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Torneio Rio-São Paulo
Season	2002
Champions	Corinthians (5th title)
Relegated	America (RJ), Guarani (SP)
Matches played	126
Goals scored	469 (3.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	França (São Paulo) – 19 goals
Biggest home win	São Paulo 7–0 Bangu (Feb 17)
Biggest away win	America 0–8 Fluminense (Jan 27)
	← 2001

The 2002 Torneio Rio São Paulo was the 26th and the last edition disputed of the Torneio Rio-São Paulo. It was the edition with the most participants involved, and it was expected to be at the top of the pyramid of Campeonato Paulista and Campeonato Carioca.

Participants

Team	City	Ground	Nº participations	Best result
America	Rio de Janeiro	Edson Passos	14	5th (1962)
Americano	Campos dos Goytacazes	Godofredo Cruz	1	Debut
Bangu	Rio de Janeiro	Moça Bonita	8	3rd (1951)
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Caio Martins	23	Champions: 1962, 1964 (shared), 1966 (shared), 1998
Corinthians	São Paulo	Rotative	26	Champions: 1950, 1953, 1954, 1966 (shared)
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	25	Champions: 1961
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	25	Champions: 1957, 1960
Guarani	Campinas	Brinco de Ouro	1	Debut
Jundiaí	Jundiaí	Jayme Cintra	1	Debut
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Parque Antártica	26	Champions: 1933, 1951, 1965, 1993, 2000
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Moisés Lucarelli	1	Debut
Portuguesa	São Paulo	Canindé	21	Champions: 1952, 1955
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro	22	Champions: 1959, 1963, 1964 (shared), 1966 (shared), 1997
São Caetano	São Caetano do Sul	Anacleto Campanella	1	Debut
São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi	25	Champions: 2001
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário	26	Champions: 1958, 1966 (shared), 1999

Note: Jundiaí is the currently Paulista Futebol Clube. The name Jundiaí FC was used during the Torneio-Rio São Paulo dispute after the end of the partnership with Etti Alimentos.^[1]

Format

The first stage was disputed in a single round-robin format. The best four placed clubs advanced to the semifinals and qualified for the 2002 Copa dos Campeões edition. 5th and 6th placed clubs also qualified to the Copa dos Campeões. The worst team from São Paulo was relegated to the 2003 Campeonato Paulista edition and the worst team from Rio de Janeiro was relegated to the 2003 Campeonato Carioca edition.

In the semifinals stage the first placed team into the previous stage played against the fourth placed team, while the second and third best placed teams played between each other. The winners advanced to the finals.

Tournament

Following is the summary of the 2002 Torneio Rio-São Paulo tournament:^[2]

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Corinthians	15	9	4	2	30	14	+16	31	Qualified to semifinals and to 2002 Copa dos Campeões
2	Palmeiras	15	9	4	2	34	23	+11	31
3	São Paulo	15	8	2	5	47	31	+16	26
4	São Caetano	15	8	1	6	23	18	+5	25
5	Fluminense	15	7	3	5	33	23	+10	24	Qualified to 2002 Copa dos Campeões
6	Vasco da Gama	15	6	6	3	32	23	+9	24	Qualified to 2002 Copa dos Campeões
7	Botafogo	15	6	5	4	32	25	+7	23
8	Jundiaí	15	6	5	4	32	27	+5	23
9	Santos	15	6	5	4	25	20	+5	23
10	Portuguesa	15	6	2	7	27	37	−10	20
11	Ponte Preta	15	5	5	5	29	28	+1	20
12	Guarani (R)	15	5	5	5	19	19	0	20	Relegated to 2003 Campeonato Paulista
13	Flamengo	15	4	3	8	34	38	−4	15
14	Americano	15	3	2	10	20	37	−17	11
15	Bangu	15	1	5	9	18	38	−20	8
16	America (R)	15	2	1	12	15	49	−34	7	Relegated to 2003 Campeonato Carioca

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) less red cards; 6) less yellow cards.
(R) Relegated

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Corinthians	4–2	São Caetano	1–1	3–1
Palmeiras	3–3	São Paulo	1–1	2–2

Note: São Paulo advanced due to the best fair play criteria.^[3]

Finals

5 May 2002

São Paulo	2–3	Corinthians
Adriano 16' (pen.) Belletti 69'		Deivid 47' Leandro 53' Gil 64'

Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 34,514

Referee: Edílson Pereira de Carvalho

12 May 2002

Corinthians	1–1	São Paulo
Rogério 78'		Reinaldo 2'

Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 53,414

Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	França	São Paulo	19
2	Dodô	Botafogo	17
3	Romário	Vasco da Gama	13
3	Washington	Ponte Preta	13
5	Ricardo Oliveira	Portuguesa	12

Disestablishing of Torneio Rio São Paulo

As from the 2003 season the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started to be played in a double round-robin format, the lack of available dates caused the end of the Torneio Rio São Paulo, as well as other regional tournaments such as the Copa Sul-Minas and the Copa do Nordeste (later re-established).^[4]

The clubs, however, returned to compete normally in the state championships, this being the first competition to be played in the Brazilian football scheduling.