The 1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, officially, the Taça de Prata 1981, was the 4th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.The championship was performed by 48 clubs, divided into 6 groups of 8 teams each, in which the two best teams of each group proceeded to the second phase, in which the twelve teams were divided into four groups of three teams.the first placed team of each group were promoted to the Second phase of the Taça de Ouro of the same year. the second placed teams of each group would proceed to the semifinals, disputed in a knockout tournament format, in which the winners were promoted to the Taça de Ouro of the following year.

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Remo	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	10[lower-alpha 1]
2	Tuna Luso	7	4	1	2	8	6	+2	9
3	Ceará	7	3	3	1	12	8	+4	9
4	Guarany de Sobral	7	2	2	3	6	9	−3	6
5	Flamengo-PI	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	5[lower-alpha 1]
6	Tiradentes-PI	7	2	1	4	9	11	−2	5
7	Maranhão	7	2	1	4	9	13	−4	5
8	Rio Negro	7	2	1	4	5	9	−4	5

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Notes:

1. 1 2 The match between Flamengo-PI and Remo wasn't played.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Náutico	7	3	4	0	12	6	+6	10
2	Botafogo-PB	7	3	3	1	10	7	+3	9
3	América-PE	7	3	3	1	6	5	+1	9
4	ABC	7	2	3	2	10	11	−1	7
5	Central	7	2	2	3	7	8	−1	6
6	Confiança	7	2	1	4	7	10	−3	5
7	Treze	7	2	1	4	8	11	−3	5
8	ASA	7	1	3	3	5	7	−2	5

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bahia	7	5	0	2	13	7	+6	10
2	Anapolina	7	3	3	1	13	8	+5	9
3	União Rondonópolis	7	3	2	2	7	7	0	8
4	Leônico	7	3	2	2	7	6	+1	8
5	Anápolis	7	2	4	1	6	9	−3	8
6	Gama	7	1	5	1	7	6	+1	7
7	Itabuna	7	1	2	4	5	10	−5	4
8	Atlético-GO	7	0	2	5	6	11	−5	2

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guarani	7	5	1	1	16	6	+10	11
2	Coritiba	7	4	1	2	9	5	+4	9
3	Juventus	7	3	2	2	11	9	+2	8
4	Campo Grande	7	3	2	2	4	3	+1	8
5	Botafogo-SP	7	3	1	3	5	8	−3	7
6	Grêmio Maringá	7	1	4	2	6	7	−1	6
7	Cascavel	7	1	2	4	7	10	−3	4
8	Serrano-RJ	7	0	3	4	3	14	−11	3

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Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uberaba	7	5	1	1	15	6	+9	11
2	Americano	7	4	2	1	17	7	+10	10
3	São Bento	7	4	2	1	11	8	+3	10
4	América-MG	7	3	2	2	5	8	−3	8
5	América-RJ	7	3	1	3	6	7	−1	7
6	Comercial-SP	7	2	2	3	8	11	−3	6
7	Volta Redonda	7	1	1	5	8	11	−3	3
8	Vitória	7	0	1	6	4	16	−12	1

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Palmeiras	7	4	3	0	10	4	+6	11
2	Comercial-MS	7	2	4	1	11	9	+2	8
3	Internacional de Santa Maria	7	3	1	3	11	11	0	7
4	São Paulo-RS	7	2	3	2	10	11	−1	7
5	Ferroviária	7	2	3	2	8	8	0	7
6	Criciúma	7	2	2	3	8	10	−2	6
7	Novo Hamburgo	7	2	2	3	8	11	−3	6
8	América-SP	7	1	2	4	7	9	−2	4

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Second phase

Semifinals

Finals

First leg

21 March 1981 (1981-03-21)

Anapolina	2 – 4	Guarani
Nei 48' Fernando 60'		Careca 3', 12' Lúcio 15' Miranda 63'

Jonas Duarte, Anápolis (GO)

Attendance: 8,595

Referee: Maurílio José Santiago

Second leg

27 March 1981 (1981-03-27)

Guarani	1 – 1	Anapolina
Marcelo 21'		Osmário 90'

Brinco de Ouro, Campinas (SP)

Attendance: 12,4452

Referee: Manuel Serapião Filho

References

Sources

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