1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Football league season

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season	1981
Champions	Guarani (1st title)
Promoted	Guarani Anapolina
Matches played	197
Goals scored	489 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jorge Mendonça (Guarani) - 11 goals
Biggest home win	Guarani 6-0 Serrano-RJ (January 21, 1981)
Biggest away win	Anápolis 0-5 Bahia (January 31, 1981)
Highest scoring	Vitória-ES 2-6 Americano (January 14, 1981)
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The 1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, officially, the Taça de Prata 1981, was the 4th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.The championship was performed by 48 clubs, divided into 6 groups of 8 teams each, in which the two best teams of each group proceeded to the second phase, in which the twelve teams were divided into four groups of three teams.the first placed team of each group were promoted to the Second phase of the Taça de Ouro of the same year. the second placed teams of each group would proceed to the semifinals, disputed in a knockout tournament format, in which the winners were promoted to the Taça de Ouro of the following year.

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Remo	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	10^[a]
2	Tuna Luso	7	4	1	2	8	6	+2	9
3	Ceará	7	3	3	1	12	8	+4	9
4	Guarany de Sobral	7	2	2	3	6	9	−3	6
5	Flamengo-PI	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	5^[a]
6	Tiradentes-PI	7	2	1	4	9	11	−2	5
7	Maranhão	7	2	1	4	9	13	−4	5
8	Rio Negro	7	2	1	4	5	9	−4	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The match between Flamengo-PI and Remo wasn't played.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Náutico	7	3	4	0	12	6	+6	10
2	Botafogo-PB	7	3	3	1	10	7	+3	9
3	América-PE	7	3	3	1	6	5	+1	9
4	ABC	7	2	3	2	10	11	−1	7
5	Central	7	2	2	3	7	8	−1	6
6	Confiança	7	2	1	4	7	10	−3	5
7	Treze	7	2	1	4	8	11	−3	5
8	ASA	7	1	3	3	5	7	−2	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bahia	7	5	0	2	13	7	+6	10
2	Anapolina	7	3	3	1	13	8	+5	9
3	União Rondonópolis	7	3	2	2	7	7	0	8
4	Leônico	7	3	2	2	7	6	+1	8
5	Anápolis	7	2	4	1	6	9	−3	8
6	Gama	7	1	5	1	7	6	+1	7
7	Itabuna	7	1	2	4	5	10	−5	4
8	Atlético-GO	7	0	2	5	6	11	−5	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guarani	7	5	1	1	16	6	+10	11
2	Coritiba	7	4	1	2	9	5	+4	9
3	Juventus	7	3	2	2	11	9	+2	8
4	Campo Grande	7	3	2	2	4	3	+1	8
5	Botafogo-SP	7	3	1	3	5	8	−3	7
6	Grêmio Maringá	7	1	4	2	6	7	−1	6
7	Cascavel	7	1	2	4	7	10	−3	4
8	Serrano-RJ	7	0	3	4	3	14	−11	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uberaba	7	5	1	1	15	6	+9	11
2	Americano	7	4	2	1	17	7	+10	10
3	São Bento	7	4	2	1	11	8	+3	10
4	América-MG	7	3	2	2	5	8	−3	8
5	América-RJ	7	3	1	3	6	7	−1	7
6	Comercial-SP	7	2	2	3	8	11	−3	6
7	Volta Redonda	7	1	1	5	8	11	−3	3
8	Vitória	7	0	1	6	4	16	−12	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Palmeiras	7	4	3	0	10	4	+6	11
2	Comercial-MS	7	2	4	1	11	9	+2	8
3	Internacional de Santa Maria	7	3	1	3	11	11	0	7
4	São Paulo-RS	7	2	3	2	10	11	−1	7
5	Ferroviária	7	2	3	2	8	8	0	7
6	Criciúma	7	2	2	3	8	10	−2	6
7	Novo Hamburgo	7	2	2	3	8	11	−3	6
8	América-SP	7	1	2	4	7	9	−2	4