Clubs: ABC Futebol Clube (Natal) ALECRIM Futebol Clube (Natal) AMÉRICA Futebol Clube (Natal) Associação Cultural Esporte Clube BARAÚNAS (Mossoró) Clube ATLÉTICO Potiguar (Natal) FERROVIÁRIO Esporte Clube (Natal) POTYGUAR Sport Club (Currais Novos) RIACHUELO Atlético Clube (Natal) Rules: - Three stages, each with group qualifiers where two top teams of each group advance to stage finals. - Stage champions and the best placed team overall, other than the champions, qualify to league finals. Regulamento: - Três turnos, cada um com uma fase de grupos onde os dois primeiros de cada grupo avançam às finais do turno. - Os campeões dos turnos e mais o melhor colocado dentre os que não foram campeões de turno se classificam à fase final do campeonato. First stage - group qualifiers Primeiro turno - primeira fase Group A and Group B play against each other. Grupo A e Grupo B se enfrentam. Round 1 [Jun 14] América 7-0 Riachuelo ABC 2-1 Atlético Baraúnas 1-1 Ferroviário Potyguar/CN 2-0 Alecrim Round 2 [Jun 21] Alecrim 1-0 Atlético América 3-1 Ferroviário Baraúnas 3-0 Riachuelo Potyguar/CN 2-2 ABC Round 3 [Jun 28] América 2-1 Alecrim [Jul 04] Riachuelo 1-5 Atlético [Jul 05] ABC 1-2 Baraúnas Potyguar/CN 3-1 Ferroviário Round 4 [Jun 27] Ferroviário 0-0 Atlético [Jul 12] ABC 0-1 América Baraúnas 2-1 Alecrim Potyguar/CN 4-0 Riachuelo Group A M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 4 1 1 2 5- 6 3 Qualified to stage finals 2.Alecrim 4 1 0 3 3- 6 2 Qualified to stage finals ------------------------------------ 3.Ferroviário 4 0 2 2 3- 7 2 4.Riachuelo 4 0 0 4 1-19 0 Group B M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.América 4 4 0 0 13- 2 8 Qualified to stage finals 2.Potyguar/CN 4 3 1 0 11- 3 7 Qualified to stage finals ------------------------------------ 3.Baraúnas 4 3 1 0 8- 3 7 4.Atlético 4 1 1 2 6- 4 3 First stage finals Finais do primeiro turno Round 1 [Jul 19] América 0-1 Alecrim Potyguar/CN 0-1 ABC Round 2 [Jul 22] ABC 1-0 Alecrim América 2-0 Potyguar/CN Round 3 [Aug 02] América 1-1 ABC Potyguar/CN 3-4 Alecrim Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 3 2 1 0 3- 1 5 Stage champions, qualified to league finals ------------------------------------ 2.Alecrim 3 2 0 1 5- 4 4 3.América 3 1 1 1 3- 2 3 4.Potyguar/CN 3 0 0 3 3- 7 0 Second stage - group qualifiers Segundo turno - primeira fase Matches within groups. Partidas dentro dos grupos. Group A Round 1 [Aug 09] Alecrim 0-2 Riachuelo ABC 3-0 Ferroviário Round 2 [Aug 16] Alecrim 3-0 Ferroviário [Aug 19] ABC 2-1 Riachuelo Round 3 [Aug 23] Ferroviário 0-3 Riachuelo ABC 2-1 Alecrim Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 3 3 0 0 7- 2 6 Qualified to stage finals 2.Riachuelo 3 2 0 1 6- 2 4 Qualified to stage finals ------------------------------------ 3.Alecrim 3 1 0 2 4- 4 2 4.Ferroviário 3 0 0 3 0- 9 0 Group B Round 1 [Aug 08] Potyguar/CN 0-2 América [Aug 09] Baraúnas 2-0 Atlético Round 2 [Aug 16] América 6-0 Baraúnas Potyguar/CN 4-1 Atlético Round 3 [Aug 12] América 8-1 Atlético [Aug 23] Baraúnas 0-0 Potyguar/CN Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.América 3 3 0 0 16- 1 6 Qualified to stage finals 2.Potyguar/CN 3 1 1 1 4- 3 3 Qualified to stage finals ------------------------------------ 3.Baraúnas 3 1 1 1 2- 6 3 4.Atlético 3 0 0 3 2-14 0 Second stage finals Finais do segundo turno Round 1 [Aug 27] América 3-1 Riachuelo [Aug 30] ABC 3-1 Potyguar/CN Round 2 [Sep 02] ABC 2-1 Riachuelo [Sep 06] América 2-1 