# 1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1960 Taça Brasil) was the 3rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on 6 September 1960, and ended on 28 December 1960.

## 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

Seventeen state champions qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Home city |
| ABC | Natal |
| Bahia | Salvador |
| Capelense | Capela |
| Coritiba | Curitiba |
| Cruzeiro | Belo Horizonte |
| Estrela do Mar | João Pessoa |
| Fluminense | Rio de Janeiro |
| Fonseca | Niterói |
| Fortaleza | Fortaleza |
| Grêmio | Porto Alegre |
| Moto Club | São Luís |
| Palmeiras | São Paulo |
| Paula Ramos | Florianópolis |
| Paysandu | Belém |
| Rio Branco-ES | Vitória |
| Santa Cruz-SE | Estância |
| Santa Cruz | Recife |

## Northern Zone
### Northeastern Group

| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-Break |
| Bahia | 2 : 2 | Santa Cruz-SE | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 |
| Bahia qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs. |||||
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bahia | 4 : 0 | Capelense | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 |

### Northern Group

| 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Estrela do Mar | 2 : 2 | ABC | 2 - 1 | 1 - 5 | 1 - 5 |
| Paysandu | 0 : 4 | Moto Club | 2 - 3 | 2 - 4 | — |
| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fortaleza | 3 : 1 | ABC | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 |
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fortaleza | 3 : 1 | Moto Club | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 |

### Northern Zone Final

| | | | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fortaleza | 3 : 1 | Bahia | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 |

## Southern Zone
### Southern Group

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Paula Ramos | 1 : 3 | Coritiba | 1 - 1 | 0 - 5 |
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Coritiba | 2 : 2 | Grêmio | 1 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 1 |

### Eastern Group

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-Break |
| Cruzeiro | 2 : 2 | Rio Branco-ES | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Fonseca | 0 : 4 | Fluminense | 0 - 3 | 0 - 8 | — |
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cruzeiro | 1 : 3 | Fluminense | 1 - 1 | 1 - 4 |

### Southern Zone Final

| | | | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-Break |
| Grêmio | 2 : 2 | Fluminense | 1 - 0 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 1 |
| Fluminense qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs. |||||

## National Semi-Finals

Palmeiras and Santa Cruz entered at this stage.
| | | | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Palmeiras | 3 : 1 | Fluminense | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Santa Cruz | 1 : 3 | Fortaleza | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 |

## National Final

| | | | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fortaleza | 0 : 9 | São Paulo | 1 - 3 | 2 - 8 |