The 1963 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1963 Taça Brasil) was the 6th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brazcup63.html RSSSF
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 Twenty state champions qualified for the tournament including, for the first time, the champions of the Federal District and Goiás.
TeamHome city Home ground ABC Natal Atlético Mineiro Belo Horizonte Bahia Salvador Botafogo Rio de Janeiro Campinense Campina Grande Capelense Capela Ceará Fortaleza Confiança Aracaju Defelê Brasília Fonseca Niterói Grêmio Porto Alegre Londrina Londrina Metropol Criciúma Paysandu Belém Rio Branco Vitória Sampaio Corrêa São Luís Santos Santos Sport Recife Recife River Teresina Vila Nova Goiânia
Northern Zone
Northeastern Group First PhaseScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break Campinense2 : 2 ABC2 - 20 - 04 - 2 Capelense2 : 2 Confiança3 - 10 - 21 - 3
Second PhaseScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Confiança4 : 0 Campinense2 - 04 - 3
Semi-FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break Ceará2 : 2 Confiança2 - 41 - 0 2 - 0
FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break Bahia2 : 2 Ceará1 - 10 - 01 - 0
Northern Group First PhaseScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break Sampaio Corrêa2 : 2 River 3 - 00 - 2 1 - 2
Semi-FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg River0 : 4 Paysandu 1 - 30 - 1
FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Paysandu0 : 4 Sport Recife 0 - 10 - 2
Northern Zone Final ScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Sport Recife1 : 3 Bahia 2 - 20 - 1
Southern Zone
Southern Group
Semi-FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Londrina0 : 4 Metropol2 - 31 - 2
FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Grêmio3 : 1 Metropol1 - 12 - 0
Central Group First PhaseScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break Vila Nova4 : 0 Defelê2 - 03 - 0— Rio Branco2 : 2 Fonseca0 - 13 - 02 - 2Rio Branco progressed thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs.
Semi-FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break Rio Branco2 : 2 Vila Nova0 - 11 - 01 - 0
FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Atlético Mineiro3 : 1 Rio Branco1 - 01 - 1
Southern Zone Final ScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Atlético Mineiro1 : 3 Grêmio 1 - 11 - 2
National Semi-Finals Botafogo and Santos entered in this stage
ScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Bahia3 : 1 Botafogo1 - 00 - 0 Grêmio0 : 4 Santos1 - 33 - 4
National Final ScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg Santos4 : 0 Bahia6 - 02 - 0
References
External links Brazil Cup 1963