1962 Torneio Rio-São Paulo

The 1962 Torneio Rio São Paulo was the 15th edition of the Torneio Rio-São Paulo. It was disputed between 14 February to 17 March.

Team	City	Nº participations	Best result
America	Rio de Janeiro	12	6th (1951)
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	12	Runners-up: 1960, 1961
Corinthians	São Paulo	15	Champions: 1950, 1953, 1954
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	14	Champions: 1961
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	14	Champions: 1957, 1960
Palmeiras	São Paulo	15	Champions: 1933, 1951
Portuguesa	São Paulo	15	Champions: 1952, 1955
São Paulo	São Paulo	15	Runners-up: 1933
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	15	Champions: 1958

The tournament were disputed in a two stages. In the first, clubs were split in two groups: Group A, with the teams of Rio de Janeiro, and Group B, with the teams of São Paulo. The two clubs with the best performance in this each group were qualified to the final round.

Following is the summary of the 1962 Torneio Rio-São Paulo tournament:^[1][2]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	6	Qualified to final round
2	Flamengo	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	6
3	America	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	5
4	Vasco da Gama	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	3
5	Fluminense	4	0	0	4	3	9	−6	0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	5	Qualified to final round
2	São Paulo	4	1	3	0	6	5	+1	5
3	Corinthians	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	3
4	Portuguesa	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Note: Palmeiras and São Paulo played an extra match to define the first place of the group. As the match ended in a 1–1, the next criteria was used (number of wins).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Botafogo (C)	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	6
2	São Paulo	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
3	Palmeiras	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	2
4	Flamengo	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Botafogo (C)	7	6	0	1	17	7	+10	12
2	São Paulo	8	2	5	1	12	11	+1	9
3	Palmeiras	8	3	2	3	12	9	+3	8
4	Flamengo	7	2	3	2	7	9	−2	7
5	America	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	5
6	Corinthians	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	3
7	Vasco da Gama	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	3
8	Portuguesa	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1
9	Fluminense	4	0	0	4	3	9	−6	0