The 1965 Torneio Rio São Paulo was the 18th edition of the Torneio Rio-São Paulo. It was disputed between 14 February to 23 May 1965.
Participants
Team City Nº participations Best resultAmerica Rio de Janeiro135th (1951, 1962)Botafogo Rio de Janeiro15Champions: 1962, 1964 (shared)Corinthians São Paulo18Champions: 1950, 1953, 1954Flamengo Rio de Janeiro17Champions: 1961 Fluminense Rio de Janeiro17Champions: 1957, 1960 Palmeiras São Paulo18Champions: 1933, 1951Portuguesa São Paulo18Champions: 1952, 1955Santos Santos14Champions: 1959, 1963, 1964 (shared)São Paulo São Paulo18Runners-up: 1933, 1962Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro18Champions: 1958
Format
The tournament were disputed in a two stages. In the first, clubs were split in two groups: Group A, with the teams of São Paulo, and Group B, with the teams of Rio de Janeiro. The club with the best performance in this stage were qualified to finals, clubs from second to fourth places were qualified to the second stage. In the second stage, clubs played a single round-robin tournament. The club with the best performance in second stage, were qualified to the finals.
Tournament
Following is the summary of the 1965 Torneio Rio-São Paulo tournament:
First round
Group A
Group B
Second round
As Palmeiras was the winner of both rounds, it was automatically declared the champions.
Final standings
References