Participants: AMÉRICA Futebol Clube (Belo Horizonte) Associação Atlética CALDENSE (Poços de Caldas) Clube ATLÉTICO Mineiro (Belo Horizonte) CRUZEIRO Esporte Clube (Belo Horizonte) Esporte Clube DEMOCRATA (Governador Valadares) GUARANI Esporte Clube (Divinópolis) IPIRANGA Futebol Clube (Manhuaçu) (+) MONTES CLAROS Futebol Clube (Montes Claros) NACIONAL Futebol Clube (Uberaba) (+) SOCIAL Futebol Clube (Coronel Fabriciano) VALERIODOCE Esporte Clube (Itabira) VILLA NOVA Atlético Clube (Nova Lima) (+) Promoted from Módulo II 1997 First Phase (Teams play once against the teams from other group, then twice against team from same group, 16 matches in total. General top 8 are qualified to Quarterfinals) Table: M W D L GF-GA Pts Group 1.Cruzeiro 16 9 6 1 26-12 33 [A] Qualified 2.Atlético 16 9 3 4 31-22 30 [B] Qualified 3.Democrata 16 7 5 4 26-18 26 [A] Qualified 4.Ipiranga 16 7 3 6 22-18 24 [B] Qualified 5.Villa Nova 16 7 3 6 20-18 24 [A] Qualified 6.América 16 6 5 5 30-21 23 [B] Qualified 7.Caldense 16 6 5 5 25-20 23 [A] Qualified 8.Social 16 6 5 5 15-16 23 [B] Qualified ----------------------------------------------- 9.Valeriodoce 16 4 5 7 15-20 17 [B] 10.Guarani 16 4 5 7 14-21 17 [B] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Montes Claros 16 4 2 10 15-28 14 [A] Relegated 12.Nacional 16 2 3 11 10-35 9 [A] Relegated Round 1 [Feb 1] Cruzeiro 0-0 Guarani Villa Nova 0-0 Social Ipiranga 1-0 Caldense Nacional 1-5 Atletico Democrata 1-0 Valeriodoce America 3-2 Montes Claros Round 2 [Feb 8] Social 1-5 Cruzeiro Atletico 5-3 Democrata Montes Claros 2-1 Ipiranga Guarani 1-1 Nacional Caldense 2-2 America Valeriodoce 0-0 Villa Nova Round 3 [Feb 15] Cruzeiro 1-1 America Villa Nova 3-1 Atletico Nacional 0-4 Ipiranga Democrata 2-0 Guarani Caldense 2-1 Social Montes Claros 0-0 Valeriodoce Round 4 [Feb 19] America 5-0 Nacional Social 1-0 Montes Claros Guarani 3-2 Villa Nova Atletico 2-5 Caldense Valeriodoce 2-3 Cruzeiro Ipiranga 0-3 Democrata Round 5 [Mar 1] Cruzeiro 2-0 Ipiranga Villa Nova 2-3 America Caldense 1-2 Guarani Montes Claros 0-3 Atletico Democrata 0-0 Social Nacional 1-0 Valeriodoce Round 6 [Mar 8] Atletico 1-2 Cruzeiro Ipiranga 2-0 Villa Nova Valeriodoce 2-1 Caldense Guarani 0-1 Montes Claros America 3-1 Democrata Social 3-0 Nacional Round 7 [Mar 15] Montes Claros 2-1 Nacional Ipiranga 0-0 Social Atletico 1-1 Valeriodoce America 5-2 Guarani Villa Nova 2-1 Caldense Democrata 1-1 Cruzeiro Round 8 [Mar 21] Nacional 1-0 Democrata [Mar 22] Caldense 2-1 Montes Claros Cruzeiro 0-1 Villa Nova Valeriodoce 2-1 America Guarani 2-1 Ipiranga Social 0-2 Atletico Round 9 [Mar 28] Montes Claros 0-3 Cruzeiro [Mar 29] Democrata 2-0 Villa Nova Nacional 1-4 Caldense Ipiranga 3-0 Atletico America 1-2 Social Guarani 1-1 Valeriodoce Round 10 [Mar 26] Cruzeiro 0-0 Caldense [Apr 1] Villa Nova 2-1 Nacional Democrata 3-1 Montes Claros Social 1-1 Valeriodoce Atletico 2-0 Guarani Ipiranga 2-1 America Round 11 [Apr 4] Nacional 2-3 Cruzeiro [Apr 5] Caldense 1-1 Democrata Montes Claros 1-2 Villa Nova Valeriodoce 1-2 Ipiranga Guarani 1-0 Social [Apr 28] America 0-1 Atletico Round 12 [Apr 8] Cruzeiro 1-1 Democrata Caldense 2-0 Villa Nova Nacional 0-1 Montes Claros Social 2-1 Ipiranga [Apr 22] Valeriodoce 1-3 Atletico Guarani 1-1 America Round 13 [Apr 12] Democrata 3-0 Nacional Montes Claros 0-1 Caldense Villa Nova 0-1 Cruzeiro America 2-0 Valeriodoce Ipiranga 0-0 Guarani Atletico 1-1 Social Round 14 [Mar 12] Cruzeiro 2-1 Montes Claros [Apr 15] Villa Nova 2-0 Democrata Caldense 1-1 Nacional Atletico 2-1 Ipiranga Valeriodoce 1-0 Guarani [Apr 22] Social 1-0 America Round 15 [Apr 19] Caldense 1-1 Cruzeiro Nacional 0-0 Villa Nova Montes Claros 2-2 Democrata Valeriodoce 2-1 Social Guarani 1-2 Atletico America 2-2 Ipiranga Round 16 [Mar 18] Cruzeiro 1-0 Nacional [Apr 26] Democrata 3-1 Caldense Villa Nova 4-1 Montes Claros Ipiranga 2-1 Valeriodoce Social 1-0 Guarani Atletico 0-0 America Table: M W D L GF-GA Pts Group 1.Cruzeiro 16 9 6 1 26-12 33 [A] Qualified 2.Atlético 16 9 3 4 31-22 30 [B] Qualified 3.Democrata 16 7 5 4 26-18 26 [A] Qualified 4.Ipiranga 16 7 3 6 22-18 24 [B] Qualified 5.Villa Nova 16 7 3 6 20-18 24 [A] Qualified 6.América 16 6 5 5 30-21 23 [B] Qualified 7.Caldense 16 6 5 5 25-20 23 [A] Qualified 8.Social 16 6 5 5 15-16 23 [B] Qualified ----------------------------------------------- 9.Valeriodoce 16 4 5 7 15-20 17 [B] 10.Guarani 16 4 5 7 14-21 17 [B] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Montes Claros 16 4 2 10 15-28 14 [A] Relegated 12.Nacional 16 2 3 11 10-35 9 [A] Relegated Quarterfinals First Legs [Apr 29] Cruzeiro 1-1 Social [May 3] Caldense 0-2 Atletico America 1-0 Democrata Villa Nova 1-0 Ipiranga Second Legs [May 10] Social 0-2 Cruzeiro Atletico 3-1 Caldense Democrata 1-1 America Ipiranga 1-2 Villa Nova Semifinals First Legs [May 17] America 2-3 Atletico Villa Nova 0-2 Cruzeiro Second Legs [May 24] Atletico 3-1 America [Jun 4] Cruzeiro 0-0 Villa Nova Finals First Leg [Jun 7] Cruzeiro 3-2 Atletico [Att.:37,826] [Fabio Júnior 18', 23', 30'; Edgard 38', Lincoln 71'] Second Leg [Jun 11] Atletico 0-0 Cruzeiro [Att.:39,247] ** Cruzeiro are Minas Gerais State champions of 1998 ** *** Topscorer: Marques (Atlético), 13 goals ***
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