Taça do Atlântico
Organising body | AFA CBF AUF APF |
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Founded | 1956 |
Abolished | 1976; 48 years ago (1976) |
Region | South America |
Number of teams | 4 |
Last champions | Brazil (1976) |
Most successful club(s) | Brazil (3 titles) |
Taça do Atlântico (English: Atlantic Cup, Spanish: Copa del Atlántico) was a national football team's competition held between 1956 and 1976 on an irregular basis, contested by the national football teams from South America.[1]
Teams participating were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay national sides.[1] Paraguay did not play in the first edition of the competition.[1] There were 3 championships and Brazil won them all.[1] In 1956, a club competition was played in parallel to the main competition, but the final between Boca Juniors and Corinthians was never played.[2]
1956 Taça do Atlântico
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Uruguay | 1–2 | Argentina |
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Julio Abbadie 56' | Ernesto Grillo 52', 82' |
1960 Taça do Atlântico
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 |
Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Paraguay | 1–2 | Brazil |
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Cabrera ?' | Delém ?' Almir Pernambuquinho ?' |
Uruguay | 2–1 | Paraguay |
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Escalada ?' Rodríguez Peña ?' | Cabral ?' |
Argentina | 4–0 | Uruguay |
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Sanfilippo 48', 59', 69' Jiménez 53' |
1976 Taça do Atlântico
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Brazil | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 11 |
Argentina | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 7 |
Paraguay | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 |
Uruguay | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 |
Note:
- Matches between Argentina and Paraguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Félix Bogado
- Matches between Argentina and Brazil also counted for the 1976 Roca Cup
- First match between Argentina and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Lipton
- Second match between Argentina and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Newton
- Matches between Brazil and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Río Branco
- Matches between Brazil and Paraguay also counted for the 1976 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
Paraguay | 1–1 | Brazil |
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Osvaldo Aquino ?' (pen.) | Enéas ?' |
Brazil | 3–1 | Paraguay |
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Roberto Dinamite ?' ??' Zico | Díaz ?' |
All-time scorers
Player | Goals |
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Mario Kempes | 6 |
Héctor Scotta | 4 |
Zico | 4 |
José Sanfilippo | 3 |
Osvaldo Aquino | 3 |
Lula | 2 |
Leopoldo Luque | 2 |
Roberto Dinamite | 2 |
Darío Pereyra | 2 |
Ernesto Grillo | 2 |
Rubén H. Sosa | 2 |
Hat-tricks
Since the first official tournament in 1956, 2 hat-tricks have been scored in over 20 matches of the 3 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by José Sanfilippo of Argentina, during a Clásico del Río de la Plata against Uruguay on 17 August 1960; and the last was by Héctor Scotta, who netted a hat-trick for Argentina, but this time against Paraguay in a 3-2 win on 25 February 1976.[3]
# | Player | G | Time of goals | For | Result | Against | Tournament | Date | FIFA report |
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1. | José Sanfilippo | 3 | 48', 59', 69' | Argentina | 4–0 | Uruguay | 1960 Taça do Atlântico | 17 August 1960 | Report |
2. | Héctor Scotta | 3 | 11', 38', 52' | 3–2 | Paraguay | 1976 Taça do Atlântico | 25 February 1976 |
References
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- Internacional Nocturno (1936–44)
- South American Championship of Champions (1948)
- Copa Rio (1951–52)
- Small Club World Cup (1952–75)
- Torneio Rivadavia Correa (1953)
- Copa do Atlântico (1956)
- Copa Confraternidad Iberoamericana (1964–65)
- Torneos de Verano (1968–)
- Copa EuroAmericana (2013–15)
- Supercopa Euroamericana (2015–16)
- Copa Lipton (1905–92)
- Copa Newton (1906–76)
- Copa Premier Honor (Arg) (1908–20)
- Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo (1910)
- Copa Premier Honor (Uru) (1911–24)
- Copa Roca (1914–76)
- Copa Rodrigues Alves (1922–23)
- Copa Río Branco (1931–76)
- Copa Juan Mignaburu (1935–43)
- Copa Héctor Rivadavia Gómez (1935–43)
- Taça Oswaldo Cruz (1950–76)
- Copa Bernardo O'Higgins (1955–66)
- Taça do Atlântico (1956–76)
- South American Access Championship (1962–94)
- Taça das Nações (1964)
- Taça Independência (1972)
- Mundialito (1980)
- World Cup of Masters (1987–95)
- Superclásico de las Américas (2011–)