Brazil Independence Cup

Brazil Independence Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	June 11–July 9, 1972
Teams	20
Venue(s)	Arruda, Recife Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre Fonte Nova, Salvador de Bahía Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Morumbi, São Paulo Pacaembú, São Paulo Pedro Pedrossian, Porto Alegre Vivaldão, Manaus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44

The Brazil Independence Cup was a 20-team, international football tournament held in Brazil, from 11 June to 9 July 1972, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Brazilian Declaration of Independence. It was called the Minicopa by the Brazilians and the final was between Brazil and Portugal, in the Maracanã Stadium. Brazil won 1-0, with Jairzinho scoring in the 89th minute.

Pelé no longer played for Brazil but the team still had Jairzinho, Tostão and Rivelino, and these played much better here than in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, in West Germany.

Despite Portugal's quality results and team, including Benfica players such as Eusébio, Jaime Graça, José Henrique, Humberto Coelho, Rui Jordão, and Toni, the team missed the World Cup 1974 and 1978 qualifying matches, so this tournament was their best result until the 1984 European Football Championship.

Host cities of the Taça Independência

Results

Preliminary round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	4	3	1	0	13	1	+12	7
France	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	7
Africa	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3
Colombia	4	1	0	3	7	13	−6	2
CONCACAF	4	0	1	3	3	16	−13	1

11 June 1972	Argentina	2 – 0	Africa	Aracaju Referee: José Faville (Brazil)

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11 June 1972	France	5 – 0	CONCACAF	Fonte Nova, Salvador de Bahía

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14 June 1972	France	2 – 0	Africa	Maceió Referee: José Faville (Brazil)

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14 June 1972	Colombia	4 – 3	CONCACAF	Aracaju

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18 June 1972	Argentina	7 – 0	CONCACAF	Maceió Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria), Edison Pérez (Peru), Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

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18 June 1972	France	3 – 2	Colombia	Fonte Nova, Salvador de Bahía Referee: Ángel Pazos (Uruguay), Kurt Tschenscher (East Germany), Armando Marques (Brazil)

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22 June 1972	CONCACAF	0 – 0	Africa	Fonte Nova, Salvador de Bahía

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22 June 1972	Argentina	4 – 1	Colombia	Fonte Nova, Salvador de Bahía

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25 June 1972	Africa	3 – 0	Colombia	Fonte Nova, Salvador de Bahía Referee: Ref: José Cañete (Paraguay), Ángel Pazos (Uruguay), José Faville Nieto (Brazil)

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25 June 1972	Argentina	0 – 0	France	Fonte Nova, Salvador de Bahía Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil), Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland), Paul Schiller (Austria)

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	4	4	0	0	12	2	+10	8
Chile	4	3	0	1	7	7	0	6
Republic of Ireland	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	4
Ecuador	4	0	1	3	4	9	−5	1
Iran	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1

11 June 1972	Portugal	3 – 0	Ecuador	Natal Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)

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11 June 1972	Republic of Ireland	2 – 1	Iran	Estádio do Arruda, Recife Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
	Leech  57' Givens  74'		Ghelichkhani  10'

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14 June 1972	Portugal	3 – 0	Iran	Estádio do Arruda, Recife Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Guillermo Velasquez (Colombia)
	Eusébio  13' Dinis  31' Coelho  72'

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14 June 1972	Chile	2 – 1	Ecuador	Natal

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18 June 1972	Portugal	4 – 1	Chile	Arruda, Recife

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18 June 1972	Republic of Ireland	3 – 2	Ecuador	Natal Referee: Michael Kitabdjian (France), Ángel Coerezza (Argentina), Romualdo Arpi Filho (Brazil)

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21 June 1972	Ecuador	1 – 1	Iran	Estádio do Arruda, Recife Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sebastião Rufino (Brazil)
	Lasso  15'		Ghelichkhani  36'

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21 June 1972	Chile	2 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Arruda, Recife Referee: Romualdo Arpi Filho (Brazil), Michel Kitabdjian (France), Guillermo Velásquez (Colombia)

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25 June 1972	Chile	2 – 1	Iran	Estádio do Arruda, Recife Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
	Caszely  50', 79'		Halvaei  85'

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25 June 1972	Portugal	2 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Arruda, Recife Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina), Aurelio Agnonese (Italy), Guillermo Velásquez (Colombia)

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	4	3	1	0	15	3	+12	7
Paraguay	4	3	0	1	12	4	+8	6
Peru	4	2	0	2	5	3	+2	4
Bolivia	4	0	2	2	4	12	−8	2
Venezuela	4	0	1	3	3	17	−14	1

11 June 1972	Peru	3 – 0	Bolivia	Curitiba Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)

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11 June 1972	Paraguay	4 – 1	Venezuela	Campo Grande

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14 June 1972	Yugoslavia	10 – 0	Venezuela	Curitiba

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14 June 1972	Paraguay	1 – 0	Peru	Campo Grande Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel), Georges Lamptey (Ghana), Joaquím GonValves (Brazil)

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18 June 1972	Yugoslavia	1 – 1	Bolivia	Campo Grande Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel), Joaquím GonValves (Brazil), George Lamptey (Ghana)

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18 June 1972	Peru	1 – 0	Venezuela	Vivaldo Lima, Manaus

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21 June 1972	Venezuela	2 – 2	Bolivia	Vivaldo Lima, Manaus Referee: Hwa Po Oei (Malaysia), George Lamptey (Ghana), Joaquím GonValves (Brazil)

