1990 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The 1990 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B was the second division of Brazilian football, played by 24 teams. It began in August 1990 and ended on December 6, 1990. Sport Recife won the tournament title, beating Athletico Paranaense in the finals.

Format

First Phase

The 24 participants were divided into four groups of six teams each. The teams competed in round within groups and robin, qualifying to the next stage the top four of each shift. The four teams with the worst campaigns would be relegated to 1991 Série C, but no such tournament happened, as CBF decided to include 64 clubs in the 1991 Série B, and cancel the Série C of that year.

Second Phase

The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups with four teams each, playing in the group in turn and robin, qualifying the top two from each group to the next stage.

Third Phase

The 8 qualified teams were divided into two groups of four teams each, playing in the group in turn and robin, qualifying the best of each group for the final.

Final

The top placed teams of their respective groups in the third stage played the finals. Both gained access to the 1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Criciúma	10	5	3	2	8	6	+2	13	Qualified to the second phase
2	Blumenau	10	3	5	2	5	3	+2	11
3	Atlético-PR	10	2	7	1	7	2	+5	11
4	Juventude	10	3	4	3	6	7	−1	10
5	Joinville	10	2	5	3	8	8	0	9	Eliminated
6	Coritiba	10	2	2	6	6	14	−8	6	Relegated to 1991 Série C

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grêmio Maringá	10	4	4	2	9	6	+3	12	Qualified to the second phase
2	XV de Piracicaba	10	4	4	2	13	12	+1	12
3	Botafogo-SP	10	4	3	3	14	6	+8	11
4	Guarani	10	4	2	4	13	11	+2	10
5	Rio Branco-AC	10	2	4	4	7	15	−8	8	Eliminated
6	Anapolina	10	1	5	4	9	15	−6	7	Relegated to 1991 Série C

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Catuense	10	5	4	1	14	6	+8	14	Qualified to the second phase
2	Operário-PR	10	4	4	2	16	8	+8	12
3	Juventus	10	5	1	4	8	10	−2	11
4	Itaperuna	10	3	4	3	10	11	−1	10
5	Central	10	1	5	4	4	8	−4	7	Eliminated
6	Americano	10	2	2	6	4	13	−9	6	Relegated to 1991 Série C

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sport	10	3	6	1	9	4	+5	12	Qualified to the second phase
2	Moto Club	10	3	6	1	8	4	+4	12
3	Remo	10	3	5	2	9	6	+3	11
4	Ceará	10	4	2	4	8	9	−1	10
5	Santa Cruz	10	2	6	2	8	9	−1	10	Eliminated
6	Treze	10	1	3	6	4	14	−10	5	Relegated to 1991 Série C

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Second phase

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guarani	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	8	Advanced to the Third phase
2	Criciúma	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	6
3	XV de Piracicaba	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	5
4	Blumenau	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	5

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventude	6	4	2	0	6	1	+5	10	Advanced to the Third phase
2	Atlético Paranaense	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	7
3	Botafogo-SP	6	2	2	2	4	3	+1	6
4	Grêmio Maringá	6	0	1	5	3	12	−9	1

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Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Catuense	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	7	Advanced to the Third phase
2	Moto Club	6	3	0	3	4	3	+1	6
3	Juventus	6	3	0	3	5	5	0	6
4	Ceará	6	2	1	3	3	5	−2	5

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Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Operário-PR	6	3	2	1	6	5	+1	8	Advanced to the Third phase
2	Sport	6	1	4	1	4	4	0	6
3	Itaperuna	6	1	4	1	4	4	0	6
4	Remo	6	1	2	3	5	6	−1	4

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Third phase

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sport	6	3	3	0	8	5	+3	9	Advanced to the final
2	Guarani	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	8
3	Juventude	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	6
4	Moto Club	6	0	1	5	5	14	−9	1

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Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Paranaense	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	7	Advanced to the final
2	Criciúma	6	2	2	2	10	5	+5	6
3	Operário-PR	6	2	2	2	5	9	−4	6
4	Catuense	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	5

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Final

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December 12, 1990

Atlético Paranaense	1–1	Sport

Pinheirão

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December 16, 1990

Sport	1–0	Atlético Paranaense

Ilha do Retiro

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Sport declared as Série B champions due to better season record.

Promotion

The champion and the runner-up, which are Sport and Atlético Paranaense, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Anapolina, Coritiba, Americano and Treze, were relegated to the following year's third level. However, the Second level was expanded to 64 clubs in the next year, eliminating any need for a Third level, and thus the relegations were cancelled.

Champion

1990 Campeonato Brasileiro da Série B
Sport Recife First title