1951 Copa Rio
The 1951 Copa Rio, also known as Torneio Internacional de Clubes Campeões was the first edition of the Copa Rio, the first intercontinental club football tournament with teams from Europe and South America, held in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo from 30 June to 22 July. Participant clubs were divided into two zones of four teams, playing each other once in a single round-robin tournament.
The tournament featured players such as Vavá, Ademir of Vasco da Gama, Jair da Rosa Pinto of Palmeiras, José Santamaría, Walter Taibo, goalkeeper Anibal Paz, Luis Volpi of Nacional, Branko Stankovic, Rajko Mitic of Red Star Belgrade, Giampiero Boniperti, Danish Karl Aage Præst and John Hansen of Juventus, José Travassos of Sporting Lisbon, and Swedish Lennart Samuelsson and Antoine Bonifaci of Nice. Juventus's coach was the legendary Hungarian György Sárosi.
The final was played in a two-legged format, contested by Brazilian team Palmeiras and Italian side Juventus. Palmeiras won the series 2–1 on points, achieving their first Copa Rio trophy. by Felipe Valderrama on El Cinco Cero, 16 Dec 2019
Participants
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Tournament course
Rio de Janeiro Group
All matches played at Maracanã Stadium----
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São Paulo Group
All matches played at Pacaembu Stadium.----
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Semi-finals
First leg
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Match details
----''Palmeiras won the series 2–1 on points''