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).
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)
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