Torneio dos Campeões ( en, Tournament of the Champions) was an official Brazilian
football competition, promoted and organized by
CBF in 1982.
A group of 18 Brazilian professional football clubs participated in this tournament, including all the champions and the runners-up of all official national competitions ever played in Brazil up to that year (
Campeonato Brasileiro,
Torneio Rio-São Paulo,
Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa
The Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, also known as Taça de Prata, or nicknamed Robertão, was an association football competition contested in Brazil between 1967 and 1970 among soccer teams from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas ...
) and
America-RJ, 18th ranking in the CBF ranking, and
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, ranked 19th in the same ranking. America-RJ and Santa Cruz replaced
Flamengo
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, who declined the invitation in favor of a world tour.
Participants
The tournament
The teams were divided in four groups in the first two rounds, two groups with 5 teams and two groups with four teams in a home-away system. The group champions for each of the two rounds advanced to a
quarterfinals
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bracket.
Results
The following teams advanced to the quarterfinals:
*America-RJ
*Atlético Mineiro
*Bahia
*Fluminense
*Guarani
*Internacional
*Portuguesa
*São Paulo
In the first two rounds America eliminated Atlético Mineiro, Bahia defeated Internacional, Guarani beat São Paulo, and Portuguesa eliminated Fluminense.
In the semifinals, America-RJ eliminated Portuguesa and Guarani defeated Bahia.
In the championship matches, America-RJ tied Guarani at
Brinco de Ouro da Princesa Stadium in
Campinas
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, Brazil (with a score of 1-1) and beat Guarani at
Maracanã Stadium in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil (with a final score of 2-1, after a 1-1 at regulation and 1-0 in overtime), in a game played under a lot of rain.
Playoffs
Final
External links
Every game in the Torneio dos Campeões 1982
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1982 in Brazilian football
Defunct football competitions in Brazil