Participant clubs: Associação Atlética CALDENSE (Poços de Caldas)ESAB Esporte Clube (Contagem)GUARANI Esporte Clube (Divinópolis)NACIONAL Atlético Clube (Muriaé)UBERLÂNDIA Esporte Clube (Uberlândia)União Recreativa dos Trabalhadores - URT (Patos de Minas)VALERIODOCE Esporte Clube (Itabira)VILLA NOVA Atlético Clube (Nova Lima) Rules: - Tournament divided in two stages. Stage winners qualify to finals. - Wins by two or more goals award three points. FIRST STAGE Table: M W3/2 D L GF-GA Pts 1.Nacional-M 7 4/0 0 3 13-12 12 Stage champions; to tournament finals---------------------------------------- 2.Villa Nova 7 3/0 2 2 7-10 11 3.Guarani 7 1/3 0 3 12- 7 9 4.Uberlândia 7 1/1 4 1 9- 6 9 5.URT 7 2/0 2 3 9- 7 8 6.Valeriodoce 7 0/2 3 2 3- 4 7 7.Caldense 6 1/1 1 3 5- 5 6 8.ESAB 6 0/1 2 3 3-10 4 Note:W3/2: 3-point wins/2-point wins. Round 1[Nov 5]Nacional-M 2-0 Villa Nova[Nov 6]Uberlândia 2-1 GuaraniValeriodoce 0-0 ESAB[Nov 15]Caldense 1-0 URT Round 2 [Nov 13]Caldense 0-1 GuaraniESAB 1-1 Uberlândia URT 4-2 Nacional-MVilla Nova 0-0 Valeriodoce Round 3[Nov 19]URT 1-1 Villa Nova[Nov 20]Nacional-M 3-0 GuaraniUberlândia 1-1 Valeriodoce[postponed]ESAB - Caldense [new date and score unknown] Round 4 [Nov 26]Valeriodoce 1-0 Caldense[Nov 27]ESAB 1-4 Nacional-MGuarani 2-1 URTVilla Nova 2-0 Uberlândia Round 5[Dec 3]Caldense 1-1 Uberlândia URT 3-0 ESAB[Dec 4]Nacional-M 2-0 Valeriodoce[Dec 14]Guarani 7-0 Villa Nova Round 6 [Dec 8]ESAB 1-0 GuaraniUberlândia 4-0 Nacional-MValeriodoce 1-0 URTVilla Nova 2-0 Caldense Round 7[Dec 11]Caldense 3-0 Nacional-MGuarani 1-0 ValeriodoceVilla Nova 2-0 ESAB [Dec 18]URT 0-0 Uberlândia Table: M W3/2 D L GF-GA Pts 1.Nacional-M 7 4/0 0 3 13-12 12 Stage champions; to tournament finals---------------------------------------- 2.Villa Nova 7 3/0 2 2 7-10 11 3.Guarani 7 1/3 0 3 12- 7 9 4.Uberlândia 7 1/1 4 1 9- 6 9 5.URT 7 2/0 2 3 9- 7 8 6.Valeriodoce 7 0/2 3 2 3- 4 7 7.Caldense 6 1/1 1 3 5- 5 6 8.ESAB 6 0/1 2 3 3-10 4 SECOND STAGE(many scores missing)Round 1[Jan 28, 1978]Guarani 2-0 Uberlândia URT 1-0 Caldense[Jan 29]ESAB 2-0 ValeriodoceVilla Nova 1-0 Nacional-M Round 2 [Feb 1]Caldense 0-0 GuaraniNacional-M - URTUberlândia 0-0 ESABValeriodoce 2-6 Villa Nova Round 3 [Feb 4]Caldense 0-0 ESABGuarani 1-0 Nacional-MVilla Nova 3-0 URTValeriodoce 1-0 Uberlândia Round 4[Feb 7]Caldense 0-1 ValeriodoceNacional-M - ESAB[Feb 9]Uberlândia 2-1 Villa NovaURT 0-0 Guarani Round 5[Feb 11]Valeriodoce 1-0 Nacional-M[Feb 12]Uberlândia 1-0 CaldenseURT 1-0 ESABVilla Nova 2-1 Guarani Round 6 [Feb 15]Guarani 2-0 ESABNacional-M 2-3 Uberlândia URT 2-1 ValeriodoceCaldense 2-0 Villa Nova Round 7[Feb 18]ESAB 1-1 Villa Nova[Feb 19]Nacional-M 1-0 CaldenseUberlândia 2-1 URTValeriodoce 0-1 Guarani Second stage champions: GUARANI FINALS (first leg home team shown left - third leg neutral) [Feb 25, Mar 1 and 5, 1978] Guarani 1-1 0-0 0-2 Nacional-M [neutral leg at Mineirão stadium] *** NACIONAL ATLÉTICO CLUBE are 1977 Torneio Incentivo Mineiro champions ***
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