Pelé World Cup

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


I Mundialito de Seniors (also known as I Copa Pelé)

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.


II Mundialito de Seniors (also known as II Copa Pelé)

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']


Copa do Craque de Masters (also known as Copa Zico)

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']


I World Cup of Masters (also known as III Copa Pelé)

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 


II World Cup of Masters (also known as IV Copa Pelé)

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]


III World Cup of Masters

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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With thanks to Adriano Stabile (adriano_al@yahoo.com), Osvaldo José Gorgazzi (osvaldogorgazzi@yahoo.com.ar) and Erik Garin (garinerik@hispeed.ch) for additional information

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