1968 Torneio do Norte

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	11 October 1968 – 14 February 1969
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Remo (1st title)
Runner-up	Piauí
Tournament statistics
Goals scored	119

The 1968 Torneio do Norte was the first edition of a football competition held in Brazil, featuring 9 clubs. In the finals, Remo defeated Piauí 2–1 in the playoff game, after losing the first game 5-1 and winning the second 4–1 to win their first title and earn the right to play in the finals of 1968 Torneio Norte-Nordeste.^[1]

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paysandu (A)	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Nacional (A)	6	2	3	1	8	8	0	9
3	Tuna Luso	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8
4	Fast Clube	6	0	4	2	5	10	−5	4

Source: RSSSF Brasil
(A) Advance to a further round

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Piauí (A)	8	6	0	2	18	6	+12	18	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Remo (A)	8	4	2	2	17	8	+9	14
3	Ferroviário	8	4	2	2	14	11	+3	14
4	Moto Club	8	2	2	4	7	11	−4	8
5	Flamengo	8	1	0	7	5	25	−20	3

Source: RSSSF Brasil
(A) Advance to a further round

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paysandu	1–4	Piauí	0–2	1–2

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Nacional	3–6	Remo	3–1	0–3	0–2

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Piauí	7–7	Remo	5–1	1–4	1–2

Play-off match final

14 February 1969

Remo	2–1	Piauí
Adinamar 3',		Sima 33'

Baenão, Belém

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

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