Copa Héctor Rivadavia Gómez

Organising body	AFA AUF
Founded	1935
Abolished	1943; 81 years ago (1943)
Region	Argentina, Uruguay
Number of teams	2
Related competitions	Copa Juan Mignaburu
Last champions	Argentina (1943)
Most successful team(s)	Argentina (3 titles)

The Copa Héctor Rivadavia Gómez was a football friendly competition contested between Argentina and Uruguay national teams. There were five editions of this competitions, held between 1935 and 1943, with all of them won by Argentina. ^[1]

The trophy was named after Héctor Rivadavia Gómez, Uruguayan journalist and politician, president of the Uruguayan Football Federation ^[2] and mentor to the creation of the South American Football Confederation (officialised by the Argentina, Brasil, Chile and Uruguay associations in 1916). ^{[3] [4]}

The cup has its counterpart, the Copa Juan Mignaburu, held in Argentina in parallel with this competition.

List of champions

The following list includes all the editions of the Cup: ^{[5] [6]}

Ed.	Year	Champion	Score	City	Venue
1	1935	Argentina [note 1]	1–1	Montevideo	Estadio Centenario
2	1936	Uruguay	2–1	Montevideo	Estadio Centenario
3	1938	Argentina	3–2	Montevideo	Estadio Centenario
4	1940	Uruguay	3–0	Montevideo	Estadio Centenario
5	1943	Argentina	1–0	Montevideo	Estadio Centenario

Notes

Titles by country

Team	Titles	Years won
Argentina	3	1935, 1938, 1943
Uruguay	2	1936, 1940

All-time topscorers

Player	Goals
René Pontoni	2
José M. Medina	2

See also

• Argentina–Uruguay football rivalry

References