A tournament for senior (35+) players. (In 1990 the term "seniors" was replaced by "masters".) The editions until 1991 were organized by Brazilian TV station "Bandeirantes". From 1993 another organization ("International Federation of Master Football") took over.
Palmares Year Champions Runners-Up Hosts 1987 Argentina Brazil Brazil 1989 Brazil Uruguay Brazil 1990 Brazil Netherlands Brazil 1991 Brazil Argentina USA 1993 Italy Austria Austria and Italy 1995 Brazil Argentina Austria
January 1987, São Paulo (Brazil) Round 1 [Jan 4]: Brazil 3-0 Italy [in São Paulo] [Maldera og, Rivelino, Darío] West Germany 1-1 Argentina [in Santos] [Kremers / González] Round 2: [Jan 7] Brazil 0-0 Uruguay [in Santos] [Jan 8] West Germany 2-1 Italy [in Santos] [Breitner, Geye / Savoldi] Round 3 [Jan 11]: Uruguay 2-1 Italy [in Santos] [Yañez, Gary Castillo / Boninsegna] Brazil 1-3 Argentina [in São Paulo] [Jairzinho / González, Más (2)] Round 4: [Jan 13] Argentina 1-2 Italy [in Santos] [Babington / Altafini, Damiani] [Jan 14] Uruguay 2-0 West Germany [in São Paulo] [Yañez (2)] Round 5 [Jan 16]: Argentina 4-0 Uruguay [in Porto Alegre] [Berta, Más, Babington, González] Brazil 2-1 West Germany [in Santos] [Gil, Rivelino / Hölzenbein] Table: 1.Argentina 4 2 1 1 9- 4 5 2.Brazil 4 2 1 1 6- 4 5 3.Uruguay 4 2 1 1 4- 5 5 4.West Germany 4 1 1 2 4- 6 3 5.Italy 4 1 0 3 4- 8 2 Final [Jan 18]: Argentina 1-0 Brazil [in São Paulo] [Felman 47] Argentina: Buttice; Piris, Cortés; Squeo, Berta, Mouzo; González, Brindisi (Rocchia), Felman (Cevallos), Babington (Albretch), Más. Coach: Carmelo Faraone. Brazil: Renato; Eurico, Djalma Días, Alfredo (Chicao), Toninho; Carpeggiani, Teodoro (Romeu), Lola (Gil), Rivelino; Jairzinho (Darío), Edú. Coach: L. Do Valle. Referee: W. Schneiller. Field: Pacaembu.
January 1989, São Paulo (Brazil) 15/ 1/1989 Argentina 1-2 Uruguay Brazil 3-0 Gt Britain 16/ 1/1989 Italy 1-1 West Germany 18/ 1/1989 Argentina 4-2 Gt Britain 19/ 1/1989 Uruguay 1-0 West Germany Brazil 1-1 Italy 22/ 1/1989 West Germany 1-2 Gt Britain Brazil 3-0 Argentina 24/ 1/1989 Italy 3-3 Uruguay 25/ 1/1989 Brazil 2-0 West Germany 26/ 1/1989 Argentina 1-0 Italy Uruguay 2-1 Gt Britain 29/ 1/1989 West Germany 5-1 Argentina Gt Britain 0-0 Italy 30/ 1/1989 Brazil 2-0 Uruguay Table: 1.Brazil 5 4 1 0 11- 1 9 2.Uruguay 5 3 1 1 8- 7 7 3.Italy 5 0 4 1 5- 6 4 4.Argentina 5 2 0 3 7-12 4 5.West Germany 5 1 1 3 7- 7 3 6.Great Britain 5 1 1 3 5-10 3 Final: 2/ 2/1989 Brazil 4-2 Uruguay [Cláudio Adão 6', 45' and 49', Rivelino 75'; Siviero 70', Cabrera 87']
January 1990, São Paulo (Brazil) 10/ 1/1990 Argentina 5-2 Poland Brazil 4-1 Netherlands 13/ 1/1990 Italy 1-2 Netherlands 14/ 1/1990 Brazil 0-0 Argentina 15/ 1/1990 Poland 1-1 Italy 17/ 1/1990 Argentina 1-3 Netherlands Brazil 2-1 Poland ??/ 1/1990 Italy 1-0 Argentina 21/ 1/1990 Netherlands 2-4 Poland Brazil 2-1 Italy Table: 1.Brazil 4 3 1 0 8- 3 7 2.Netherlands 4 2 0 2 8-10 4 3.Argentina 4 1 1 2 6- 6 3 4.Italy 4 1 1 2 4- 5 3 5.Poland 4 1 1 2 8-10 3 Third Place Match: 24/ 1/1990 Argentina 3-2 Italy Final: 24/ 1/1990 Brazil 5-0 Netherlands [Zico 2', Serginho 51', Éder 60' and 64', Cafuringa 85']
