Brazil Independence Cup
| Taça Independência | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | June 11 - July 9 |
| Teams | 20 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 15 (in 12 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | 23x15px Brazil |
| Runners-up |  Portugal |
| Third place |  Yugoslavia |
| Fourth place |  Argentina |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 44 |
| Goals scored | 136 (3.09 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Dušan Bajević (13 goals) |
The Brazil Independence Cup was an international football tournament held in Brazil, from 11 June to 9 July 1972, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Brazilian Declaration of Independence. It was called the Minicopa by the Brazilians and the final was between Brazil and Portugal, in the Maracanã Stadium. Brazil won 1-0, with Jairzinho scoring in the 89th minute.
Pelé no longer played for Brazil. Brazil had Jairzinho, Tostão and Rivelino, who also played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, in West Germany.
Despite Portugal's quality results and team, including Benfica players such as Eusébio, Jaime Graça, José Henrique, Humberto Coelho, Rui Jordão, and Toni, the team missed the World Cup 1974 and 1978 qualifying matches, so this tournament was their best result until the 1984 European Football Championship.
Contents
Venues
The tournament was played in 12 cities: Aracaju, Belo Horizonte, Campo Grande, Curitiba, Maceió, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo.
| Aracaju | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte | Campo Grande |
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| Batistão | Mineirão | Estádio Independência | Morenão |
| Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 110,000 | Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 45,000 |
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| Curitiba | Maceió | Manaus | Natal |
| Estádio Couto Pereira | Estádio Rei Pelé | Vivaldão | Machadão |
| Capacity: 37,182 | Capacity: 20,551 | Capacity: 31,000 | Capacity: 42,000 |
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| Porto Alegre | Recife | Rio de Janeiro | Salvador |
| Estádio Beira-Rio | Estádio do Arruda | Maracanã | Estádio Fonte Nova |
| Capacity: 106,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 200,000 | Capacity: 80,000 |
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| São Paulo | São Paulo | ||
| Estádio do Pacaembu | Estádio do Morumbi | ||
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 120,000 | ||
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Squads
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Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina (A) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 10 |
 France |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 |
| Africa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
 Colombia |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 |
| CONCACAF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 1 |
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15 June 1972
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| Colombia |
4–3 | CONCACAF |
|---|---|---|
Pineros  13'Lugo 15', 17'Morón 77' |
Report | Reiner 38', 59' Désir 64' |
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18 June 1972
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| Colombia |
2–3 | France |
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| Piñeros 23' (pen.) Mesa 82' |
Report | Loubet 30', 72' Molitor 33' (pen.) |
Group B
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal (A) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 12 |
 Chile |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
 Republic of Ireland |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
 Ecuador |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
 Iran |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
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18 June 1972
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| Republic of Ireland |
3–2 | Ecuador |
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| Rogers 2' Martin 61'O'Connor 86' |
Report | Coronel 36' Lasso 78' |
Group C
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia (A) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 10 |
 Paraguay |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 |
 Peru |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
 Bolivia |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 |
 Venezuela |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 |
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11 June 1972
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| Paraguay |
4–1 | Venezuela |
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| L. Jiménez 2' Escobar 11'Maldonado 13', 37' |
Report | Olivares 26' |
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14 June 1972
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| Yugoslavia |
10–0 | Venezuela |
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| Bajević 5', 7', 48', 68', 74' Džajić 20'Aćimović 37'Popivoda 44'Stepanović 51'Katalinski 54' |
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25 June 1972
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| Paraguay |
6–1 | Bolivia |
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| Maldonado 7', 67' Arrúa 57', 59', 67'dos Santos 86' |
Report | Molinas 63' (o.g.) |
Final stage
Group A
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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| 23x15px Brazil (A) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| Yugoslavia (A) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
 Scotland |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
 Czechoslovakia |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Group B
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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| Portugal (A) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| Argentina (A) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
 Soviet Union |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
 Uruguay |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Third place match
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9 July 1972
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| Yugoslavia |
4–2 | Argentina |
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| Bajević 26', 83' Katalinski 37'Džajić 64' |
Report | Brindisi 58' (pen.), 87' (pen.) |
Final
Goalscorers
- 13 goals
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- 5 goals
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- 4 goals
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- 3 goals
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- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Ernesto Mastrángelo
- José Omar Pastoriza
- Ángel Vargas
- Ramiro Blacutt
- Mario Pariente
- Jaime Rimazza
Laurent Pokou- Julio Crisosto
- Alberto Fouilloux
- Orlando Mesa
- Anton Hrušecký
- Miguel Coronel
- Georges Bereta
- Bernard Blanchet
- Louis Floch
- Marc Molitor
Jean-Claude Désir- Don Givens
- Mick Martin
- Turlough O'Connor
- Majid Halvaei
- Hernán Castañeda
- Alberto Gallardo
- Hugo Sotil
- Adolfo Calisto
- Jaime Graça
- Rui Jordão
- Fernando Peres
- Emigdio dos Santos
- Tiberio Godoy
- Lorenzo Jiménez
- Vladimir Onishchenko
- Ricardo Pavoni
- Ramón Iriarte
- Luis Mendoza
- Asdrúbal Olivares
- Jovan Acimovic
- Danilo Popivoda
- Dragoslav Stepanovic
- Own goals
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Fernando Bulnes (against France)- Pedro Molinas (against Bolivia)
- Martin Buchan (against Yugoslavia)
References
- Macario Reyes: Brazil Independence Cup 1972, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 27 June 2007.
- Eliézer Sebastián Pérez Pérez: Brazil Independence Cup 1972 - Additional Details, RSSSF, 6 July 2007.
External links
- Sala de troféus Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, 27 May 2011. (Information about the Taça Independência)
- Tournament: Taça Independência (Mini-Copa), EU-Football.info (details about matches with European participation)
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- Brazil Independence Cup
- International association football competitions hosted by Brazil
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- 1972 in Uruguayan football
- 1972 in Peruvian football
- 1972 in Soviet football
- 1971–72 in Portuguese football
- 1971–72 in Republic of Ireland football
- 1971–72 in Yugoslavian football
- 1971–72 in Iranian football
- 1971–72 in French football
- 1971–72 in Scottish football
- 1971–72 in Czechoslovak football
- 1972 in South American football
- 1972 in African football
- 1972 in CONCACAF football
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