First Round
Independiente (Avellaneda) bye to the second round as holders.
Group 1 [Argentina, Bolivia]
Feb 21: Oriente Petrolero - River Plate 1-3
[Bravo; Morete, Mastrángelo, Alonso]
Feb 25: Jorge Wilstermann - San Lorenzo 1-0
[Cabrera]
Feb 28: Oriente Petrolero - San Lorenzo 0-3
[Cocco(2), Irigoyen]
Feb 28: Jorge Wilstermann - River Plate 1-0
[Cabrera]
Mar 11: Oriente Petrolero - Jorge Wilstermann 3-1
[Taritolay(2), Dedé; Vargas]
Mar 13: San Lorenzo - River Plate 1-0
[Ayala]
Mar 19: River Plate - Jorge Wilstermann 2-2
[Morete, Ponce o/g; Milton, Gangas]
Mar 20: San Lorenzo - Oriente Petrolero 4-0
[Ayala(2), P.González, Heredia]
Mar 22: San Lorenzo - Jorge Wilstermann 3-0
[Ayala(2), Veglio]
Mar 23: River Plate - Oriente Petrolero 7-1
[Pedrozo o/g, J.Martínez, Mas, Alonso, Dimeola, C.López(2); Ribeiro]
Mar 27: River Plate - San Lorenzo 0-4
[Figueroa(3), Heredia]
Mar 27: Jorge Wilstermann - Oriente Petrolero 1-0
[Sánchez]
1.San Lorenzo (Buenos Aires) 6 5 0 1 15- 1 10
2.Jorge Wilstermann (Cochabamba) 6 3 1 2 6- 8 7
3.River Plate (Buenos Aires) 6 2 1 3 12-10 5
4.Oriente Petrolero (Santa Cruz) 6 1 0 5 5-19 2
Group 2 [Brazil, Uruguay]
Feb 17: Palmeiras - Botafogo 3-2
[Leivinha(2), Nei; Dirceu, Marinho]
Feb 17: Nacional - Peñarol 2-0
[Cubilla, Mamelli]
Feb 24: Botafogo - Nacional 3-2
[Marinho(2), Jairzinho; Maneiro, Cubilla]
Feb 25: Palmeiras - Peñarol 2-0
[Laivinha, Dudú]
Feb 28: Palmeiras - Nacional 1-1
[Ademir da Guía; Mamelli]
Mar 1: Botafogo - Peñarol 4-1
[Roberto, Jairzinho, Fischer, Ferreti; Corbo]
Mar 10: Peñarol - Nacional 1-1
[M.González; Mantegazza]
Mar 12: Botafogo - Palmeiras 2-0
[Roberto(2)]
Mar 14: Peñarol - Botafogo 2-2
[Morena(2); Marinho, Fischer]
Mar 17: Nacional - Botafogo 1-2
[Calcaterra; Roberto, Jairzinho]
Mar 21: Peñarol - Palmeiras 0-2
[Fedato, Nei]
Mar 24: Nacional - Palmeiras 1-2
[Mantegazza; Nei, Ademir da Guía]
1.Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro) 6 4 1 1 15- 9 9
Palmeiras (São Paulo) 6 4 1 1 10- 6 9
3.Nacional (Montevideo) 6 1 2 3 8- 9 4
4.Peñarol (Montevideo) 6 0 2 4 4-13 2
First Place Playoff (Rio de Janeiro)
Mar 29: Botafogo - Palmeiras 2-1
[L.Pereira o/g, Jairzinho; Ademir da Guía]
Group 3 [Chile, Ecuador]
Feb 25: Emelec - El Nacional 2-0
[Robila(2)]
Mar 1: Colo Colo - Unión Española 5-0
[Caszelly(2), Valdez(2), Lara]
Mar 11: Emelec - Unión Española 1-0
[Guime]
Mar 11: El Nacional - Colo Colo 1-1
[Estupiñán; Caszelly]
Mar 14: Emelec - Colo Colo 1-0
[Lasso]
Mar 14: El Nacional - Unión Española 1-0
[Estupiñán]
Mar 18: El Nacional - Emelec 1-0
[Estupiñán]
Mar 18: Unión Española - Colo Colo 0-0
Mar 22: Unión Española - El Nacional 2-1
[Viveros, Las Heras; Estupiñán]
Mar 24: Unión Española - Emelec 1-1
[Farías; Bayona]
Mar 25: Colo Colo - El Nacional 5-1
[Ahumada, Valdez(2), Caszelly(2); Morales]
Mar 28: Colo Colo - Emelec 5-1
[Valdez, Messen, Ahumada, Caszelly(2); Lamberck]
1.Colo Colo (Santiago) 6 3 2 1 16- 4 8
2.Emelec (Guayaquil) 6 3 1 2 6- 7 7
3.El Nacional (Quito) 6 2 1 3 5-10 5
4.Unión Española (Santiago) 6 1 2 3 3- 9 4
Group 4 [Colombia, Venezuela]
Mar 15: Millonarios - Deportivo Cali 6-2
[Gamboa(2), W.Ortiz(2), Paniagua(2); Gallego, Da Graca]
Mar 21: Deportivo Cali - Millonarios 0-0
The Venezuelan representatives withdrew
1.Millonarios (Bogotá) 2 1 1 0 6- 2 3
2.Deportivo Cali 2 0 1 1 2- 6 1
Group 5 [Paraguay, Peru]
Feb 2: Sporting Cristal - Universitario 2-2
[Del Castillo, Jaime; Bailetti, Calatayud]
