The Torneio Heleno Nunes ( en, Heleno Nunes Tournament), was an interstate football competition organized by the
Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF) and with the official seal of the
Confederação Brasileira de Futebol
The Brazilian Football Confederation ( pt, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, as , and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The footb ...
(CBF), which had the participation of 10 invited teams, which had not qualified for the third phase of the
1984 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 1984 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 28th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
Format
;First Stage: The 40 clubs were divided in eight groups of five teams each, playing against the other teams of their respective groups twi ...
, eight coming from the Series A and two coming from the
1984 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The 1984 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, officially, the Taça CBF, was the 7th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. The championship was disputed by 32 clubs in a knockout tournament form. the champion would be promoted to the Third phas ...
. The name of tournament was in honor of
Heleno de Barros Nunes, former president of CBD and CBF, being the leader in the transition phase from one to the other (1979), who died on March 3, 1984.
Participants
All clubs were invited, but the criterion for participation was that they were already eliminated from the Brazilian Championship.
Format
The championship was disputed in a single round-robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title.
Final table
References
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1984 in Brazilian football
Defunct football competitions in Brazil
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