First Round Racing Club (Avellaneda) bye to the semifinals as holders. Group 1 [Argentina, Colombia] Jan 27: Independiente - Estudiantes 2-4 [Bernao, Artime; Ribaudo(2), Echecopar, Verón] Feb 4: Millonarios - Independiente 1-2 [Ferrero; Bernao, Artime] Feb 7: Millonarios - Estudiantes 0-1 [Flores] Feb 8: Deportivo Cali - Independiente 1-0 [Iroldo] Feb 11: Deportivo Cali - Estudiantes 1-2 [Manera o/g; Bilardo, Echecopar] Feb 14: Millonarios - Deportivo Cali 4-2 [Ferrero, Aceros, E.Fernández, Frattini; R.Alvarez, Desiderio] Feb 17: Estudiantes - Deportivo Cali 3-0 [Ribaudo, Verón, Echecopar] Feb 18: Independiente - Millonarios 3-1 [Artime(3); V.Rodríguez] Feb 21: Estudiantes - Millonarios 0-0 Feb 22: Independiente - Deportivo Cali 1-1 [Savoy; Iroldo] Feb 28: Deportivo Cali - Millonarios 1-0 [B.Ferreira] Feb 29: Estudiantes - Independiente 2-0 [Pachamé, Conigliaro] 1.Estudiantes (La Plata) 6 5 1 0 12- 3 11 2.Independiente (Avellaneda) 6 2 1 3 8-10 5 3.Deportivo Cali 6 2 1 3 6-10 5 4.Millonarios (Bogotá) 6 1 1 4 6- 9 3 Second Place Playoff (in Lima) Mar 6: Independiente - Deportivo Cali 3-2 [Pastoriza, Bernao, Artime; Iroldo, J.Sánchez] Group 2 [Bolivia, Peru] Jan 24: Always Ready - Universitario 0-3 [D.Flores(2), Casaretto] Jan 24: Jorge Wilstermann - Sporting Cristal 0-1 [Del Castillo] Jan 28: Always Ready - Sporting Cristal 1-4 [Villante; González Pajuelo(2), Aquije, Del Castillo] Jan 28: Jorge Wilstermann - Universitario 0-0 Feb 4: Jorge Wilstermann - Always Ready 3-0 [López(2), Cabrera] Feb 15: Universitario - Sporting Cristal 1-1 [Challe; Aquije] Feb 19: Sporting Cristal - Jorge Wilstermann 2-0 [Risco, Del Castillo] Feb 22: Universitario - Jorge Wilstermann 5-1 [Percy Rojas(3), D.Flores(2); López] Feb 24: Sporting Cristal - Always Ready 1-1 [Gallardo; Morales] Feb 27: Universitario - Always Ready 6-0 [D.Flores(2), Lobatón(2), Rojas, Staukas o/g] Mar 2: Sporting Cristal - Universitario 2-2 [Aquije, Gallardo; Calatayud, Challe] Mar 3: Always Ready - Jorge Wilstermann awd (awarded 0-1, originally 1-1) [Troncoso o/g; Cabrera] 1.Universitario (Lima) 6 3 3 0 17- 4 9 2.Sporting Cristal (Lima) 6 3 3 0 11- 5 9 3.Jorge Wilstermann (Cochabamba) 6 2 1 3 5- 8 5 4.Always Ready (La Paz) 6 0 1 5 2-18 1 Group 3 [Chile, Ecuador] Feb 4: Emelec - El Nacional 0-0 Feb 11: El Nacional - Univ. Católica 2-1 [T.Rodríguez(2); Sarnari] Feb 11: Emelec - Universidad de Chile 2-1 [Delgado Mena, G.Hernández; Gangas] Feb 18: Emelec - Univ. Católica 1-2 [Echeverría; Isella, Gallardo] Feb 18: El Nacional - Universidad de Chile 3-1 [Correa, T.Rodríguez, Rangel; Marín] Feb 21: Univ. Católica - Universidad de Chile 3-2 [Sarnari(2), Gallardo; Oleniak, Yavar] Feb 24: Univ. Católica - El Nacional 2-0 [Isella, Varas] Feb 24: Universidad de Chile - Emelec 0-0 Feb 27: Univ. Católica - Emelec 1-1 [Sarnari; B.Sosa] Feb 27: Universidad de