Torneio do Povo

Torneio do Povo (meaning Tournament of the People) was a competition disputed between the most popular Brazilian football clubs. The competition was contested from 1971 to 1973. It was organized by the Brazilian Sports Confederation (CBD), and was disputed in the beginning of the year, starting the season ^[1].

The first edition of the competition was disputed by Atlético Mineiro, Corinthians, Flamengo and Internacional. For the second edition, Bahia was invited. Due to its successful performance in the Campeonato Brasileiro second edition ^[2], finishing in the fifth place ^[3], Coritiba was invited to dispute the competition's third edition ^[4], which was promoted by Flamengo's president at the time, André Richer. André Richer considered the idea of inviting Botafogo, which was the 1972 Campeonato Brasileiro runner-up ^[5].

Contents 1 Format 2 List of champions 3 Torneio do Povo 1971 3.1 Final standings 4 Torneio do Povo 1972 4.1 Single Round-robin 4.2 Final standings 5 Torneio do Povo 1973 5.1 First Stage 5.2 Standings 5.3 Quadrangular Final (Final Stage) 5.4 Standings 6 References 7 External links

Format

In 1971, the competition was disputed by four clubs, in a double round-robin format. The champion was the team with more points.

In 1972, the competition was also disputed in a round-robin format, but the five clubs only played once against each other. The champion was the club with more points.

In 1973, the Torneio do Povo was divided in two rounds. In the first round, the teams played against each other once. The four best placed clubs advanced to the next round. The second round was disputed in a single round-robin format. The champion was the club with more points.

List of champions

Year		Champions and runner-ups
		Winner	Runner-up
1971 Details		Corinthians	Internacional
1972 Details		Flamengo	Atlético Mineiro
1973 Details		Coritiba	Bahia

Torneio do Povo 1971

• Champion: Corinthians
• Runner-up: Internacional

Date	Team #1	Score	Team #2
24 January 1971	Atlético-MG	0-0	Flamengo
27 January 1971	Atlético-MG	3-3	Corinthians
27 January 1971	Internacional	1-0	Flamengo
30 January 1971	Corinthians	0-0	Flamengo
3 February 1971	Internacional	3-0	Atlético-MG
6 February 1971	Corinthians	3-0	Internacional
11 February 1971	Corinthians	0-0	Flamengo
13 February 1971	Atlético-MG	0-0	Corinthians
14 February 1971	Flamengo	0-1	Internacional
17 February 1971	Atlético-MG	0-0	Internacional
19 February 1971	Atlético-MG	3-3	Flamengo
19 February 1971	Corinthians	1-0	Internacional

Final standings

Team	Pts	Pld	GF	GA	GD	W
Corinthians	8	6	7	3	4	2
Internacional	7	6	5	4	1	3
Atlético-MG	5	6	6	9	-3	0
Flamengo	4	6	3	5	-2	0

Torneio do Povo 1972

• Champion: Flamengo
• Runner-up: Atlético-MG

Single Round-robin

Date	Team #1	Score	Team #2
2 February 1972	Corinthians	0-1	Atlético-MG
2 February 1972	Bahia	0-1	Flamengo
6 February 1972	Flamengo	2-0	Atlético-MG
6 February 1972	Bahia	0-1	Corinthians
10 February 1972	Internacional	0-0	Corinthians
17 February 1972	Corinthians	1-2	Flamengo
20 February 1972	Bahia	0-0	Atlético-MG
20 February 1972	Flamengo	0-0	Internacional
24 February 1972	Atlético-MG	2-1	Internacional
27 February 1972	Internacional	4-0	Bahia

Final standings

Team	Pts	Pld	GF	GA	GD	W
Flamengo	7	4	5	1	4	3
Atlético-MG	5	4	3	3	0	2
Internacional	4	4	5	2	3	1
Corinthians	3	4	2	3	-1	1
Bahia	1	4	0	6	-6	0

Torneio do Povo 1973

• Champion: Coritiba
• Runner-up: Bahia

First Stage

Date	Team #1	Score	Team #2
21 January 1973	Atlético-MG	1-2	Coritiba
23 January 1973	Bahia	1-0	Internacional
24 January 1973	Corinthians	0-0	Flamengo
27 January 1973	Bahia	1-0	Coritiba
28 January 1973	Atlético-MG	2-3	Flamengo
31 January 1973	Bahia	1-4	Atlético-MG
31 January 1973	Coritiba	2-0	Flamengo
31 January 1973	Corinthians	1-0	Internacional
4 February 1973	Atlético-MG	0-3	Internacional
7 February 1973	Coritiba	0-0	Corinthians
7 February 1973	Bahia	1-1	Flamengo
12 February 1973	Internacional	1-0	Flamengo
13 February 1973	Bahia	1-0	Corinthians
15 February 1973	Internacional	1-1	Coritiba
16 February 1973	Corinthians	1-0	Atlético-MG

Standings

Team	Pts	Pld	GF	GA	GD	W
Bahia	7	5	5	5	0	3
Coritiba	6	5	5	3	2	2
Corinthians	6	5	2	1	1	2
Internacional	5	5	5	3	2	2
Flamengo	4	5	4	6	-2	1
Atlético-MG	2	5	7	10	-7	1

Quadrangular Final (Final Stage)

Date	Team #1	Score	Team #2
21 February 1973	Coritiba	1-0	Corinthians
21 February 1973	Bahia	1-1	Flamengo
25 February 1973	Flamengo	0-1	Coritiba
27 February 1973	Corinthians	0-0	Bahia
14 March 1973	Bahia	2-2	Coritiba

Standings

Team	Pts	Pld	GF	GA	GD	W
Coritiba	5	3	4	2	2	2
Bahia	3	3	3	3	0	0
Flamengo	1	2	0	1	-1	0
Corinthians	1	2	1	2	-1	0

References

External links

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