Participating teams
System
The championship would have four stages: * Group A: The four teams in the Série A and Série B (Internacional, Grêmio, Caxias and Juventude) and the four best teams in the previous year's championship were divided into two groups of four, with the teams in each group playing twice against the teams of the other group; the two best teams in each group qualified into the Group Semifinals, played in two matches, with the winners qualifying into the Championship Semifinals and to the Group Finals, played in one match. * Group B: The fourteen teams that didn't participate in the Série A or Série B played against each other in a double round-robin system. After 26 rounds, the two best teams in each group qualified to the Semifinals. and the bottom two teams were relegated. * Semifinals: The four remaining teams played in a single knockout match to define the teams that would qualify to the Finals. * Finals: Semifinals group winners played in two matches to define the Champions. The team with best overall record played the second leg at home.Championship
Group A
Chave A
Chave B
Semifinals
Finals
Group B
Semifinals
Finals
References
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