Chile - El Nacional 1-0 [Campos] Mar 2: Universidad de Chile - Univ. Católica 1-2 [Yavar; Messen(2)] Mar 3: El Nacional - Emelec 0-1x [Delgado Mena] x apparently played at Emelec 1.Universidad Católica (Santiago) 6 4 1 1 11- 7 9 2.Emelec (Guayaquil) 6 2 3 1 5- 4 7 3.El Nacional (Quito) 6 2 1 3 5- 6 5 4.Universidad de Chile (Santiago) 6 1 1 4 6-10 3 Group 4 [Paraguay, Uruguay] Feb 2: Peñarol - Nacional 1-0 [Spencer] Feb 2: Guaraní - Libertad 2-0 [V.Juárez, A.Martínez] Feb 6: Nacional - Guaraní 2-2 [Techera, Mujica; G.García(2)] Feb 7: Peñarol - Libertad 4-0 [Spencer(2), Rocha, Bertocchi] Feb 10: Nacional - Libertad 4-0 [Morales(2), Mujica, Celio] Feb 12: Peñarol - Guaraní 2-0 [Spencer(2)] Feb 16: Libertad - Guaraní 1-1 [Ayala; V.Juárez] Feb 16: Nacional - Peñarol 0-0 Feb 20: Libertad - Peñarol 1-0 [Fleitas] Feb 21: Guaraní - Nacional 2-1 [Ivaldi, a.Martínez; Celio] Feb 24: Guaraní - Peñarol 1-1 [V.Juárez; Abbadie] Feb 25: Libertad - Nacional 0-2 [Celio, Virgili] 1.Peñarol (Montevideo) 6 3 2 1 8- 2 8 2.Guaraní (Asunción) 6 2 3 1 8- 7 7 3.Nacional (Montevideo) 6 2 2 2 9- 5 6 4.Libertad (Asunción) 6 1 1 4 2-13 3 Group 5 [Brazil, Venezuela] Jan 21: Deportivo Galicia - Deportivo Portugués 2-0 [Celso(2)] Jan 21: Náutico - Palmeiras 1-3 [Ladeira; Ademir(2), Tupazinho] Jan 27: Deportivo Portugués - Náutico 1-1 [Ramos; Iván] Jan 31: Deportivo Galicia - Náutico 2-1 [Becerra, Olavo; Lala] Feb 4: Deportivo Galicia - Palmeiras 1-2 [Chacho; Ademir, Díaz o/g] Feb 7: Deportivo Portugués - Palmeiras 1-2 [Ramos; Tupazinho, Ademir] Feb 11: Náutico - Deportivo Galicia 1-0 [Nino] Feb 14: Náutico - Deportivo Portugués 3-2x [Lala, Ladeiro, Nino; Ramos, Ratto] Feb 18: Palmeiras - Deportivo Galicia 2-0 [Servilio, Tupazinho] Feb 22: Palmeiras - Deportivo Portugués 3-0 [Servilio(2), Ademir] Mar 3: Palmeiras - Náutico 0-0 Mar 3: Deportivo Portugués - Deportivo Galicia 1-0 [Ratto] x points awarded to Deportivo Portugués as Náutico made two substitutions. 1.Palmeiras (São Paulo) 6 5 1 0 12- 3 11 2.Deportivo Portugués (Caracas) 6 2 1 3 5-11 5 3.Náutico (Recife) 6 1 2 3 7- 8 4 4.Deportivo Galicia (Acarigua) 6 2 0 4 5- 7 4 Second Round (Quarter-Finals) Group 1 Mar 14: Universitario - Estudiantes 1-0 [Lobatón] Mar 21: Universitario - Independiente 0-3 [Pastoriza(3)] Mar 28: Independiente - Estudiantes 1-2 [Pavoni; Ribaudo(2)] Apr 4: Estudiantes - Independiente 1-0 [E.Flores] Apr 9: Estudiantes - Universitario 1-0 [Verón] Apr 11: Independiente - Universitario 3-0 [Yazalde, Tarabini, Artime] 1.Estudiantes (La Plata) 4 3 0 1 4- 2 6 2.Independiente (Avellaneda) 4 2 0 2 7- 3 4 3.Universitario (Lima) 4 1 0 3 1- 7 2 Group 2 Mar 16: Deportivo Portugués - Peñarol 0-3 [Silva, Méndez, Spencer] Mar 17: Emelec - Sporting Cristal 0-2 [Miflin, Aquije] Mar 20: Emelec - Peñarol 0-1 [Spencer] Mar 20: Deportivo Portugués - Sporting Cristal 1-1 [Curro; González Pajuelo] Mar 24: Emelec - Deportivo Portugués 2-0 [B.Sosa(2)] Mar 25: Sporting Cristal - Peñarol 0-0 Mar 28: Sporting Cristal - Deportivo Portugués 2-0 [Gallardo(2)] Mar 31: Peñarol - Deportivo Portugués 4-0 [Spencer(2), Abbadie, Bertocchi] Apr 1: Sporting Cristal - Emelec 1-1 [Gallardo; Echeverría] Apr 4: Peñarol - Emelec 1-0 [Spencer] Apr 10: Peñarol - Sporting Cristal 1-1 [Spencer; Risco] Apr 10: Deportivo Portugués - Emelec 2-0 [J.Ramos(2)] 1.Peñarol (Montevideo) 6 4 2 0 10- 1 10 2.Sporting Cristal (Lima) 6 2 4 0 7- 3 8 3.Emelec (Guayaquil) 6 1 1 4 3- 7 3 4.Portugues (Caracas) 6 1 1 4 3-12 3 Group 3 Mar 13: Univ. Católica - Guaraní 4-1 [Sarnari(2), Isella(2); G.García] Mar 17: Guaraní - Univ. Católica 3-1 [V.Juárez, Sosa, García; Varas] Mar 21: Palmeiras - Univ. Católica 4-1 [Tupazinho(2), Ademir, Rinaldo; Varas] Mar 24: Guaraní - Palmeiras 2-0 [V.Juárez, A.Martínez] Mar 31: Univ. Católica - Palmeiras 0-1 [Dudú] Apr 4: Palmeiras - Guaraní 2-1 [Tupazinho, Servilio; E.Juárez] 1.Palmeiras (São Paulo) 4 3 0 1 7- 4 6 2.Guaraní (Asunción) 4 2 0 2 7- 7 4 3.Universidad Católica (Santiago) 4 1 0 3 6- 9 2 Semi-Finals (Apr 18 & 23) Racing Club Arg Estudiantes Arg 2-0 0-3 [1-1]x [Maschio, Perfumo] [Verón(2), Fucceneco] [Cárdenas; Verón] Palmeiras Bra Peñarol Uru 1-0 2-1 3-1 [Tupazinho] [H.Silva; Tupazinho(2)]
x 2nd leg Apr 24, playoff Apr 27 at River Plate; Estudiantes qualified due to better goal
difference over the first two matches
Final (May 2 & 7)
Estudiantes Arg Palmeiras Bra 2-1 1-3
Playoff (May 16) (in Montevideo)
Estudiantes Arg Palmeiras Bra 2-0
1st leg. Estadio La Plata, La Plata, 2- 5-1968
Estudiantes - Palmeiras 2-1
?' Servilio 0-1
83' Verón 1-1
87' Flores 2-1
Estudiantes: Poletti, Fucceneco, Spadaro, Madero, Malbernat, Pachamé,
Bilardo, Flores, Ribaudo (Lavezzi), Conigliaro, Verón.
Palmeiras: Valdir de Moraes, Geraldo da Silva, Baldochi, Osmar, Gilberto,
Ademir da Guía, Dudú, Suingue, Tupazinho, Servilio, Rinaldo.
Referee: Marino (Uruguay)
2nd leg. Pacaembú, São Paulo, 7- 5-1968
Palmeiras - Estudiantes 3-1
10' Tupazinho 1-0
54' Reinaldo 2-0
68' Tupazinho 3-0
72' Verón 3-1
Palmeiras: Valdir de Moraes, Escalera, Baldochi, Osmar, Ferrari, Ademir da Guía,
Dudú, Servilio (China), Tupazinho, Rinaldo, Suingue.
Estudiantes: Poletti, Spadaro, Madero, Fucceneco, Pachamé, Malbernat,
Bilardo, Ribaudo, Flores (Togneri), Conigliaro, Verón.
Referee: Massaro (Chile)
Play-off. Centenario, Montevideo, 16- 5-1968
Estudiantes - Palmeiras 2-0
13' Ribaudo 1-0
82' Verón 2-0
Estudiantes: Poletti, Aguirre Suárez, Madero, Malbernat, Pachamé, Medina,
Bilardo, Flores, Ribaudo, Conigliaro, Verón.
Palmeiras: Valdir de Moraes, Escalera, Baldochi, Osmar, Ademir da Guía, Ferrari,
Suingue, Dudú, Tupazinho, Servilio (China), Rinaldo.
Referee: Orozco (Peru)
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