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Torneio Centro Sul
Organising body	CBD
Founded	1968
Folded	1969
Country	Brazil
Number of clubs	12
Most championships	Grêmio Maringá (1 title)

The Torneio Centro-Sul (English: Central-South Tournament), was a football competition held during the years of 1968 and 1969, reuniting clubs of the part south of Brazil as a qualifier for the Torneio dos Campeões da CBD, likewise Torneio Norte-Nordeste. The tournament had only two editions, but ended up being abandoned due to lack of interest from clubs and the discontinuity of the Torneio dos Campeões.^[1]

List of Champions

Year	Champion	Final Score	Runners-up
1968	Grêmio Maringá PR	2–0 2–1	Villa Nova MG
1969	Abandoned^[2]

1968 Torneio Centro Sul

Participants

Club	City	State
Almirante Barroso	Itajaí	Santa Catarina
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais
Desportiva	Cariacica	Espírito Santo
Grêmio Maringá	Maringá	Paraná
Juventude	Caxias do Sul	Rio Grande do Sul
Palmeiras	Blumenau	Santa Catarina
Rio Branco	Vitória	Espírito Santo
Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz do Sul	Rio Grande do Sul
Valerio	Itabira	Minas Gerais
Villa Nova	Nova Lima	Minas Gerais
Vitória	Vitória	Espírito Santo
União Bandeirante	Bandeirantes	Paraná

Group 1 (Central)


Nov 20
Valerio	1–0	Desportiva
Nov 23
Villa Nova	1–1	Desportiva
Nov 26
Villa Nova	1–1	Valerio
Dec 4
Desportiva	1–2	Villa Nova
Dec 12
Desportiva	n/p	Valerio

The final match not played as Villa Nova had secured the classification beforehand

Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Villa Nova	6	4	2	2	0	6	4	2
Valerio	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	1
Desportiva	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2

Group 2 (Central)


Nov 17
Rio Branco	1–0	Vitória
Nov 20
Rio Branco	1–1	América Mineiro
Nov 24
Vitória	1–1	América Mineiro
Dec 1
Vitória	1–1	Rio Branco
Dec 4
América Mineiro	0–1	Rio Branco
Dec 8
América Mineiro	5–1	Vitória

Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Rio Branco	6	4	2	2	0	6	4	2
América Mineiro	4	4	1	2	1	7	4	3
Vitória	2	4	0	2	2	3	8	-5

Group 1 (South)


Nov 17
União Bandeirante	0–0	Grêmio Maringá
Nov 20
Grêmio Maringá	4–0	Almirante Barroso
Nov 24
União Bandeirante	2–2	Almirante Barroso
Dec 1
Grêmio Maringá	1–0	União Bandeirante
Dec 4
Almirante Barroso	2–2	Grêmio Maringá
Dec 8
Almirante Barroso	2–1	União Bandeirante

Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Grêmio Maringá	6	4	2	2	0	7	2	5
Almirante Barroso	4	4	1	2	1	6	9	-3
União Bandeirante	2	4	0	2	2	3	5	-2

Group 2 (South)


Nov 17
Juventude	1–1	Santa Cruz
Nov 20
Palmeiras	0–0	Santa Cruz
Nov 24
Palmeiras	3–1	Juventude
Dec 1
Santa Cruz	1–1	Juventude
Dec 4
Santa Cruz	2–0	Palmeiras
Dec 8
Juventude	n/p	Palmeiras

The final match not played as Santa Cruz had secured the classification beforehand

Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Santa Cruz	5	4	1	3	0	4	2	2
Palmeiras	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Juventude	2	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Dec 14, 18			Final Feb 8, 12 (1969)

Villa Nova	1	1

Rio Branco	0	0
			Villa Nova	0	1

			Grêmio Maringá	2	2
Grêmio Maringá	3	7

Santa Cruz	4	0

Champions

1968 Torneio Centro-Sul
Grêmio Maringá 1st title

1969 Torneio Centro Sul

Participants

Club	City	State
Americano	Campos dos Goytacazes	Rio de Janeiro
Anápolis	Anápolis	Goiás
Avaí	Florianópolis	Santa Catarina
Barra Mansa	Barra Mansa	Rio de Janeiro
Democrata	Governador Valadares	Minas Gerais
Desportiva	Cariacica	Espírito Santo
Internacional	Santa Maria	Rio Grande do Sul
Ipiranga	Anápolis	Goiás
Juventus	Rio do Sul	Santa Catarina
Mixto	Cuiabá	Mato Grosso
Novo Hamburgo	Novo Hamburgo	Rio Grande do Sul
Operário	Várzea Grande	Mato Grosso
Rio Branco	Vitória	Espírito Santo