This tournament was created for the Serie A teams in the 1980/81 winter break because the national team played the "Copa de Oro" in Uruguay. Each team could field two foreign players (as opposed to one in the league championship), but only Fiorentina (Swedish defender Mikael Ronnberg), Inter (Yugoslav forward Kovacevic) and Udinese (Austrian defender Dieter Mirnegg, then playing at Como) used this opportunity. Another change was that throw-ins were replaced by kick-ins, and the points system offered bonus points for large wins: 1 for a 2-goal win, 2 for a 3-goal win, etc.
First Round [Jan 4-8] Group 1 Napoli 0-1 Avellino 1.Ascoli 2 1 1 0 3- 2 3 Catanzaro 0-1 Ascoli 2.Catanzaro 2 1 0 1 2- 2 2 Avellino 1-2 Catanzaro 3.Avellino 2 1 0 1 2- 2 2 Ascoli 2-2 Napoli 4.Napoli 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1 Group 2 Pistoiese 1-1 Roma 1.Fiorentina 2 1 1 0 3- 2 3 Fiorentina 2-1 Perugia 2.Pistoiese 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2 Roma 1-1 Perugia 3.Roma 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2 Pistoiese 1-1 Fiorentina 4.Perugia 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1 Group 3 Como 1-3 Juventus 1.Juventus 2 1 1 0 5- 3 4 [1 bp] Udinese 0-1 Cagliari 2.Cagliari 2 2 0 0 3- 1 4 Udinese 2-2 Juventus 3.Udinese 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1 Cagliari 2-1 Como 4.Como 2 0 0 2 2- 5 0 Group 4 Inter 2-0 Brescia 1.Bologna 2 1 0 1 4- 3 3 [1 bp] Bologna 1-2 Torino 2.Torino 2 1 1 0 2- 1 3 Bologna 3-1 Inter 3.Internazionale 2 1 0 1 3- 3 3 [1 bp] Brescia 0-0 Torino 4.Brescia 2 0 1 1 0- 2 1 Semifinals [Jan 11] Ascoli 2-1 Fiorentina Bologna 0-0 Juventus [3-4 pen] Final [Jan 14] Ascoli 2-1 Juventus
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