1959 Taça Brasil

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1959 Taça Brasil

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1959 Taça Brasil
Country Brazil
Teams 16
Champions Bahia
Runners-up Santos

The 1959 Taça Brasil is the inaugural edition of a national wide club tournament in Brazil. It began on August 23, 1959 and ended on March 3, 1960.

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Format

The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties.


Teams

16 State Champions were qualified.

Team Home city Home ground
Rio Grande do Norte ABC Natal
Minas Gerais Atlético-MG Belo Horizonte
Paraná (state) Atlético-PR Curitiba
Paraíba Auto Esporte Clube João Pessoa
Bahia Bahia Salvador
Ceará Ceará Fortaleza
Alagoas CSA Maceió
Maranhão Ferroviário São Luís
Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio Porto Alegre
Santa Catarina (state) Hercíllo Luz Tubarão
Rio de Janeiro (state) Manufatora Niterói
Espírito Santo Rio Branco-ES Vitória
São Paulo (state) Santos Santos
Pernambuco Sport Recife
Pará Tuna Luso Belém
Bandeira Guanabara.jpg Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro

First Round

The first leg were played on 23 August, the second Leg on 30 August.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Northeastern Group
ABC 2-2 Ceará 1-1 0-0
CSA 0-4 Bahia 0-2 0-5
Northern Group
Tuna Luso 12-2 Ferroviário 3-1 1-3
Auto Esporte Clube 0-4 Sport 0-3 2-5
Southern Group
Atlético-PR 4-0 Hercíllo Luz 2-1 1-0
Grêmio - bye - -
Eastern Group
Rio Branco-ES 4-0 Manufatora 3-0 1-0
Atlético Mineiro - bye - -

Note:1Tuna Luso beat Ferroviário 1–0 in a playoff to qualify for the next round.

Second Round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Northeastern Group
Ceará 2-21 Bahia 0-0 2-2
Northern Group
Tuna Luso 1-3 Sport 2-2 1-3
Southern Group
Grêmio 1-3 Atlético-PR 2-2 1-3
Eastern Group
Rio Branco-ES 1-3 Atlético Mineiro 2-2 0-2

Note:1Bahia beat Ceara 2–1 in a playoff to qualify for the next round.


Third Round

Teams Scores Tie-breaker
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Bahia Bahia 2:2 PernambucoSport 3:2 0:6 2:0
Atlético MineiroMinas Gerais 0:4 Rio Grande do SulGrêmio 1:4 0:1

Semifinal

Santos and Vasco da Gama enter in this round

Teams Scores Tie-breaker
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
São Paulo (state) Santos 3:1 Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio 4:1 0:0
Vasco da Gama 2:2 Bahia Bahia 0:1 2:1 0:1

Final

Teams Scores Tie-breaker
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Santos São Paulo (state) 3:1 Bahia Bahia 2:3 1:3

References

External links

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