1980 Intercontinental Cup
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Date | 11 February 1981 | ||||||
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Venue | National Stadium, Tokyo | ||||||
Man of the Match | Waldemar Victorino (Nacional) | ||||||
Referee | Abraham Klein (Israel) | ||||||
Attendance | 62,000 | ||||||
The 1980 Intercontinental Cup was an
man of the match.[2]
Venue
The
National Stadium in Tokyo was the venue that hosted this first edition of the Cup, and would also be the usual venue for the rest of the editions held in Tokyo until 2002 Intercontinental Cup, when the final moved to Nissan Stadium in Yokohama. The stadium was also known as "Olympic Stadium"[3] due to it had served as the main stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as being the venue for track and field events at the 1964 Summer Olympics,[4]
The Japan national football team's home matches and major football club cup finals (such as J1 League) were usually held at the stadium. The National Stadium was demolished in 2014 to make way for a larger stadium that hosted matches of the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
Match details
Nacional | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest |
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Victorino 10' | Report |
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel
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Nottingham F.
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See also
- 1979–80 European Cup
- 1980 Copa Libertadores
- Nottingham Forest F.C. in European football
References
- RSSSF. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- RSSSF
- ^ Welcomes the world to the Olympic Stadium on COI
- ^ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 7 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 118–120.
- ^ TOKYO 1964; GOODBYE TO THE NATIONAL STADIUM on Architecture of the Games, 1 June 2014