Organising body |
AFA CBF AUF APF |
---|---|
Founded | 1956 |
Abolished | 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]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|
Escalada ?' Rodríguez Peña ?' |
Cabral ?' |
Argentina | 4–0 | Uruguay |
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Sanfilippo 48', 59', 69' Jiménez 53' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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:
Paraguay | 1–1 | Brazil |
---|---|---|
Osvaldo Aquino ?' ( pen.) | Enéas ?' |
Argentina | 2–2 | Paraguay |
---|---|---|
Kempes 48', 50' |
Francisco Riveros 70' Aquino 72', pen.' |
Brazil | 3–1 | Paraguay |
---|---|---|
Roberto Dinamite ?' ??' Zico |
Díaz ?' |
Player | Goals |
---|---|
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
|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |