The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1994, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 7 to December 4, 1994. The competition had 24 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and two were relegated to Série C. The competition was won by Juventude.
The championship was reestablished after the 1993 Campeonato Brasileiro, and its participants included the eight teams relegated from the 1993 Série A, along with 16 teams chosen through qualificatory tournaments. However, with América-MG's suspension, Democrata, that had been eliminated in the qualification, was chosen to take América's place. Juventude beat Goiás in the final match, and was declared 1994 Brazilian Série B champions, and both Goiás and Juventude achieved promotion to the 1995 Série A. The two worst ranked teams (Fortaleza and Tiradentes-DF) were relegated to play Série C in 1995.
Qualification
Southern Region
Rio Grande do Sul TeamsScoresTeam 1PointsTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg Agg. Juventude 2:2Brasil de Farroupilha2:10:11:0—
Santa Catarina
Paraná
Southern triangular
São Paulo
Group A
Group B
Rio de Janeiro
Goiás-Tocantins
Minas Gerais-Federal District
Minas Gerais
Federal District
Final
Northern Region
Acre-Amazonas
Mato Grosso-Rondônia
Final
Pará-Amapá
Ceará-Rio Grande do Norte
Paraíba-Alagoas
Pernambuco
Sergipe-Bahia
Maranhão-Piauí
Maranhão Imperatriz, with no chances at qualifying, did not appear for its final match against Sampaio Corrêa. As punishment, the result of its final match was counted as a 1–0 victory for Sampaio Corrêa, and the point earned against in the draw against Sampaio Corrêa in the first match was given to Sampaio Corrêa, tying it and Moto Club in number of points, forcing an extra match, won by Moto Club by 2–1.
Piauí
Finals
First phase Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second phase
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Semifinals
Finals
References
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