Feb 4: Cerro Porteño - Olimpia 4-2
[Maciel(3), Arrúa; Vidal Maciel, Verza]
Feb 14: Universitario - Olimpia 2-1
[Castañeda, Bustos; Diarte]
Feb 17: Sporting Cristal - Olimpia 1-0
[De Souza]
Feb 19: Universitario - Cerro Porteño 0-2
[Cino, Maciel]
Feb 22: Sporting Cristal - Cerro Porteño 1-1
[Del Castillo; Arrúa]
Mar 2: Olimpia - Cerro Porteño 2-1
[Giménez, Verza; Arrúa]
Mar 2: Universitario - Sporting Cristal 0-1
[De Souza]
Mar 9: Olimpia - Universitario 3-1
[Diarte, Verza, Sosa; Bailetti]
Mar 13: Cerro Porteño - Universitario 1-0
[Bareiro]
Mar 16: Olimpia - Sporting Cristal 1-0
[Sosa]
Mar 20: Cerro Porteño - Sporting Cristal 5-0
[Arrúa(4), Cino]
1.Cerro Porteño (Asunción) 6 4 1 1 14- 5 9
2.Olimpia (Asunción) 6 3 0 3 9- 9 6
3.Sporting Cristal (Lima) 6 2 2 2 5- 9 6
4.Universitario (Lima) 6 1 1 4 5-10 3
Semi-Finals
Group 1
Apr 6: Millonarios - Independiente 1-0
[Soto]
Apr 11: Millonarios - San Lorenzo 0-0
Apr 24: San Lorenzo - Millonarios 2-0
[Piris, Cocco]
Apr 26: Independiente - Millonarios 2-0
[Pavoni, Balbuena]
May 5: San Lorenzo - Independiente 2-2
[Ayala, Cocco; Balbuena, Giachello]
May 9: Independiente - San Lorenzo 1-0
[Giachello]
1.Independiente (Avellaneda) 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5
2.San Lorenzo (Buenos Aires) 4 1 2 1 4- 3 4
3.Millonarios (Bogotá) 4 1 1 2 1- 4 3
Group 2
Apr 6: Botafogo - Colo Colo 1-2
[Ferreti; Caszelly, Valdez]
Apr 11: Cerro Porteño - Colo Colo 5-1
[Cino(2), Escobar, Mendoza, Herrera o/g; Osorio]
Apr 26: Cerro Porteño - Botafogo 3-2
[Osorio, Ortiz Aquino, Escobar; Dirceu, Zequinha]
May 4: Colo Colo - Cerro Porteño 4-0
[Valdez(2), Veliz, Ahumada]
May 8: Colo Colo - Botafogo 3-3
[Ahumada, R.González, Veliz; Dirceu(2), Fischer]
May 15: Botafogo - Cerro Porteño 2-0
[Dirceu, Fischer]
1.Colo Colo (Santiago) 4 2 1 1 10- 9 5
2.Cerro Porteño (Asunción) 4 2 0 2 8- 9 4
3.Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro) 4 1 1 2 8- 8 3
Final (May 22 & 29)
Independiente Arg Colo Colo Chi 1-1 0-0
Playoff (Jun 6) (in Montevideo)
Independiente Arg Colo Colo Chi 2-1 aet
1st leg. Cordero, Avellaneda, 22- 5-1973
Independiente - Colo Colo 1-1
71' Sá (own goal) 0-1
75' Mendoza 1-1
Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, López, Pavoni, Semenewicz, Raimondo,
Martínez, Balbuena (Bertoni), Giachello (Maglioni), Mendoza.
Colo Colo: Nef, Galindo, Herrera, González, Silva, Páez, Valdés, Osorio
(Caszely), Messen, Ahumada, Véliz (Lara).
Referee: Lorenzo (Uruguay)
Attendance: 40,000
2nd leg. Estadio Nacional, Santiago, 29- 5-1973
Colo Colo - Independiente 0-0
Colo Colo: Nef, Galindo, Herrera, González, Silva, Páez, Valdés, Osorio,
Caszely, Messen, Véliz.
Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, López, Pavoni, Semenewicz, Raimondo,
Martínez, Balbuena (Bertoni), Giachello (Maglioni), Mendoza.
Referee: Arpi Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 80,000
Play-off. Centenario, Montevideo, 6- 6-1973
Independiente - Colo Colo 2-1 aet
25' Mendoza 1-0
39' Caszely 1-1
107' Giachello 2-1
Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, López, Pavoni, Semenewicz, Raimondo,
Galván, Bertoni, Maglioni (Bochini), Mendoza (Giachello).
Colo Colo: Nef, Galindo, Herrera, González, Silva (Castañeda), Valdés, Páez,
Messen, Caszely, Ahumada, Véliz (Lara).
Referee: Romei (Paraguay)
Attendance: 50,000
Source: [CSF 00]
With thanks to Frank Ballesteros, Paco Fernández and Alan Cushway
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