Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes 1970


Official tournament organised by Conmebol and held once in 1970. A second edition was planned for 1971 but eventually reduced to a friendly tournament.

The mode of qualifying was different by country:

Argentina: Atlanta qualified as runners-up of the Copa Argentina 1969. 
           The winners, Boca Juniors, qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1970.
Bolivia:   Mariscal Santa Cruz as the highest-placed team not to qualify for the
           Copa Libertadores.
Chile:     Uniķn Espaņola, not clear.
Ecuador:   El Nacional qualified as winners of the Copa Ecuador 1970.
Paraguay:  Libertad, not clear. 
Peru:      Deportivo Municipal as the highest-placed team in Peru not to qualify for the Copa Libertadores.
Uruguay:   Rampla Juniors qualified as winners of the Torneo de Copa 1969.
Venezuela: Uniķn Deportiva Canarias, apparently as runners-up of the Copa Venezuela. 
           The winners, Deportivo Galicia, qualified for the Copa Libertadores. 

Brazil and Colombia declined to participate.



First Round

Group winners qualify for final.

Group 1 (in Quito, Ecuador, estadio Olimpico Atahualpa)
 8 Mar   El Nacional-Canarias                 0-0
11 Mar   Canarias-Libertad                    0-0
15 Mar   El Nacional-Libertad                 4-1

 1.El Nacional (Quito)             2  1  1  0  4- 1  3
 2.Canarias (Venezuela)            2  0  2  0  0- 0  2
 3.Libertad (Asunción)             2  0  1  1  1- 4  1

Group 2 (in La Paz, Bolivia, field Hernán Siles)
22 Mar  Mariscal Santa Cruz-Atlanta           1-0
22 Mar  Unión Española-Deportivo Municipal    1-1
26 Mar  Unión Española-Rampla Juniors         1-0
26 Mar  Atlanta-Deportivo Municipal           4-3
28 Mar  Atlanta-Unión Española                3-3
29 Mar  Mariscal-Rampla Juniors               4-1
 2 Apr  Mariscal-Unión Española               2-1
 2 Apr  Deportivo Municipal-Rampla Juniors    1-1  (in Cochabamba)
 4 Apr  Atlanta-Rampla Juniors                2-0  (in Cochabamba)
 5 Apr  Mariscal-Deportivo Municipal          1-1

 1.Mariscal Santa Cruz (La Paz)    4  3  1  0  8- 3  7
 2.Atlanta (Buenos Aires)          4  2  1  1  9- 7  5
 3.Unión Española (Santiago)       4  1  2  1  6- 6  4
 4.Deportivo Municipal (Lima)      4  0  3  1  6- 7  3
 5.Rampla Juniors (Montevideo)     4  0  1  3  2- 8  1


Final (Apr 19, Quito, Atahualpa & Apr 26, La Paz, Hernán Siles)
El Nacional (Quito)      Ecu  Mariscal Santa Cruz      Bol   0-0  0-2  0-2

Champion: Mariscal Santa Cruz (Bolivia).

overview

1971


About this document

Sources: [Cas 94], Estadio de Ecuador No. 155 (January 1970), Srs. Stortz (stortz@quimor.qo.fcen.uba.ar, webmaster of Atlanta), Edgardo Imas (imased@yahoo.com, statistician of Atlanta) and Mr Javier Rivera (yavo12@hotmail.com)

Prepared and maintained by Fernando Espinoza Aņazco, Osvaldo José Gorgazzi and Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Fernando Espinoza Aņazco (nanoespinoza@hotmail.com), Osvaldo José Gorgazzi (osvaldogorgazzi@yahoo.com.ar) and Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 1 May 2005

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