Torneio dos Campeões

Not to be confused with Torneio dos Campeões da CBD.

Torneio dos Campeões (English: 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) 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, 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 bracket.

Results

The following teams advanced to the quarterfinals:

In the first two rounds America eliminated Atlético Mineiro, Bahia defeated Internacional, Guarani beat São Paulo, and Portuguesa eliminated Fluminense.

In the semifinais, 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, Brazil (with a score of 1-1) and beat Guarani at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, 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

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
       
  Atlético Mineiro   0
  America-RJ   1  
  America-RJ   1
      Portuguesa-SP   1  
  Fluminense-RJ   1
  Portuguesa-SP   3  
  America-RJ   1-2
   
    Guarani-SP   1-1
  Internacional-RS   2
  Bahia-BA   3  
  Bahia-SP   0
      Guarani-SP   1  
  São Paulo-SP   0
  Guarani-SP   1  
 

Final

July 12, 1982
America-RJ 2 1 Guarani
Moreno  13'
Gilson Gênio  25' (OT)
Delém  62'
Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Attendance: 11,329 paying
Referee: Carlos Sérgio Rosa Martins
Assistants: Olinto Preussler and Luis Carlos Tybursky
Torneio dos Campeões 1982

'AMERICA-RJ'
Champion
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