2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2002 Criciúma CriciúmaFortaleza AmericanoBotafogo-SPSampaio CorrêaGuarany de SobralXV de PiracicabaBragantino Vinícius (Fortaleza) - 22 970 2.86 Série B 2001 Série B 2003 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 América Mineiro Belo Horizonte Independência 27th in Série A América de Natal Natal Machadão 12th in Série B Americano Rio de Janeiro Godofredo Cruz 14th in Série B Anapolina Anápolis Jonas Duarte 17th in Série B Avaí Florianópolis Ressacada 4th in Série B Botafogo-SP Ribeirão Preto Santa Cruz 26th in Série A Bragantino Bragança Paulista Nabi Abi Chedid 16th in Série B Caxias Caxias do Sul Centenário 3rd in Série B Ceará Fortaleza Castelão 8th in Série B CRB Maceió Pajuçara 6th in Série B Criciúma Criciúma Heriberto Hülse 22nd in Série B Fortaleza Fortaleza Castelão 9th in Série B Guarany de Sobral Sobral Junco 3rd in Série Cgained a berth in the Série B after Malutrom withdrew. Joinville Joinville Ernestão 9th in Série B Jundiaí Jundiaí Jayme Cintra 1st in Série C Londrina Londrina Café 15th in Série B Mogi Mirim Mogi Mirim Vail Chaves 2nd in Série C Náutico Recife Aflitos 5th in Série B Remo Belém Mangueirão 19th in Série B Santa Cruz Recife Arruda 25th in Série A São Raimundo Manaus Ismael Benigno 11th in Série B Sampaio Corrêa São Luís Castelão 20th in Série B Sport Recife Ilha do Retiro 28th in Série A União São João Araras Herminião 7th in Série B Vila Nova Goiânia Serra Dourada 13th in Série B XV de Piracicaba Piracicaba Barão da Serra Negra 18th in Série B First stage main WDL QR y y CRI Criciúma SPO Sport FOR Fortaleza SCZ Santa Cruz AVA Avaí AMG América Mineiro PAU Jundiaí REM Remo CRB CRB ARN América-RN MOG Mogi Mirim JOI Joinville CEA Ceará CAX Caxias VIL Vila Nova USJ União São João ANA Anapolina LON Londrina SRM São Raimundo NAU Náutico AME Americano BOT Botafogo-SP SAM Sampaio Corrêa GUA Guarany de Sobral XVP XV de Piracicaba BRA Bragantino 16 3 6 45 34 15 5 5 38 21 15 3 7 48 24 13 8 4 46 24 14 4 7 39 20 12 4 9 49 36 11 6 8 37 27 11 5 9 37 35 10 8 7 35 32 10 6 9 46 35 11 2 12 37 39 10 4 11 36 44 9 6 10 35 27 9 6 10 31 24 9 6 10 40 35 9 6 10 32 40 8 9 8 33 35 8 9 8 28 30 10 2 13 34 37 9 5 11 38 35 9 5 11 34 36 8 6 11 36 60 7 4 14 25 50 5 5 15 28 51 5 4 16 19 44 4 5 16 23 54 green2 Qualified to Quarterfinals Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q red1 Relegated to 2003 Série C R R R R R R complete Quarterfinals Jundiaí 3–2 Sport 2–1 1–1 América Mineiro 0–2 Fortaleza 0–0 0–2 Avaí 2–3 Santa Cruz 1–1 1–2 Remo 2–5 Criciúma 2–1 0–4 |} Semifinals Jundiaí 3–8 Fortaleza 1–6 2–2 Santa Cruz 0–4 Criciúma 0–1 0–3 |} Finals Fortaleza 3–4 Criciúma 2–0 1–4 |} Sources References Category:2002 in Brazilian football leagues Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série B seasons