Brazil Independence Cup
Taça Independência | |
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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 | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 44 |
Goals scored | 136 (3.09 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 10 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 |
Africa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 |
CONCACAF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 1 |
15 June 1972
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Colombia ![]() |
4–3 | CONCACAF |
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Pineros ![]() Lugo ![]() Morón ![]() |
Report | Reiner ![]() Désir ![]() |
18 June 1972
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Colombia ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
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Piñeros ![]() Mesa ![]() |
Report | Loubet ![]() Molitor ![]() |
Group B
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 12 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
18 June 1972
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Republic of Ireland ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Rogers ![]() Martin ![]() O'Connor ![]() |
Report | Coronel ![]() Lasso ![]() |
Group C
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 10 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 |
11 June 1972
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Paraguay ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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L. Jiménez ![]() Escobar ![]() Maldonado ![]() |
Report | Olivares ![]() |
14 June 1972
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Yugoslavia ![]() |
10–0 | ![]() |
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Bajević ![]() Džajić ![]() Aćimović ![]() Popivoda ![]() Stepanović ![]() Katalinski ![]() |
Report |
25 June 1972
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Paraguay ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
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Maldonado ![]() Arrúa ![]() dos Santos ![]() |
Report | Molinas ![]() |
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 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Group B
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Third place match
9 July 1972
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Yugoslavia ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
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Bajević ![]() Katalinski ![]() Džajić ![]() |
Report | Brindisi ![]() |
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 Soviet football
- 1971–72 in Portuguese football
- 1971–72 in Republic of Ireland football
- 1971–72 in Yugoslavian football
- 1971–72 in Iranian football
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