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

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.

TeamHome city Home ground ABC Natal Bahia Salvador] Botafogo Rio de Janeiro Campinense Campina Grande Ceará Fortaleza Comercial-PR Cornélio Procópio CRB MaceióCruzeiro 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 PhaseScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break Campinense 4 : 0 ABC4 - 33 - 1— CRB2 : 2 Sergipe1 - 12 - 22 - 1

Semi-FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Campinense4 : 0 CRB2 - 16 - 0

FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break Bahia2 : 2 Campinense1 - 00 - 21 - 1Campinense progressed thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs.

Northern Group First PhaseScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg River1 : 3 Ceará0 - 05 - 7 Paysandu3 : 1 Sampaio Corrêa3 - 22 - 2

Semi-FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break Paysandu2 : 2 Ceará0 - 01 - 11 - 3

FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Sport Recife3 : 1 Ceará2 - 01 - 1

Northern Zone Final ScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Campinense1 : 3 Sport Recife0 - 00 - 2

Southern Zone

Southern Group Semi-FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Comercial-PR1 : 3 Metropol1 - 11 - 2

FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Metropol0 : 4 Internacional2 - 32 - 3

Eastern Group Semi-FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Rio Branco-RJ3 : 1 Santo Antônio 1 - 12 - 1

FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Rio Branco-RJ1 : 3 Cruzeiro1 - 10 - 1

Southern Zone Final ScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Cruzeiro1 : 3 Internacional1 - 11 - 2

National Semi-Finals Botafogo and Santos entered this stage.

ScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break Botafogo2 : 2 Internacional2 - 22 - 22 - 0 Sport Recife1 : 3 Santos1 - 10 - 4—

National Final ScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break Santos2 : 2 Botafogo4 - 31 - 35 - 0

References

External links Brazil Cup 1962