1994 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season	1994
Champions	Juventude
Promoted	Juventude; Goiás
Relegated	Fortaleza; Tiradentes-DF
Goals scored	419
Average goals/game	2,41
Top goalscorer	Baltazar (Goiás); Mário (Juventude):; 14 goals
Biggest home win	Ceará 6-1 Tuna Luso (November 6, 1994)
Biggest away win	Moto Club 0-4 América-RN (August 24, 1994); Fortaleza 1-5 Ceará (August 28, 1994)
	← Série B 1992 Série B 1995 →

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1994, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 7 to December 4, 1994. The competition had 24 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and two were relegated to Série C. The competition was won by Juventude.

The championship was reestablished after the 1993 Campeonato Brasileiro, and its participants included the eight teams relegated from the 1993 Série A, along with 16 teams chosen through qualificatory tournaments. However, with América-MG's suspension, Democrata, that had been eliminated in the qualification, was chosen to take América's place. Juventude beat Goiás in the final match, and was declared 1994 Brazilian Série B champions, and both Goiás and Juventude achieved promotion to the 1995 Série A. The two worst ranked teams (Fortaleza and Tiradentes-DF) were relegated to play Série C in 1995.

Qualification

Southern Region

Rio Grande do Sul

Teams			Scores
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	Agg.
Juventude	2:2	Brasil de Farroupilha	2:1	0:1	1:0	—

Santa Catarina

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Figueirense	4	2	2	0	8	7	+1	6	Qualified to the Southern triangular
2	Joinville	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4	Eliminated
3	Marcílio Dias	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	3	Eliminated

Source:

Paraná

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Londrina	6	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Qualified to the Southern triangular
2	Operário-PR	6	3	3	0	5	1	+4	9	Eliminated
3	União Bandeirante	6	1	1	4	2	6	−4	3
4	Matsubara	6	0	3	3	1	7	−6	3

Source:

Southern triangular

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Londrina	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Qualified to 1994 Série B
2	Juventude	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	4	Qualified to 1994 Série B
3	Figueirense	4	0	1	3	2	10	−8	1	Eliminated

Source:

São Paulo

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América-SP	10	5	3	2	14	9	+5	13	Qualified to 1994 Série B
2	Novorizontino	10	6	0	4	16	12	+4	12	Eliminated
3	Noroeste	10	4	2	4	8	12	−4	10
4	Marília	10	3	4	3	8	11	−3	10
5	Botafogo-SP	10	3	3	4	16	13	+3	9
6	Ferroviária	10	2	2	6	6	11	−5	6

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ponte Preta	10	6	3	1	16	9	+7	15	Qualified to 1994 Série B
2	Inter de Limeira	10	5	3	2	12	7	+5	13	Eliminated
3	São Caetano	10	3	4	3	10	14	−4	10
4	Juventus	10	2	6	2	16	10	+6	10
5	Sãocarlense	10	1	5	4	8	11	−3	7
6	Ituano	10	1	3	6	6	17	−11	5

Source:

Rio de Janeiro

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangu	6	2	4	0	8	2	+6	8	Qualified to 1994 Série B
2	Americano	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	5^[a]	Qualified to 1994 Série B
3	América-RJ	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	5	Eliminated
4	Itaperuna	4	0	2	2	1	5	−4	2^[a]	Eliminated

Source:
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Americano's results against Itaperuna are unknown.

Goiás-Tocantins

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goiatuba	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	8	Qualified to 1994 Série B
2	Atlético-GO	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	7	Eliminated
3	Vila Nova	6	1	3	2	11	8	+3	5
4	Tocantinópolis	6	1	2	3	5	13	−8	4

Source:

Minas Gerais-Federal District

Minas Gerais

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Democrata-GV	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	6	Qualified to the Minas Gerais-Federal District final
2	Valeriodoce	4	1	3	0	7	4	+3	5	Eliminated
3	Caldense	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1	Eliminated

Source:

Federal District

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tiradentes-DF	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	8	Qualified to the Minas Gerais-Federal District final
2	Taguatinga	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	7	Eliminated
3	Gama	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	6
4	Guará	6	0	3	3	1	5	−4	3

Source:

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tiradentes-DF	0-0(p)	Democrata	0-0	0-0

Northern Region

Acre-Amazonas

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	6	4	1	1	8	2	+6	9	Qualified to the Amazonas-Mato Grosso final
2	Rio Negro	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	8	Eliminated
3	Rio Branco	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	5
4	Independência	6	0	2	4	1	9	−8	2

Source:

Mato Grosso-Rondônia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barra do Garças	8	5	1	2	12	4	+8	11	Qualified to the Amazonas-Mato Grosso final
2	Ariquemes	8	4	2	2	9	9	0	10	Eliminated
3	Operário	8	3	3	2	12	6	+6	9
4	Porto Velho	8	2	1	5	5	15	−10	5
5	Ji-Paraná	8	1	3	4	4	8	−4	5

Source:

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Barra do Garças	1-0	Nacional

Pará-Amapá

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tuna Luso	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	8	Qualified to 1994 Série B
2	Ypiranga	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	7	Eliminated
3	Macapá	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	6
4	Bragantino	6	1	1	4	3	8	−5	3

Source:

