1964 Copa de Campeones de América

Tournament details
Dates	April 3 - August 12
Teams	11 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Independiente (1st title)
Runners-up	Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	88 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mario Rodríguez Celino Mora (6 goals each)
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The 1964 Copa de Campeones de América was the fifth edition of South America's premier club football tournament. For the first time since its inception, every member of CONMEBOL was represented in the competition. Deportivo Italia became the first club from Venezuela to participate, providing an unexpectedly impressive performance after eliminating Bahia of Brazil in the preliminary round and beating Barcelona in Guayaquil.

Building up on Boca Juniors's great showing in the last season, Argentine football managed to put themselves on the international map as Independiente won Argentina's first title. El Diablo Rojo, or Red Devil, eliminated the powerful Santos, which played without the main stars of its attack ( Dorval, Mengálvio, Coutinho and an injured Pelé didn't play, and Pepe played just the first match of the semifinal). ^[1] After winning both matches of their semifinal series the Argentines dispatched Nacional in the finals. Mario Rodríguez was a key factor in Independiente's triumph and he became the top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL 1 berth	Santos	1963 Copa Libertadores de América winners
Argentina 1 berth	Independiente	1963 Primera División champion
Bolivia 1 berth	Aurora	1963 Copa Simón Bolívar champion
Brazil 1 berth	Bahia	1963 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Chile 1 berth	Colo-Colo	1963 Primera División champion
Colombia 1 berth	Millonarios	1963 Campeonato Profesional champion
Ecuador 1 berth	Barcelona	1963 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol champion
Paraguay 1 berth	Cerro Porteño	1963 Primera División champion
Peru 1 berth	Alianza Lima	1963 Primera División champion
Uruguay 1 berth	Nacional	1963 Primera División champion
Venezuela 1 berth	Deportivo Italia	1963 Venezuelan Primera División champion

Tie-breaking criteria

This edition saw a first round, with three groups containing three teams each; the preliminary round from the 1961 edition was reintroduced. The format for the semifinals and the finals remained unchanged.

At each stage of the tournament teams receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking in the group stage:

1. a one-game playoff;
2. superior goal difference;
3. draw of lots.

Preliminary round

Owing to the uneven number of teams in the competition, a preliminary round was created to determine who joined the other 9 teams in the competition. As a predominated "weak" side, Venezuela has its representative face off against Brazil's second representative. The winner of the series would advance into the First round. Both matches took place in Caracas.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Deportivo Italia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
Bahía	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1

First round

Nine teams were drawn into groups of three. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Semifinals. Santos, the title holders, had a bye to the next round.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nacional	4	3	1	0	9	2	7	7
Cerro Porteño	4	1	2	1	11	6	5	4
Aurora	4	0	1	3	2	14	-12	1

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Independiente	4	3	1	0	11	3	8	7
Millonarios	4	2	0	2	6	8	-2	4
Alianza Lima	4	0	1	3	5	11	-6	1

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colo-Colo	4	3	0	1	9	7	2	6
Barcelona	4	2	0	2	9	4	5	4
Deportivo Italia	4	1	0	3	2	9	-7	2

Semifinals

Four teams were drawn into two groups. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Independiente	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	4
Santos	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nacional	2	2	0	0	8	4	+4	4
Colo-Colo	2	0	0	2	4	8	−4	0

Finals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Independiente	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
Nacional	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Champion

Copa Libertadores de América 1964 Champion
Independiente First Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Mario Rodríguez	Independiente	6
	Celino Mora	Cerro Porteño	6
3	Nivaldo	Barcelona	5
4	Luis Ernesto Suárez	Independiente	4
	Raúl Armando Savoy	Independiente	4
	Delio Gamboa	Millonarios	4
3	Francisco Valdés	Colo-Colo	3
	Luis Hernán Álvarez	Colo-Colo	3
	Roberto Frojuelo	Colo-Colo	3
	Domingo Pérez	Nacional	3
	Víctor Zegarra	Alianza Lima	3

Footnotes

External links

• Copa Libertadores 1964 at CONMEBOL website
• Copa Libertadores 1964 at RSSSF