The 1962 Torneio Rio São Paulo was the 15th edition of the Torneio Rio-São Paulo. It was disputed between 14 February to 17 March.

The tournament were disputed in a two stages. In the first, clubs were split in two groups: Group A, with the teams of Rio de Janeiro, and Group B, with the teams of São Paulo. The two clubs with the best performance in this each group were qualified to the final round.

Following is the summary of the 1962 Torneio Rio-São Paulo tournament:^[1][2]

First round

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	6	Qualified to final round
2	Flamengo	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	6
3	America	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	5
4	Vasco da Gama	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	3
5	Fluminense	4	0	0	4	3	9	−6	0

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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tiebreaker match; 3) wins; 4) goal difference; 5) goals for.

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	5	Qualified to final round
2	São Paulo	4	1	3	0	6	5	+1	5
3	Corinthians	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	3
4	Portuguesa	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tiebreaker match; 3) wins; 4) goal difference; 5) goals for.

Note: Palmeiras and São Paulo played an extra match to define the first place of the group. As the match ended in a 1–1, the next criteria was used (number of wins).

Final round

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Botafogo (C)	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	6
2	São Paulo	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
3	Palmeiras	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	2
4	Flamengo	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Tiebreaker match; 3) wins; 4) goal difference; 5) goals for.
(C) Champions