The 2017 Rio de Janeiro Soccer Tournament was the 114th edition of the top tier
football of
FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). The top four teams competed in the
2017 Brazilian Football Cup.
Unlike previous editions of the
Tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
, there was a
preliminary stage played by the bottom four teams from the previous edition, and the top two teams from the latest edition of ''Série B'' (second tier), totaling six teams. The top two scoring teams were qualified for the final phase. The remaining four teams competed in a new bracket being eliminated from the final phase. The bottom two were relegated to the second tier in the next edition. The final phase was played in two separate groups of six teams each, including the two teams qualified from the initial phase, one in each bracket.
Participating teams
First round (Group A)
Championship round
Taça Guanabara
Group stage
=Group B
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=Group C
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Knockout stage
= Semi-finals
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=Final
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Taça Rio
Group stage
=Group B
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=Group C
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Knockout stage
=Semi-finals
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=Final
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Relegation playoffs
Overall table
Final stage
Semi-finals
Final
Awards
Team of the year
Manager
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Abel Braga
Abel Carlos da Silva Braga (born 1 September 1952), known as Abel Braga, is a Brazilian former football coach and player.
He played as a central defender during a professional career that started with Fluminense in 1968. He earned one cap fo ...
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Fluminense
Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, th ...
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References
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Campeonato Carioca seasons
Carioca
Carioca ( or ) is a demonym used to refer to anything related to the City of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The original meaning of the term is controversial, maybe from Tupi language "''kari' oka''", meaning "white house" as the whitewashed stone ...