#Brazil #Brasil Campeonato Carioca, Rio de Janeiro schedule

ÚLTIMOS RESULTADOS

17/01	Grp.B	Volta Redonda	0-2	Flamengo				FG
	Grp.C	Madureira	2-2	Macaé				FG
	Grp.B	Nova Iguaçu	1-1	Cabofriense				FG
	Grp.C	Boavista-RJ	3-1	Fluminense				FG
16/01	Grp.C	Botafogo	2-2	Portuguesa-RJ				FG

PRÓXIMOS JOGOS

18/01	Grp.B	Vasco	21:30	Bangu				h2h
20/01	Grp.C	Portuguesa-RJ	18:00	Madureira				h2h
	Grp.C	Boavista-RJ	18:00	Macaé				h2h
	Grp.C	Fluminense	19:00	Botafogo				h2h
21/01	Grp.B	Bangu	18:30	Volta Redonda				h2h
	Grp.B	Vasco	19:00	Nova Iguaçu				h2h
	Grp.B	Flamengo	22:15	Cabofriense				h2h
23/01	Grp.C	Madureira	21:15	Boavista-RJ				h2h

2ª FASE (TAÇA GUANABARA)

GRUPO B

		J	P
1	Flamengo	1	3
2	Nova Iguaçu	1	1
3	Cabofriense	1	1
4	Vasco	0	0
5	Bangu	0	0
6	Volta Redonda	1	0

VER JOGOS

GRUPO C

		J	P
1	Boavista-RJ	1	3
2	Botafogo	1	1
3	Macaé	1	1
4	Portuguesa-RJ	1	1
5	Madureira	1	1
6	Fluminense	1	0

Format[edit]

The competition is usually divided in three stages: the traditional Taça Guanabara, Taça Rio and the Finals.

Taça Guanabara is the first stage of the competition, with the teams divided into two groups. The traditional "big four", namely, Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama are seeded. Two of them would be in one group and the other two would be in the other group. It is possible other teams also be seeded in some ways, but the seeding criteria is not codified in the regulation and has never been publicly available. The teams then play against each team of the same group once and the top team of each group plays against the second team of the other group in the semi-finals, with the winners qualified for the final.

Taça Rio is the second stage of the competition. Teams are divided into the two same groups of Taça Guanabara, but each team plays against every team from the other group once. The top team from each group compete in the semi-finals with second team from the opposite group, and winners of the semi-finals compete for the Taça Rio.

The winners of Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio compete in the two-legged Finals of Campeonato Carioca, and the winner is crowned tournament champion. If the same team wins both the Taça Guanabara and the Taça Rio, it is automatically crowned tournament champion rendering Finals unnecessary.