The 1961 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1961 Taça Brasil) was the 3rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on July 12, 1961, and ended on December 27, 1961. Santos were crowned champions after beating Bahia in the final, drawing 1–1 in the home leg before winning 5–1 in the away leg.^[1]

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The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, with a Tie-Break (play-off) if the sides were tied on points (however, if the tie-break was a draw, the aggregate score of the first two legs was used to determine the winner).

17 state champions qualified, along with the 1960 Taça Brasil champions, Palmeiras.

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Team	Home city
ABC	(Natal-RN)
América-RJ	(Rio de Janeiro-GB)
Bahia	(Salvador-BA)
Campinense	(Campina Grande-PB)
Coritiba	(Curitiba-PR)
Cruzeiro	(Belo Horizonte-MG)
CSA	(Maceió-AL)
Fonseca	(Niterói-RJ)
Fortaleza	(Fortaleza-CE)
Grêmio	(Porto Alegre-RS)
Metropol	(Criciúma-SC)
Moto Clube	(São Luís-MA)
Náutico	(Recife-PE)
Palmeiras	(São Paulo-SP)
Remo	(Belém-PA)
Santa Cruz-SE	(Estância-SE)
Santo Antônio	(Vitória-ES)
Santos	(Santos-SP)

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Santos and Náutico entered at this stage.