Torneo Balón de Plata 1976

Played between teams from first and second level

Scoring system:
6 points per victory
3 points per tie
1 point for each goal scored (maximum 3 goals per match)

Venues:
Estadio Irapuato, Irapuato
Estadio Venustiano Carranza, Morelia
Estadio Municipal, Querétaro

Round 1
[Jul 25]
[Morelia]
Guadalajara      3-2 Estudiantes Querétaro
Atlético Morelia 3-2 Zacatepec
[Irapuato]
Naucalpan        3-1 Atlas
  [Jorge Cansino 35, 74, Córdoba 65; González]
Irapuato         1-1 Puebla

Round 2
[Jul 29]
[Morelia]
Atlético Morelia 0-1 Estudiantes Querétaro
  [Olalde 22]
Zacatepec        0-0 Guadalajara
[Irapuato]
Puebla           4-1 Atlas
  [Martín Ibarreche 11, Guillermo Hernández 12pen, Luis Carlos Zivecci 13, 
   Aguilera 90; Jorge Llanos 69]
Irapuato         1-1 Naucalpan
  [Bautista 60; Córdoba 79]

Round 3
[Aug 1]
[Morelia]
Estudiantes Qro. 3-1 Zacatepec
  [Zamudio 3, 75, Nieto 5; Nicoletti]
Atlético Morelia 0-0 Guadalajara
[Irapuato]
Puebla           3-0 Naucalpan
  [Juan Alvarado 14, 44, Gerardo McFarland]
Irapuato         1-3 Atlas
  [Guillén (pen); Bernardino García 39, Moreno 68, Salazar]


FINAL TABLES

Group Primera División

 1. Puebla		3	2	1	0	8- 2	22 (qualified)
 2. Guadalajara		3	1	2	0	3- 2	15 (qualified)
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 3. Atlas		3	1	0	2	5- 8	11
 4. Zacatepec		3	0	1	2	3- 6	 6
 
Group Segunda División

 1. Estudiantes Qro.	3	2	0	1	6- 4	18 (qualified)
 2. Naucalpan		3	1	1	1	4- 5	13 (qualified)
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 3. Atlético Morelia	3	1	1	1	3- 3	12
 4. Irapuato		3	0	2	1	3- 5	 9


Final Round

All the matches played in Querétaro

Semifinals
[Aug 6]
Estudiantes Qro. 2-0 Naucalpan
  [Raúl de Campos 34, Olalde]
Puebla           1-2 Guadalajara
  [Juan Alvarado 10; Guillermo Torres (pen), Pedro Damián 80]

Third Place Match
[Aug 8]
Puebla           4-2 Naucalpan
  [Guillermo Hernández 15, Gerardo McFarland, Luis Carlos Zivecci, 
   Castrejón (og); Jorge Cancino 11, Armando Rodríguez 56]

Final
[Aug 8]
Estudiantes Qro. 2-5 Guadalajara
  [Obregón 20, Jorge Cuéllar (pen); Pedro Damián 21, 50, ?, Héctor Prieto 35, 
   Manuel Chavarría 43

Champion: Guadalajara

Runners up: Estudiantes de Querétaro

Top scorer: Pedro Damián      6   Guadalajara
Mexico 1975/76 season
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Martín Toscano for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: FMartín Toscano (martinblue517 at gmail.com)
Last updated: 19 Apr 2018