Torneio dos Campeões
Torneio dos Campeões was an official Brazilian football 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 and America-RJ, 18th ranking in the CBF ranking, and Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, ranked 19th in the same ranking. America-RJ and Santa Cruz replaced Flamengo, who declined the invitation in favor of a world tour.
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.Results
The following teams advanced to the quarterfinals:- America-RJ
- Atlético Mineiro
- Bahia
- Fluminense
- Guarani
- Internacional
- Portuguesa
- São Paulo
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, Brazil and beat Guarani at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in a game played under a lot of rain.