1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Season	1988
Champions	Inter de Limeira (1st title)
Promoted	Inter de Limeira Náutico
Biggest home win	Inter de Limeira 5-1 Atlético Goianiense (November 12, 1988)
Biggest away win	Londrina 1-4 Joinville (October 23, 1988)
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The 1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B was the 10th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. The championship was disputed by 24 clubs divided into four groups of six teams. the four top teams in each group would qualify for the second phase, formed by 16 teams divided into four groups. the top two-placed teams in each group would qualify, and the same process would repeat in the next phases, also divided into groupus of four. as in the first level, wins were worth three points, and any match that ended tied went to penalties, with the winner of the penalty shootout gaining two points and the loser one point. The champion and the runner-up would qualify to the finals and be promoted to the 1989 Série A. Inter de Limeira came in first in the final group, with Ponte Preta coming in second. However, since the tiebreaking criteria were unclear, Náutico contested Ponte Preta's promotion, claiming that the first tiebreaking criterion was the number of wins in the whole tournament and not the number of wins in the final phase. CBF decided to award the promotion and spot in the finals to Náutico. Inter de Limeira eventually beat Náutico in the finals.

First phase

Group C

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Náutico	10	6	1	1	2	12	5	7	21
2	Fluminense de Feira	10	4	3	3	0	10	4	6	21
3	Catuense	10	4	2	2	2	15	12	3	18
4	Ceará	10	2	2	1	5	6	12	-6	11
5	Central	10	1	3	2	4	3	8	-5	11
6	Treze	10	1	1	3	5	7	12	-5	8

Group D

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ponte Preta	10	4	2	2	2	13	7	6	18
2	Americano	10	4	1	4	1	14	9	5	18
3	América Mineiro	10	4	2	2	2	10	6	4	18
4	Valeriodoce	10	4	2	1	3	12	10	2	17
5	Juventus	10	2	2	2	4	9	9	0	12
6	Rio Branco-ES	10	1	3	0	7	6	23	-17	7

Group E

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inter de Limeira	10	5	3	1	1	11	6	5	22
2	Botafogo-SP	10	4	1	2	3	10	8	2	16
3	Atlético Goianiense	10	4	0	3	3	17	13	4	15
4	Operário-MS	10	3	2	2	3	14	13	1	15
5	Grêmio Maringá	10	3	2	1	4	7	13	-6	14
6	Uberlândia	10	1	2	1	7	9	15	-6	8

Group F

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Joinville	10	4	4	2	0	16	9	7	22
2	Caxias	10	4	2	2	2	13	11	2	18
3	Avaí	10	3	1	4	2	10	6	4	15
4	Juventude	10	3	2	0	5	6	10	-4	13
5	Londrina	10	3	1	1	5	8	13	-5	12
6	Pelotas	10	2	1	2	5	8	12	-4	10

Second phase

Group G

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Operário-MS	6	5	0	0	4	9	4	5	22
2	Caxias	6	4	0	1	1	10	4	6	13
3	Botafogo-SP	6	1	1	1	3	5	7	-2	6
4	Juventude	6	0	1	0	5	2	11	-9	2

Group H

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inter de Limeira	6	4	1	0	1	11	6	5	14
2	Joinville	6	3	0	1	2	5	4	1	10
3	Atlético Goianiense	6	2	0	0	4	6	10	-4	6
4	Avaí	6	2	0	0	4	8	10	-2	6

Group I

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ponte Preta	4	3	0	0	1	5	3	2	9
2	Americano	4	2	0	0	2	3	3	0	6
3	Fluminense de Feira	4	1	0	0	3	2	4	-2	2
4	Ceará	Withdrew

Group J

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Náutico	6	4	0	1	1	9	7	2	13
2	Valeriodoce	6	3	2	0	1	7	5	2	13
3	América Mineiro	6	3	0	0	3	7	4	3	9
4	Catuense	6	0	0	1	5	4	11	-7	1

Third phase

Group K

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inter de Limeira	6	4	1	1	0	15	6	9	15
2	Náutico	6	3	2	0	1	11	8	3	13
3	Valeriodoce	6	1	0	1	4	9	13	-4	4
4	Operário-MS	6	0	1	2	3	3	11	-8	4

Group L

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Americano	6	3	0	2	1	6	6	0	11
2	Ponte Preta	6	2	2	0	2	8	6	2	10
3	Joinville	6	2	1	1	2	6	7	-1	9
4	Caxias	6	2	0	0	4	8	9	-1	6

Final group

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inter de Limeira	6	2	3	0	1	7	6	1	12
2	Náutico	6	2	2	1	1	6	5	1	11
3	Ponte Preta	6	3	0	2	1	10	6	4	11
4	Americano	6	0	0	2	4	2	8	-6	2

Finals

Inter de Limeira v Náutico

February 11, 1989

Inter de Limeira	2–1	Náutico

Limeirão