Potyguar/CN Round 3 [Sep 13] Riachuelo 0-2 Potyguar/CN América 1-1 ABC Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 3 2 1 0 6- 3 5 Stage champions, qualified to league finals ------------------------------------ 2.América 3 2 1 0 6- 3 5 3.Potyguar/CN 3 1 0 2 4- 5 2 4.Riachuelo 3 0 0 3 2- 7 0 Third stage Terceiro turno Group A and Group B play against each other. Grupo A e Grupo B se enfrentam. Round 1 [Sep 19] Alecrim 0-2 Potyguar/CN [Sep 20] ABC 1-2 Ferroviário América 5-0 Atlético [Sep 24] Baraúnas 1-0 Riachuelo Round 2 [Sep 27] Atlético 2-6 Alecrim ABC 2-0 Riachuelo Potyguar/CN 5-0 Ferroviário Round 3 [Oct 04] Baraúnas 1-0 América Atlético 1-0 Ferroviário ABC 2-1 Alecrim Round 4 [Oct 11] Atlético 2-2 Riachuelo América 2-1 Potyguar/CN Baraúnas 1-WO Ferroviário Round 5 [Oct 18] Alecrim 2-1 Baraúnas ABC 0-0 América Potyguar/CN 4-1 Riachuelo Group A M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.América 4 2 1 1 7- 2 5 Qualified to stage finals 2.Alecrim 4 2 0 2 9- 7 4 Qualified to stage finals ------------------------------------ 3.Ferroviário 4 1 0 3 2- 8 2 4.Riachuelo 4 0 1 3 3- 9 1 Group B M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.Potyguar/CN 4 3 0 1 12- 3 6 Qualified to stage finals 2.Baraúnas 4 3 0 1 4- 2 6 Qualified to stage finals ------------------------------------ 3.ABC 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5 4.Atlético 4 1 1 2 5-13 3 Third stage finals Finais do terceiro turno Round 1 [Oct 25] Potyguar/CN 1-1 Baraúnas Alecrim 3-1 América Round 2 [Nov 01] Baraúnas 1-0 Alecrim Potyguar/CN 0-1 América Round 3 [Nov 08] Baraúnas 1-0 América Potyguar/CN 1-2 Alecrim Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.Baraúnas 3 2 1 0 3 1 5 Stage champions, qualified to league finals ------------------------------------ 2.Alecrim 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 3.América 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 4.Potyguar/CN 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 Standings - stages 1 to 3 Classificação - turnos 1 a 3 Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.América 20 13 3 4 47-14 29 Qualified to league finals (won 1st stage) 2.ABC 17 10 4 3 26-15 24 Qualified to league finals (won 2nd stage) 3.Baraúnas 14 9 3 2 17-12 21 Qualified to league finals (won 3rd stage) 4.Potyguar/CN 20 8 3 9 36-25 19 Qualified to league finals (best other placed team) ------------------------------------- 5.Alecrim 17 8 0 9 26-24 16 6.Atlético 11 2 2 7 13-31 6 7.Riachuelo 14 2 1 11 12-37 5 8.Ferroviário 11 1 2 8 5-24 4 Finals Round 1 [Nov 15] Baraúnas 2-1 ABC América 1-0 Potyguar/CN Round 2 [Nov 11] ABC 5-0 Potyguar/CN [Nov 22] América 1-0 Baraúnas Round 3 [Nov 29] América 3-2 ABC Baraúnas 3-0 Potyguar/CN Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.América 3 3 0 0 5- 2 6 Champions 2.Baraúnas 3 2 0 1 5- 2 4 3.ABC 3 1 0 2 8- 5 2 4.Potyguar/CN 3 0 0 3 0- 9 0 *** AMÉRICA are 1981 Rio Grande do Norte state champions *** Final standings: Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.América 23 16 3 4 52-16 35 Champions 2.ABC 20 11 4 5 34-20 26 3.Baraúnas 17 11 3 3 22-14 25 4.Potyguar/CN 23 8 3 12 36-34 19 5.Alecrim 17 8 0 9 26-24 16 6.Atlético 11 2 2 7 13-31 6 7.Riachuelo 14 2 1 11 12-37 5 8.Ferroviário 11 1 2 8 5-24 4 [1] [1] Relegated to Second Division, but it was not played because there were not at least 3 clubs interested in playing Second Division in 1982.
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