2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Explained

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2002, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 11 to December 7, 2002. The competition had 26 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated to Série C.The competition was won by Criciúma.

Criciúma defeated Fortaleza in the finals, and was declared 2002 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 2003 Série A along with Fortaleza, the runners-up. The six worst ranked teams in the first round (Americano, Botafogo-SP, Sampaio Corrêa, Guarany de Sobral, XV de Piracicaba and Bragantino) were relegated to play Série C in 2003.

Format

The 26 teams played against each other once. The eight best placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals, in which the eight-placed team played against the first-placed team, the seventh-placed team played against the second-placed team, the sixth-placed team played against the third-placed team, and the fifth-placed team played against the fourth-placed team. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played over two legs. The six worst teams in the first stage were relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C of the following year.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	2001 Season
			12th in Série B
			14th in Série B
			17th in Série B
			4th in Série B
			26th in Série A
			16th in Série B
			3rd in Série B
			8th in Série B
			6th in Série B
			22nd in Série B
			9th in Série B
			3rd in Série C[1]
			9th in Série B
			1st in Série C
			15th in Série B
			2nd in Série C
			19th in Série B
			25th in Série A
			11th in Série B
			20th in Série B
			28th in Série A
			7th in Série B
			13th in Série B
			18th in Série B

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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Sources

• https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/braz2-02.html

References

1. gained a berth in the Série B after Malutrom withdrew.