - 1	—

Northern Zone Final

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

Southern Zone

Southern Group

Semi-Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Comercial-PR	1 : 3	Metropol	1 - 1	1 - 2	—

Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Metropol	0 : 4	Internacional	2 - 3	2 - 3	—

Eastern Group

Semi-Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Rio Branco-RJ	3 : 1	Santo Antônio	1 - 1	2 - 1	—

Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Rio Branco-RJ	1 : 3	Cruzeiro	1 - 1	0 - 1	—

Southern Zone Final

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

National Semi-Finals

Botafogo and Santos enter this stage.

			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Botafogo	2 : 2	Internacional	2 - 2	2 - 2	2 - 0
Sport Recife	1 : 3	Santos	1 - 1	0 - 4	—

National Final

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

External links

• 1962 Taça Brasil