PARTICIPATING CLUBS Associação Atlética CALDENSE (Poços de Caldas) IPATINGA Futebol Clube (Ipatinga) NACIONAL Futebol Clube (Uberaba) Clube RIO BRANCO (Andradas) TUPI Football Club (Juiz de Fora) UBERLÂNDIA Esporte Clube (Uberlândia) URT - União Recreativa dos Trabalhadores (Patos de Minas) VILLA NOVA Atlético Clube (Nova Lima) América, Atlético, Cruzeiro and Mamoré due to the participation in 2002 Sul-Minas league will not participate in the tournament. Table 1.Caldense 14 7 5 2 31-17 26 Champions ----------------------------------------- 2.Ipatinga 14 7 4 3 21-13 25 3.Villa Nova 14 7 2 5 26-21 23 4.Tupi 14 5 6 3 22-21 21 5.Rio Branco 14 4 5 5 19-16 17 6.URT 14 3 6 5 10-17 15 7.Nacional 14 2 6 6 15-26 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.Uberlândia 14 3 2 9 11-24 11 Relegated Round 1 [Feb 3] Ipatinga 0-0 Rio Branco Uberlândia 1-0 Nacional [Fabiano] Villa Nova 1-1 Caldense [Formiga; Beto] URT 1-1 Tupi [Lico; Marcelo] Round 2 [Feb 17] Nacional 1-1 URT [Dudu-Marvila] Rio Branco 0-1 Villa Nova [Formiga] Tupi 3-1 Uberlândia [Marcelo(2), Alexandre Alvim-Fabiano] Caldense 3-0 Ipatinga [Zezinho, Gustavinho, Ramos] Round 3 [Feb 24] Ipatinga 2-0 Tupi Uberlândia 1-2 Caldense Rio Branco 1-1 URT Villa Nova 3-2 Nacional Round 4 [Mar 3] Ipatinga 4-1 Villa Nova [Alex Rossi(2), Henrique, Tércio; Helberte] URT 2-1 Uberlândia [Cláudio, Nelsinho; Arílson] Tupi 2-2 Nacional [Sérgio Bigode, Marcelo Soares; Vandão, Marcelo] Caldense 3-3 Rio Branco [Nílson, Zezinho, Ramos; Toinzé(2), Fernando] Round 5 [Mar 10] URT 1-0 Caldense [William Paulo] Uberlândia 1-0 Ipatinga [Guiba] Tupi 0-3 Villa Nova [Wellington, Edmundo, Elder] Nacional 3-3 Rio Branco [Dudu, Ewerthon, Esquerdinha; Luciano(2), Toinzé] Round 6 [Mar 17] Ipatinga 3-1 Nacional [Júlio César, Geovani, Alex Rossi; Vandão] Villa Nova 0-1 URT [Pael] Rio Branco 2-0 Uberlândia [Neomar, Toinzé] Caldense 1-1 Tupi [Inca; Fabiano Guru] Round 7 [Mar 24] Nacional 1-6 Caldense [Dudu; Carioca(3), Inca, Joílson, Lauro] URT 0-0 Ipatinga [*] Uberlândia 0-0 Villa Nova Tupi 2-1 Rio Branco [André Luís, Marcelo; Luciano] [*] Match played in Divinópolis due to incidents in URT-Caldense match on March 10. Round 8 [Mar 31] Rio Branco 3-0 Ipatinga [Fernando, Agnaldo, Sandro Luís] Nacional 2-1 Uberlândia [Esquerdinha, Wellerson; Paulo Souza] Caldense 5-1 Villa Nova [Gustavinho(3), Paulista, Miranda; Edmundo] Tupi 4-0 URT [Marcelo Soares(2), Serginho, Jairo] Round 9 [Apr 6] URT 0-0 Nacional [Apr 7] Villa Nova 3-2 Rio Branco Uberlândia 1-4 Tupi Ipatinga 3-1 Caldense Round 10 [Apr 14] Tupi 0-0 Ipatinga Caldense 2-2 Uberlândia [*] [Zezinho, Gustavinho; Demétrio, Flávio Costa] URT 0-0 Rio Branco Nacional 1-0 Villa Nova [Marcelo] [*] Match played in Alfenas due to incidents in Caldense-Villa Nova match on March 31. Round 11 [Apr 21] Villa Nova 2-3 Ipatinga [Edmundo(2); Fernandinho, Alex Rossi, Léo] Uberlândia 2-0 URT [Fabiano(2)] Nacional 1-1 Tupi [Marcelo; Wallace] Rio Branco 0-1 Caldense [Beto] Round 12 [Apr 28] Caldense 2-1 URT Ipatinga 3-0 Uberlândia Villa Nova 5-0 Tupi Rio Branco 2-0 Nacional Round 13 [May 1] Nacional 1-1 Ipatinga [Alisson; Tércio] URT 2-3 Villa Nova [Rômulo, Edílson; Paulo César, Formiga, Helberte] Uberlândia 0-1 Rio Branco [Luciano] Tupi 2-2 Caldense [Alexandre Alvim, Paulista (og); Clayton, Zezinho] Round 14 [May 5] Caldense 2-0 Nacional [Gustavinho, Carioca] Ipatinga 2-0 URT [Márcio Costa, Japinha] Villa Nova 3-0 Uberlândia [Lima, Rômulo Silva, Anderson Duarte] Rio Branco 1-2 Tupi [Leandro; Marcelino(2)] Table 1.Caldense 14 7 5 2 31-17 26 Champions ----------------------------------------- 2.Ipatinga 14 7 4 3 21-13 25 3.Villa Nova 14 7 2 5 26-21 23 4.Tupi 14 5 6 3 22-21 21 5.Rio Branco 14 4 5 5 19-16 17 6.URT 14 3 6 5 10-17 15 7.Nacional 14 2 6 6 15-26 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.Uberlândia 14 3 2 9 11-24 11 Relegated AA Caldense are the 2002 Minas Gerais state champions and qualified for both Minas Gerais "Superchampionship" and 2003 Copa Sul-Minas qualifying tournament. Ipatinga FC qualified for 2003 Copa do Brasil.
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