The competition started its new season on February 9, 1992 and ended on July 11, 1992. The championship was organized by the national association CBF . At the end of the season Paraná Clube was able to celebrate the championship.
24 clubs were scheduled to take part in the competition. On January 7, 1992, the CBF decided to increase the number of participants to 32, which, in contrast to the previous year, was a reduction of 32 participants. The reason for this was a planned increase in the number of participants for the first division in 1993 .
The competition was held in three group phases, semi-finals and a final. The first round consisted of four groups of eight clubs each. The top three in a group moved into the second round and qualified for the first division in 1993.
A knockout round was originally planned for the second round . this phase in the knockout phase among the classified. In order to reduce costs for the smaller clubs, these were dispensed with and another group round was held in which the participants were classified according to their region of origin. These twelve clubs were divided equally into three groups. In order to avoid possible advantages for stronger clubs, an additional point was awarded to selected clubs. These were Santa Cruz FC , Criciúma EC , Ceará SC , Clube do Remo , América Mineiro and Paraná Clube . The two best in each group advanced to the third round.
The knockout round planned for the third round could not be held in this form. The Fortaleza EC appealed to the court. From the club's point of view, this should have qualified for the third round. In his group E Fortaleza scored six points and was ranked third behind Santa Cruz . The club had earned six points and took second place on the attributed point. Fortaleza sued against the establishment of this order . The claim was upheld by the CBF. The association decided that both clubs could move into the third round. In order to get a round number of participants for the third round, the same rule for group G should apply, in which the Grêmio Porto Alegre was in third place. The club decided not to participate for financial reasons and América Mineiro, third in Group F, moved up. The now eight clubs competed against each other in two groups of four. The two group winners advanced to the final.
In the semi-finals, the group winners in round three met the group runners-up.
Attendees
Of the registered participants, the clubs canceled six of their participation. After the decision of the CBF, they followed suit.
The Paraíba association, the Federação Paraibana de Futebol, stipulated that the participant would be determined from two games between the Campinense Clube and the Auto Esporte Clube . The officials of the clubs contradicted this regulation. After a draw ending game Campinense got the starting place.
In the first round, the 32 participants competed against each other in four groups of eight clubs each. The top three clubs in each group advanced to the second round.
Santa Cruz and Fortaleza scored the same number of points. Santa Cruz moved into the semi-finals because they had scored more points in the competition. Santa Cruz 30 points, Fortaleza 28 points. The extra point for Santa Cruz in the second round was not counted.
Paraná Clube and Criciúma scored the same number of points. Paraná Clube came first in the group because they had scored more points in the competition. Paraná Clube 33 points, Criciúma 31 points. The extra point for both clubs in the second round was not counted.
The table only served to determine the placement of the individual teams in the season. At times it was used by the association to determine an eternal ranking list. It is made up of all the games played. In the sorting, reaching the respective final phase has priority over the points scored.
Alagoas
Bahia
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Brasília
Ceará
Espírito Santo
Goiás
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso do Sul
Minas Gerais
Pará
Paraíba
Paraná
Pernambuco
Piauí
Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Sul
Santa Catarina
São Paulo
Sergipe
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