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1951 Copa Rio

Field	Value
tourney_name	Copa Rio
year	1951
image	Palmeiras equipo 1951.jpg
size
caption	1951 Copa Rio winning Palmeiras squad
country	Brazil
dates	30 June – 22 July
num_teams	8
confederations
sub-confederations
associations	7
venues	2
cities	2
champion-flagvar	use if the flag is other as current
champion_other	BRA Palmeiras
count	1
second
second-flagvar	use if the flag is other as current
second_other	ITA Juventus
third
third-flagvar	use if the flag is other as current
third_other
fourth
fourth-flagvar	use if the flag is other as current
fourth_other
matches	18
nextseason	1952

| sub-confederations = | champion-flagvar = use if the flag is other as current | second-flagvar = use if the flag is other as current | third-flagvar = use if the flag is other as current | fourth-flagvar = use if the flag is other as current The 1951 Copa Rio, also known as Torneio Internacional de Clubes Campeões (International Champions Club Tournament, in english) was the first edition of the Copa Rio, the first intercontinental club football tournament with teams from Europe and South America, held in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo from 30 June to 22 July. Participant clubs were divided into two zones of four teams, playing each other once in a single round-robin tournament.

The tournament featured players such as Vavá, Ademir of Vasco da Gama, Jair da Rosa Pinto of Palmeiras, José Santamaría, Walter Taibo, goalkeeper Anibal Paz, Luis Volpi of Nacional, Branko Stankovic, Rajko Mitic of Red Star Belgrade, Giampiero Boniperti, Danish Karl Aage Præst and John Hansen of Juventus, José Travassos of Sporting Lisbon, and Swedish Lennart Samuelsson and Antoine Bonifaci of Nice. Juventus's coach was the legendary Hungarian György Sárosi.

The final was played in a two-legged format, contested by Brazilian team Palmeiras and Italian side Juventus. Palmeiras won the series 2–1 on points, achieving their first Copa Rio trophy.Los antecedentes del Mundial de Clubes by Felipe Valderrama on El Cinco Cero, 16 Dec 2019

Participants

Team	Qualification
AUT Austria Wien	1949–50 Austrian Bundesliga champion
BRA Vasco da Gama	1950 Campeonato Carioca champion
BRA Palmeiras	1950 Campeonato Paulista champion
FRA Nice	1950–51 French Division 1 champion
ITA Juventus	1949–50 Serie A champions
POR Sporting	1950–51 Primeira Divisão champion
URU Nacional	1950 Primera División champions
YUG Red Star	1951 Yugoslav First League champion

;Notes

Venues

Rio de Janeiro	São Paulo
Maracanã Stadium	Pacaembu Stadium
Capacity: 150,000	Capacity: 71,000
[[File:Dentro do Maracanã.jpg	200px]]	[[File:Estádio do Pacaembu 2017.jpg	200px]]

Tournament course

Rio de Janeiro Group

All matches played at Maracanã Stadium

Teams	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
BRA Vasco da Gama	3	3	0	12	2	10	6
AUT Austria Wien	3	2	1	7	6	1	4
URU Nacional	3	1	2	3	8	-5	2
POR Sporting CP	3	0	3	4	10	-6	0

Stosjaspal

Tesourinha Ipojucan Djair

Ramírez Ambrois Jesus Correia

Tesourinha

Huber

Ipojucan

São Paulo Group

All matches played at Pacaembu Stadium.

Teams	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
ITA Juventus	3	3	0	10	4	6	6
BRA Palmeiras	3	2	1	5	5	0	4
FRA Nice	3	1	2	4	7	-3	2
YUG Red Star	3	0	3	4	7	-3	0

Ponce de León Richard

K. Hansen Ognjanov

Præst Muccinelli

Liminha

Bengtsson

K. Hansen Præst

Semi-finals

First leg

Stojaspal Præst

Liminha

Second leg

Boniperti

Finals

Champion	Runner-up	1 leg	Venue	2 leg	Venue	Aggr.
BRA Palmeiras	ITA Juventus		Maracanã		Maracanã

Match details

Præst
K. Hansen
Rodrigues
Liminha

ENG Jesse Carver

URU Ventura Cambón

Palmeiras won the series 2–1 on points

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/riocup51.html Copa Rio de Janeiro 1951] by Ricardo Pontes on the RSSSF

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