Ceará-Rio Grande do Norte

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América-RN	8	4	3	1	12	8	+4	11	Qualified to 1994 Série B
2	Coríntians	8	4	3	1	7	4	+3	11	Eliminated
3	Icasa	8	2	3	3	8	10	−2	7
4	Ferroviário	8	1	4	3	9	11	−2	6
5	ABC	8	1	3	4	9	12	−3	5

Source:

Paraíba-Alagoas

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CRB	8	4	2	2	12	7	+5	10	Qualified to 1994 Série B
2	Treze	8	3	4	1	11	9	+2	10	Eliminated
3	Botafogo-PB	8	2	4	2	11	10	+1	8
4	Auto Esporte	8	1	5	2	6	9	−3	7
5	Campinense	8	2	1	5	7	13	−6	5

Source:

Pernambuco

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	5	Qualified to 1994 Série B
2	Paulistano	4	1	2	1	3	6	−3	4	Eliminated
3	Vitória	4	1	1	2	6	4	+2	3	Eliminated

Source:

Sergipe-Bahia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sergipe	6	6	0	0	14	3	+11	12	Qualified to 1994 Série B
2	Catuense	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	4	Eliminated
3	Confiança	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	4
4	Itabaiana	6	0	4	2	3	7	−4	4

Source:

Maranhão-Piauí

Maranhão

Imperatriz, with no chances at qualifying, did not appear for its final match against Sampaio Corrêa. As punishment, the result of its final match was counted as a 1-0 victory for Sampaio Corrêa, and the point earned against in the draw against Sampaio Corrêa in the first match was given to Sampaio Corrêa, tying it and Moto Club in number of points, forcing an extra match, won by Moto Club by 2-1.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Moto Club	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6	Qualified to 1994 Série B
2	Sampaio Corrêa	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	6^[a]	Eliminated
3	Imperatriz	4	0	1	3	1	5	−4	0^[b]	Eliminated

Source:
Notes:

^ 1 bonus point?
^ 1 point deducted?

Piauí

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Picos	1-2	River	1-2	0-0

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Moto Club	2-1	River	2-1	0-0

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	América-RN	10	4	5	1	16	12	+4	13	Qualified to the Second phase
2	Tuna Luso	10	5	1	4	15	11	+4	11
3	Moto Club	10	3	4	3	12	16	−4	10
4	Ceará	10	3	4	3	16	12	+4	10
5	Central	10	3	4	3	18	16	+2	10	Eliminated
6	Fortaleza	10	1	4	5	9	19	−10	6	Relegated to 1995 Série C

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sergipe	10	5	1	4	15	12	+3	11	Qualified to the Second phase
2	Desportiva	10	4	3	3	8	8	0	11
3	Americano	10	4	3	3	7	8	−1	11
4	Santa Cruz	10	3	4	3	11	11	0	10
5	Democrata	10	1	7	2	7	8	−1	9	Eliminated
6	CRB	10	3	2	5	10	11	−1	8	Eliminated

Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goiás	10	5	3	2	15	9	+6	13	Qualified to the Second phase
2	Atlético-PR	10	5	2	3	8	8	0	12
3	Londrina	10	3	4	3	13	13	0	10
4	Goiatuba	10	4	1	5	11	10	+1	9
5	América-SP	10	3	2	5	9	11	−2	8	Eliminated
6	Barra do Garças	10	3	2	5	7	12	−5	8	Eliminated

Source:

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ponte Preta	10	6	2	2	13	10	+3	14	Qualified to the Second phase
2	Mogi Mirim	10	4	4	2	11	6	+5	12
3	Juventude	10	4	3	3	16	12	+4	11
4	Coritiba	10	4	3	3	12	8	+4	11
5	Bangu	10	2	3	5	10	12	−2	7	Eliminated
6	Tiradentes-DF	10	2	1	7	6	20	−14	5	Relegated to 1995 Série C

Source:

Second phase

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Desportiva	6	4	2	0	8	1	+7	10	Qualified to the Third phase
2	América-RN	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	7	Eliminated
3	Moto Club	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	5
4	Santa Cruz	6	0	2	4	6	13	−7	2

Source:

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Americano	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	8	Qualified to the Third phase
2	Ceará	6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	7	Eliminated
3	Sergipe	6	3	0	3	5	6	−1	6
4	Tuna Luso	6	1	1	4	3	11	−8	3

Source:

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goiás	6	4	2	0	9	3	+6	10	Qualified to the Third phase
2	Mogi Mirim	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	6	Eliminated
3	Londrina	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	5
4	Coritiba	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	3

Source:

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventude	6	4	2	0	15	8	+7	10	Qualified to the Third phase
2	Atlético-PR	6	3	1	2	14	11	+3	7	Eliminated
3	Goiatuba	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	4
4	Ponte Preta	6	1	1	4	9	14	−5	3

Source:

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Americano	0-2	Juventude	0-1	0-1
Desportiva	2-2	Goiás^[1]	2-0	0-2

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Goiás	3-3	Juventude^[2]	2-1	1-2

References

^ Goiás qualified due to a better season record
^ Juventude was declared champion due to a better season record

Sources

"Brazil Second Level 1994". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
"Brazil 1994 Second Level Qualification". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.

[table_hth_AME0.31127151256021-1] Americano's results against Itaperuna are unknown.

[table_hth_SAM0.93862360713008-2] 1 bonus point?

[table_hth_IMP0.93862360713008-3] 1 point deducted?

[4] Goiás qualified due to a better season record

[5] Juventude was declared champion due to a better season record

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