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 Guarani Valeriodoce 0-0 ESAB [Nov 15] Caldense 1-0 URT Round 2 [Nov 13] Caldense 0-1 Guarani ESAB 1-1 Uberlândia URT 4-2 Nacional-M Villa Nova 0-0 Valeriodoce Round 3 [Nov 19] URT 1-1 Villa Nova [Nov 20] Nacional-M 3-0 Guarani Uberlândia 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-M Guarani 2-1 URT Villa 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 Guarani Uberlândia 4-0 Nacional-M Valeriodoce 1-0 URT Villa Nova 2-0 Caldense Round 7 [Dec 11] Caldense 3-0 Nacional-M Guarani 1-0 Valeriodoce Villa 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 Valeriodoce Villa Nova 1-0 Nacional-M Round 2 [Feb 1] Caldense 0-0 Guarani Nacional-M - URT Uberlândia 0-0 ESAB Valeriodoce 2-6 Villa Nova Round 3 [Feb 4] Caldense 0-0 ESAB Guarani 1-0 Nacional-M Villa Nova 3-0 URT Valeriodoce 1-0 Uberlândia Round 4 [Feb 7] Caldense 0-1 Valeriodoce Nacional-M - ESAB URT - Guarani [Feb 9] Uberlândia 2-1 Villa Nova Round 5 [Feb 11] Valeriodoce 1-0 Nacional-M [Feb 12] Uberlândia 1-0 Caldense URT 1-0 ESAB Villa Nova 2-1 Guarani Round 6 [Feb 15] Guarani 2-0 ESAB Nacional-M 2-3 Uberlândia URT 2-1 Valeriodoce Caldense 2-0 Villa Nova Round 7 [Feb 18] ESAB 1-1 Villa Nova [Feb 19] Nacional-M 1-0 Caldense Uberlândia 2-1 URT Valeriodoce 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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