January 1991, Miami (USA) All matches were played at Joe Robbie Stadium. Group A 19/ 1/1991 [20/ 1?] Germany 1-1 Brazil [Cullmann; Janis Edú] 22/ 1/1991 Brazil 2-1 Italy [Roberto Dinamite, Zico; Roberto Pruzzo] 24/ 1/1991 [18/ 1?] Germany 0-1 Italy [Roberto Pruzzo] Table: 1.Brazil 2 1 1 0 3- 2 3 2.Italy 2 1 0 1 2- 2 2 3.Germany 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1 Group B 19/ 1/1991 [20/ 1?] Uruguay 1-0 Argentina [Rudy Rodríguez] 22/ 1/1991 Argentina 5-2 England [Kempes 2, Bulleri, Colombatti, Villa; Allan Ainscow, Mike Lyons] 24/ 1/1991 [18/ 1?] England 2-1 Uruguay [Frank Worthington, Gordon Hill; Hebert Revertria] Table: 1.Argentina 2 1 0 1 5- 3 2 2.Uruguay 2 1 0 1 2- 2 2 3.England 2 1 0 1 4- 6 2 Semifinals: 26/ 1/1991 [24/ 1?] Brazil 4-0 Uruguay [Serginho, Casarinho, Roberto Dinamite, Zico (pen)] Argentina 1-1 Italy [5-4 pen] [Alessandro Altobelli; Bulleri] [pen: Bulleri, Ruiz, J. Martínez, Alí, Más; Filippi, Altobelli, Claudio Gentile, Pruzzo, Fontolán (held by Gatti)] Third Place Match: 27/ 1/1991 Italy 2-1 Uruguay [Claudio Gentile, Paolo Rossi; Pablo Forlán] Final: 27/ 1/1991 Brazil 2-1 Argentina [Janis Edú 44, Zico 87; Bulleri 25] Brazil: Paulo Sergio; Jayme de Almeida, Luis Pereira, Amaral, Vladimir; Batista, Zenón, Mario Sergio (13' Zico); Roberto Dinamite (64' Eduardo), Serginho (78' Cafuringa), Edú (68' César). Coach: Luciano Do Valle. Argentina: Gatti; Comelles, Ruiz, Zywica, Bottaniz; Squeo, Bulleri, Villa (59' J. Martínez), Colombatti (17' Alí); Magallanes, Kempes (74' Más). Coach: Faraone. Referee: Vincent Mauro (USA). Topscorers: Enzo Daniel Bulleri (Arg) 3 Zico (Bra) 3
July 1993, Austria and Italy Group A (Trieste) 2/ 7/1993 Brazil 1-1 Netherlands England 0-1 Italy 4/ 7/1993 Brazil 0-0 England Netherlands 2-3 Italy 6/ 7/1993 Brazil 1-0 Italy Netherlands 2-3 England Table: 1.Italy 3 2 0 1 4- 3 4 2.Brazil 3 1 2 0 2- 1 4 3.England 3 1 1 1 3- 3 3 4.Netherlands 3 0 1 2 5- 7 1 Group B (Klagenfurt) 3/ 7/1993 Austria 1-1 Argentina Germany 2-0 Uruguay 5/ 7/1993 Austria 4-2 Germany Uruguay 1-0 Argentina 7/ 7/1993 Germany 5-2 Argentina Austria 6-2 Uruguay Table: 1.Austria 3 2 1 0 11- 5 5 2.Germany 3 2 0 1 9- 6 4 3.Uruguay 3 1 0 2 3- 8 2 4.Argentina 3 0 1 2 3- 7 1 Semifinals: 9/ 7/1993 Austria 3-1 Brazil Italy 2-1 Germany Third Place Match: Germany w/o Brazil [Brazil refused to play] Final (in Trieste, Stadio Nereo Rocco): 11/ 7/1993 Italy 2-0 Austria [Sara (og) 44, Causio (pen) 87]
1995, 23 June-2 July, Austria (Klagenfurt and Kapfenberg) Group A 23/ 6/1995 Netherlands 2-2 Italy Austria 1-1 Brazil 25/ 6/1995 Italy 2-1 Brazil Austria 1-1 Netherlands 27/ 6/95 Austria 0-0 Italy Brazil 3-1 Netherlands Table: 1.Italy 3 1 2 0 4- 3 5 2.Brazil 3 1 1 1 5- 4 4 3.Austria 3 0 3 0 3- 3 3 4.Netherlands 3 0 2 1 4- 6 2 Group B 23/ 6/1995 Germany 1-0 Portugal France 0-0 Argentina 25/ 6/1995 Argentina 3-0 Germany France 4-1 Portugal 27/ 6/95 Portugal 0-0 Argentina France 3-4 Germany 1.Germany 3 2 0 1 5- 6 6 2.Argentina 3 1 2 0 3- 0 5 3.France 3 1 1 1 7- 5 4 4.Portugal 3 0 1 2 1- 5 1 Semifinals (in Kapfenberg): 29/ 6/1995 Germany 0-3 Brazil Italy 1-1 Argentina [3-5 pen] Third Place Match (in Klagenfurt): Italy n/p Germany [field unfit] Final (in Klagenfurt): 2/ 7/1995 Brazil 1-1 Argentina [3-2 pen] [Isidoro; Camisso]
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