1961 Torneio Rio-São Paulo

The tournament were disputed in a two stages. In the first, clubs were split in two groups: Group A, with the teams of São Paulo, and Group B, with the teams of Rio de Janeiro. Clubs from group A played against clubs from group A and group B. The three clubs with the best performance in each group were qualified to the final round. In the final round, the clubs only plays against teams from the other state.

Following is the summary of the 1961 Torneio Rio-São Paulo tournament:^[1][2]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos	9	7	1	1	30	9	+21	15	Qualified to final round
2	Corinthians	9	5	1	3	20	13	+7	11
3	Palmeiras	9	4	3	2	15	12	+3	11
4	São Paulo	9	2	3	4	12	15	−3	7
5	Portuguesa	9	1	1	7	9	25	−16	3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo	9	5	1	3	20	14	+6	11	Qualified to final round
2	Vasco da Gama	9	5	0	4	19	19	0	10
3	Flamengo	9	5	0	4	12	20	−8	10
4	Fluminense	9	4	0	5	19	18	+1	8
5	America	9	2	0	7	13	24	−11	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Flamengo (C)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	6
2	Botafogo	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
3	Vasco da Gama	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Palmeiras	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
5	Corinthians	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0
6	Santos	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0