the sixteen clubs were divided into two groups that played in two tournaments. in the first tournament, the taça guanabara, the teams played a match with each teams in the other group in a single round-robin format. the two best teams from each group advanced to the playoffs. in the second tournament, the taça rio, the teams from one group will played within their group in a single round-robin tournament. the two best teams from each group advanced to the playoffs. the winner of both the taça guanabara and taça rio played for the state championship. if the same team won both tournament, they were automatically declared the champion.