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22 June 1972	Yugoslavia	2 – 1	Paraguay	Vivaldo Lima, Manaus Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel), Archundia González (Mexico), Arnaldo César Coelho (Brazil)

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25 June 1972	Paraguay	6 – 1	Bolivia	Vivaldo Lima, Manaus Referee: Arnaldo César Coelho (Brazil), Hwa Pohm Oei (Malaysia), Joaquím GonValves (Brazil)

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25 June 1972	Yugoslavia	2 – 1	Peru	Vivaldo Lima, Manaus Referee: Archundia González (Mexico), Abraham Klein (Israel), Georges Lamptey (Ghana)

Final round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	5
Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	3
Scotland	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Czechoslovakia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

28 June 1972	Brazil	0 – 0	Czechoslovakia	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

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29 June 1972	Scotland	2 – 2	Yugoslavia	Belo Horizonte

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2 July 1972	Brazil	3 – 0	Yugoslavia	São Paulo Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden), Aurelio Agnonese (Italy), Paul Schiller (Austria)

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2 July 1972	Scotland	0 – 0	Czechoslovakia	Beira Riq, Porto Alegre Referee: Marques (Brazil), Rafael Hormazábal (Chile), Ángel Pazos (Uruguay)

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5 July 1972	Brazil	1 – 0	Scotland	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

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6 July 1972	Yugoslavia	2 – 1	Czechoslovakia	São Paulo Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil), Ángel Pazos (Uruguay), Edison Pérez (Peru)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
Argentina	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	4
Soviet Union	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	2
Uruguay	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

29 June 1972	Soviet Union	1 – 0	Uruguay	São Paulo Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel), Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland), George Lamptey (Ghana)

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29 June 1972	Portugal	3 – 1	Argentina	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Edwin Walker (England)

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2 July 1972	Uruguay	1 – 1	Portugal	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland), Edwin Walker (England), Edison Pérez (Peru)

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2 July 1972	Argentina	1 – 0	Soviet Union	Belo Horizonte Referee: Archundia González (Mexico), Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany), Kwa Poh Oei (Malaysia)

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6 July 1972	Portugal	1 – 0	Soviet Union	Belo Horizonte Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany), José Cañete Romei (Paraguay), Rafael Hormazábal (Chile)

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6 July 1972	Argentina	1 – 0	Uruguay	Beira Riq, Porto Alegre Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England), Ove Dahlberg (Sweden), Paul Schiller (Austria)

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Third place

9 July 1972	Yugoslavia	4 – 2	Argentina	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria), José Faville Nieto (Brazil), Edison Pérez (Peru)
	Dušan Bajević  26',  82' Josip Katalinski  36' Dragan Džajić  64'		Miguel Ángel Brindisi  61' (pen.),  87' (pen.)

Yugoslavia Enver Marić (Velež Mostar) Miroslav Boškovic (Hajduk) Dragoslav Stepanović (OFK Beograd) Miroslav Pavlović (Crvena Zvezda) Josip Katalinski (Željeznicar)  68' Blagoje Paunović (Partizan) 46' Ilija Petković (OFK Beograd) 46' Branko Oblak (Olimpija Ljubljana) Dušan Bajević (Velež Mostar) Jovan Acimovic (Crvena Zvezda) Dragan Džajić (Crvena Zvezda) Substitutions: Jusuf Hatunić (Sloboda) 46' Jure Jerković (Hajduk)) 46' Manager: Vujadin Boškov

Argentina: Miguel Ángel Santoro (Independiente) Jorge Dominichi (River Plate) Osvaldo Piazza (Lanús) Ángel Bargas (Chacarita Juniors) Ramón Heredia (San Lorenzo) 71' Miguel Ángel Raimondo (Independiente) 46' Alejandro Semenewicz (Independiente) José Pastoriza (Independiente)  68' Ernesto Mastrángelo (River Plate) Roque Avallay (CA Huracán) Oscar Más (River Plate)) Substitutions: Miguel Ángel Brindisi (Huracán) 46' Rubén Díaz (Racing Club) 71' Manager: Juan José Pizzuti

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Final

9 July 1972	Brazil	1 – 0	Portugal	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 99,138 Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel), Edwin Walker (England), Guillermo Velásquez (Colombia)
	Jairzinho  89'

Brazil Emerson Leão (Palmeiras) Zé Maria (Corinthians) Brito (Botafogo) Vantuir (Atlético Mineiro) Marco Antônio (Fluminense) Clodoaldo (Santos) Gérson (Fluminense) Jairzinho (Botafogo) Tostão (Vasco) Leivinha (Palmeiras) Rivellino (Corinthians) Substitutions: Rodrigues Neto (Flamengo) Dario "Dadá Maravilha" (Atlético Mineiro) Manager: Mário Zagallo

Portugal: José Henrique (SL Benfica) Artur Correia (Benfica) Humberto Coelho (Benfica) Timula Messias (Benfica) Adolfo Calisto (Benfica) António "Toni" Oliveira (Benfica) Jaime Graça (Benfica) Fernando Peres (Sporting CP) Rui Jordão (Benfica) 77' Eusébio (Benfica) Joaquim Dinis (Sporting CP) Substitutions: Artur Jorge (Benfica) 77' Manager: José Augusto

References

• Macario Reyes: Brazil Independence Cup 1972, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 27 June 2007.
• Eliézer Sebastián Pérez Pérez: Brazil Independence Cup 1972 - Additional Details, RSSSF, 6 July 2007.

External links

• Sala de troféus Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, 27 May 2011. (Information about the Taça Independência)
• Tournament: Taça Independência (Mini-Copa), EU-Football.info (details about matches with European participation)