Torneio dos Campeões () was an official Brazilian
football
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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
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, 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 bracket
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.
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
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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