Third level – organized by CBF in two ‘Modules’. The country was divided in two – Northern and Southern halves and 24 teams played in each group. It was familiarly complicated championship – at first there were 6 groups of 4 teams and the top 2 teams of each group went to the next phases of direct eliminations, but the final phase was again round-robin group. The winner in it was the champion of the Module and promoted to the Yellow Module.
White Module – considered third level.
Group A
1. Mixto EC (Cuiabá, MT) 9 points
2.Operário FC (Campo Grande, MS) 8 points
3. CE Operário Varzeagrandense (Várzea Grande, MT) 4 points
4. Sobradinho EC (Sobradinho, DF) 1 point.
Group B
1. AE Catuense (Alagoinhas, BA) 10 points
2. Auto Esporte Clube (João Pessoa, PB) 7 points
3. CRB (Maceió, AL) 5 points
4. Central SC (Caruaru, PE) 2 points
Group C
1. Botafogo FC (João Pessoa, PB) 7 points
2. América FC (Natal, RN) 7 points
3. Fortaleza EC (Fortaleza, CE) 6 points
4. ABC FC (Natal, RN) 4 points.
Group D.
EC Flamengo (Teresina, PI) abandoned and was replaced by Serrano SC from Vitória da Conquista (BA).
1. Ferroviário AC (Fortaleza, CE) 7 points
2. Serrano SC (Vitória da Conquista, BA) 6 points. However, they did not qualified to the next stage for some reason – Sampaio Correa did instead.
3. Sampaio Corrêa FC (São Luís) 6 points
4. Maranhão AC (São Luís, MA)
Group E
1. Moto Clube (São Luís, MA) 8 points
2. Piauí EC (Teresina, PI) 7 points
3. SA Imperatriz (Imperatriz, MA) 6 points
4. Ríver AC (Teresina, PI) 3 points
Group F
1. Paysandú SC (Belém, PA) 9 points
2. Tuna Luso Brasileira (Belém, PA) 7 points
3. Nacional FC (Manaus, AM) 5 points
4. Atlético Rio Negro Clube (Manaus, AM) 3 points
Second phase
Auto Esporte (PB) eliminated by Mixto 0-1 and 0-3
Caruense (BA) eliminated by Operario (MS) 0-2 and 2-2
Sampaio Correa (MA) eliminated by Botafogo (PB) 1-1 0-0, 0-0 in extra time, 2-3 penalty shoot-out.
Ferroviario (CE) eliminated by America (RN) 0-1 and 0-2
Moto Clube (MA) eliminated by Tuna Luso (PA) 0-2 2-0 and 0-3 in extra time.
Piaui (PI) eliminated by Paysandu (PA) 1-1 and 0-2.
Third phase.
Tuna Luso eliminated by Paysandu 2-2 and 0-1.
Mixto eliminated by Operario 0-2 and 2-2.
America eliminated by Botafogo 1-0 and 0-2.
Final phase.
Botafogo (Joao Pessoa) finished last with 1 point.
Paysandu – 2nd with 2 points.
Operario (Campo Grande) – 1st with 3 points. They were champions of the Module and promoted to the Yellow Module for the next season.