The Campeonato Sul-Brasileiro (English: Southern Brazil Championship), sometimes referred as Torneio da Legalidade, was a regional tournament organized in 1962 by the state federations of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. It was the first regional competition involving teams from the southern region.^[1]

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1962 Campeonato Sul-Brasileiro

Tournament details
Country	South Region, Brazil
Dates	21 January – 18 March
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Grêmio
Runner-up	Marcílio Dias
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	86 (2.87 per match)

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The competition was designed with the aim of rivaling the Torneio Rio-São Paulo. It was called the Torneio da Legalidade (English: Legality Tournament) as a way of defending the Brazilian constitution at the time, which provided for the inauguration of João Goulart, then vice president of Brazil, to assume the vacancy after the resignation of Jânio Quadros. At the time, there was a popular movement that yearned for new elections, contrary to what was stipulated by law.^[2]

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Team	Domestic league results
Internacional	1961 Campeonato Gaúcho champions
Grêmio	1961 Campeonato Gaúcho runners-up
Operário Ferroviário	1961 Campeonato Paranaense runners-up
Coritiba	Invited
Metropol	1961 Campeonato Catarinense champions
Marcílio Dias	1961 Campeonato Catarinense runners-up

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Note

EC Comercial (Cornélio Procópio), the 1961 Campeonato Paranaense champions, withdrew from the dispute. Coritiba was invited in their place.^[3]

The competition was played in a round-robin format, where the team that scored the most points became champion.^[3]