1951 Copa Rio

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1951 Copa Rio
Palmeiras (1st title)
Runners-upItaly Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
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The 1951 Copa Rio, also known as Torneio Internacional de Clubes Campeões (International Champions Club Tournament, in english) was the first edition of the Copa Rio, the first intercontinental club football tournament with teams from Europe and South America, held in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo from 30 June to 22 July. Participant clubs were divided into two zones of four teams, playing each other once in a single round-robin tournament.[1]

The tournament featured players such as

Rajko Mitic of Red Star Belgrade, Giampiero Boniperti, Danish Karl Aage Præst and John Hansen of Juventus, José Travassos of Sporting CP, and Swedish Lennart Samuelsson and Antoine Bonifaci of Nice. Juventus's coach was the legendary Hungarian György Sárosi
.

The final was played in a

Palmeiras and Italian side Juventus. Palmeiras won the series 2–1 on points, achieving their first Copa Rio trophy.[1][2]

Participants

Team Qualification
Austria Austria Wien 1949–50 Austrian Bundesliga champion [note 1]
Vasco da Gama
 1950 Campeonato Carioca champion
Palmeiras
 1950 Campeonato Paulista champion
France Nice 1950–51 French Division 1 champion
Italy Juventus 1949–50 Serie A champions [note 2]
Portugal Sporting 1950–51 Primeira Divisão champion
Uruguay Nacional 1950 Primera División champions
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star 1951 Yugoslav First League champion
Notes
  1. ^ Austrian champions of 1950–51 (Rapid Vienna) declined to participate.
  2. ^ Italian champion of the season, AC Milan, renounced because they had to play the Latin Cup during the same period.

Venues

Rio de Janeiro São Paulo
Maracanã Stadium Pacaembu Stadium
Capacity: 150,000 Capacity: 71,000

Tournament course

Rio de Janeiro Group

All matches played at Maracanã Stadium

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Points
Brazil Vasco da Gama 3 3 0 0 12 3 9 6
Austria Austria Wien 3 2 0 1 7 6 1 4
Uruguay Nacional 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 2
Sporting CP
 3 0 0 3 4 10 -6 0
  • 30 June: Austria Wien 4−0 Nacional
  • 1 July: Vasco da Gama 5−1 Sporting CP
  • 3 July: Nacional 3−2 Sporting CP
  • 5 July: Vasco da Gama 5−1 Austria Wien
  • 7 July: Sporting CP 1−2 Austria Wien
  • 8 July: Vasco da Gama 2−1 Nacional

São Paulo Group

All matches played at Pacaembu Stadium.

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Points
Italy Juventus 3 3 0 0 10 4 6 6
Palmeiras
 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 4
France Nice 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star 3 0 0 3 4 7 -3 0
  • 30 June: Palmeiras 3−0 OGC Nice
  • 1 July: Juventus 3−2 Red Star
  • 3 July: OGC Nice 2−3 Juventus
  • 5 July: Palmeiras 2−1 Red Star
  • 7 July: Red Star 1−2 OGC Nice
  • 8 July: Palmeiras 0−4 Juventus

Semi-finals

São Paulo

  • 12 July: Austria Wien 3−3 Juventus
  • 14 July: Juventus 3−1 Austria Wien

Rio de Janeiro

  • 12 July: Vasco da Gama 1−2 Palmeiras
  • 15 July: Vasco da Gama 0−0 Palmeiras

Finals

Champion Runner-up 1 leg Venue 2 leg Venue Aggr.
Palmeiras
 Italy Juventus
1–0
 Maracanã
2–2
 Maracanã
3–2

Match details

1951 Copa Rio Finals
1st Leg
Palmeiras Brazil
1–0Italy Juventus
Rodrigues 20' Report
Attendance: 56,961
Referee: Franz Grill (Austria)
2nd Leg
Palmeiras
 Report
Attendance: 100,093
Referee: Gabriel Tordjan (France)

Palmeiras won the series 2–1 on points

1951 Copa Rio
Palmeiras

First title title

References

  1. ^ a b Copa Rio de Janeiro 1951 by Ricardo Pontes on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Los antecedentes del Mundial de Clubes by Felipe Valderrama on El Cinco Cero, 16 Dec 2019
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