# 1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1962 Taça Brasil) was the 5th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on 2 September 1962, and ended on 2 April 1963.

## Format

The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, with a Tie-Break (play-off) if the sides were tied on points (however, if the tie-break was a draw, the aggregate score of the first two legs was used to determine the winner).

## Teams

Eighteen state champions qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Home city |
| ABC | Natal |
| Bahia | Salvador |
| ] Botafogo | Rio de Janeiro |
| Campinense | Campina Grande |
| Ceará | Fortaleza |
| Comercial-PR | Cornélio Procópio |
| CRB | Maceió |
| Cruzeiro | Belo Horizonte |
| Internacional | Porto Alegre |
| Metropol | Criciúma |
| Paysandu | Belém |
| Rio Branco-RJ | Campos dos Goytacazes |
| River | Teresina |
| Sampaio Corrêa | São Luís |
| Santo Antônio | Vitória |
| Santos | Santos |
| Sergipe | Aracaju |
| Sport Recife | Recife |

## Northern Zone
### Northeastern Group

| First Phase | First Phase | First Phase | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Campinense | 4 : 0 | ABC | 4 - 3 | 3 - 1 | — |
| CRB | 2 : 2 | Sergipe | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 |
| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Campinense | 4 : 0 | CRB | 2 - 1 | 6 - 0 |
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Bahia | 2 : 2 | Campinense | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 |
| Campinense progressed thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs. |||||

### Northern Group

| First Phase | First Phase | First Phase | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| River | 1 : 3 | Ceará | 0 - 0 | 5 - 7 |
| Paysandu | 3 : 1 | Sampaio Corrêa | 3 - 2 | 2 - 2 |
| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Paysandu | 2 : 2 | Ceará | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 |
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sport Recife | 3 : 1 | Ceará | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 |

### Northern Zone Final

| | | | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Campinense | 1 : 3 | Sport Recife | 0 - 0 | 0 - 2 |

## Southern Zone
### Southern Group

| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Comercial-PR | 1 : 3 | Metropol | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 |
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Metropol | 0 : 4 | Internacional | 2 - 3 | 2 - 3 |

### Eastern Group

| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rio Branco-RJ | 3 : 1 | Santo Antônio | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rio Branco-RJ | 1 : 3 | Cruzeiro | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 |

### Southern Zone Final

| | | | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cruzeiro | 1 : 3 | Internacional | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 |

## National Semi-Finals

Botafogo and Santos entered this stage.
| | | | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Botafogo | 2 : 2 | Internacional | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 |
| Sport Recife | 1 : 3 | Santos | 1 - 1 | 0 - 4 | — |

## National Final

| | | | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Santos | 2 : 2 | Botafogo | 4 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 5 - 0 |