This tournament began in 1971 but finished in 1973 due to internal problems at
the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol (FVF). For example, the first final game was
played on November 4th, 1971 between Deportivo Galicia and Atlético Nacional de
Medellín, but some days later the FVF didn't allow the Venezolan team to travel
for the second game, so it was suspended until 1972, when the FVF autorized
to Galicia to travel to Medellín.
FVF were suspended by FIFA on March 9th, 1973. Finally, Venezolan doctor René
Hemmer traveled to Colombia to join with Colombian members of Federación Colombia
de Fútbol (FCF) about finishing the tournament. Nacional de Medellín and FCF
agreed to play after FVF paid $5.500 due to damage because of not playing the
game at the time. The extra game was played on June 9th, 1973.
Originally, Aragua FC had to play against Deportivo Galicia (for the right to
enter) but withdrew. Deportivo Italia, third in the past tournament, declined also.
Finally, Unión Deportiva Canarias agreed to participate.
Participants:
Deportivo Cali (Colombia) - Colombian champion 1970
Atlético Nacional (Colombia) -
Deportivo Galicia de Caracas (Venezuela) -
UD Canarias (Venezuela) -
Semifinals
[Venezolan zone]
[Sep 28, 1971, Estadio Olímpico de la Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas]
Deportivo Galicia 2-1 UD Canarias
[Langón 47, Mora 80; Ancheta 30]
[Oct 4, 1971, Estadio Olímpico de la Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas]
UD Canarias 0-1 Deportivo Galicia
[Filomeno 40]
[Canarias: Toly – Antonio Ravelo, Sánchez, Chicho, Rafa Santana – Ancheta,
Ovidio, Bachini – Lires, Glasman, Cecilio;
Galicia: Jiménez – Camero, Castro, Díaz, Naranjo – Gómez, Rengel, Filomeno –
Pinto (Oviedo), Langón, Mora (Iriarte);
Ref: Vicente Llobregat (Venezuela);
Red card: Rafa Santana (Canarias), Iriarte, Langón (Galicia)]
[Colombian zone]
[Sep 28, 1971, Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Medellín]
Atlético Nacional 2-1 Deportivo Cali
[Santa 16, Hurtado 85; Becnao 57]
[Oct 15, 1971]
Deportivo Cali 1-1 Atlético Nacional
Final
[Nov 4, 1971, Estadio Olímpico de la Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas]
Deportivo Galicia 0-1 Atlético Nacional
[Fernández 48]
[Galicia: Jiménez – David “indio” Motta, Castro, Díaz, Naranjo – Watfy, Gómez
Lugo – Zuarce (Mora), Oviedo, Filomeno (Socorro), Pinto;
Nacional: Navarro, Moncada, Calics, Campaz, Osorio, Tito Gómez, Álvarez, Santa,
Tamayo, Fernández, Hurtado]
[May 17, 1972, Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Medellín]
Atlético Nacional 0-1 Deportivo Galicia
[Watfi 30]
Final Playoff [Jun 8, 1973, Estadio Olímpico de la Universidad Central de
Venezuela, Caracas]
Deportivo Galicia 2-2 Atlético Nacional [3-2 pen]
[Iturralde 22, Tábarez 75; Santa 71, Hurtado 72]
[Galicia: Jiménez, David “indio” Motta, Castro, Watfi, Naranjo (Issa) –
Reinaldo Rengel, Tabarez – Juanín (Socorro), Franqui, Rivero, Iturralde;
Nacional: Raúl Navarro, Suárez, Ortiz, Maturana, Campaz, Álvarez, Gómez
(Retat), Piñeros, Londero, Santa, Hurtado;
Ref: Vicente Llobregat, Sergio Chechelev, René Muñoz (Venezuela)]
Deportivo Galicia winners
Sources: El Nacional (Venezolan journalists Felo Jiménez, José Visconti, and Ezra Dortolina), and Meridiano (Manuel Pío Rodríguez, Venezolan journalist), Venezolan newspapers.
Prepared and maintained by Fernando Espinoza Añazco and Eliézer Sebastián Pérez Pérez for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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