Torneio dos Campeões (English: Tournament of the Champions) 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 (Campeonato Brasileiro, Torneio Rio-São Paulo, Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa) 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.
Participants
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 first two rounds America eliminated Atlético Mineiro, Bahia defeated Internacional, Guarani beat São Paulo, and Portuguesa eliminated Fluminense.
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 (with a score of 1-1) and beat Guarani at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (with a final score of 2-1, after a 1-1 at regulation and 1-0 in overtime), in a game played under a lot of rain.
Playoffs
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Atlético Mineiro | 0 | |||||||||
| America-RJ | 1 | |||||||||
| America-RJ | 1 | |||||||||
| Portuguesa-SP | 1 | |||||||||
| Fluminense-RJ | 1 | |||||||||
| Portuguesa-SP | 3 | |||||||||
| America-RJ | 1-2 | |||||||||
| Guarani-SP | 1-1 | |||||||||
| Internacional-RS | 2 | |||||||||
| Bahia-BA | 3 | |||||||||
| Bahia-BA | 0 | |||||||||
| Guarani-SP | 1 | |||||||||
| São Paulo-SP | 0 | |||||||||
| Guarani-SP | 1 | |||||||||
Final
| America-RJ | 2 – 1 | Guarani |
|---|---|---|
Moreno  13'Gilson Gênio 25' (OT) |
Delém 62' |
Assistants: Olinto Preussler and Luis Carlos Tybursky
