Brazil Independence Cup
| Taça Independência | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | June 11 - July 9 |
| Teams | 20 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 15 (in 12 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil |
| Runners-up |  Portugal |
| Third place |  Yugoslavia |
| Fourth place |  Argentina |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 44 |
| Goals scored | 136 (3.09 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Dušan Bajević (13 goals) |
The Brazil Independence Cup was an 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. Brazil had Jairzinho, Tostão and Rivelino, who also played 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.
Venues
The tournament was played in 12 cities: Aracaju, Belo Horizonte, Campo Grande, Curitiba, Maceió, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo.
| Aracaju | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte | Campo Grande |
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| Batistão | Mineirão | Estádio Independência | Morenão |
| Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 110,000 | Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 45,000 |
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| Curitiba | Maceió | Manaus | Natal |
| Estádio Couto Pereira | Estádio Rei Pelé | Vivaldão | Machadão |
| Capacity: 37,182 | Capacity: 20,551 | Capacity: 31,000 | Capacity: 42,000 |
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| Porto Alegre | Recife | Rio de Janeiro | Salvador |
| Estádio Beira-Rio | Estádio do Arruda | Maracanã | Estádio Fonte Nova |
| Capacity: 106,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 200,000 | Capacity: 80,000 |
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| São Paulo | São Paulo | ||
| Estádio do Pacaembu | Estádio do Morumbi | ||
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 120,000 | ||
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Squads
Group stage
Group A
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| Argentina | 2–0 | Africa |
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Fischer  40'Mastrángelo 42' |
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| Africa Selection | 3–0 |  Colombia |
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| Pokou 8' Tokoto 39', 55' |
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Group B
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Republic of Ireland  | 2–1 |  Iran |
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| Leech 57' Givens 74' |
Ghelichkhani 10' |
| Portugal | 4–1 |  Chile |
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| Coelho 14' Dinis 54', 66'Eusébio 71' |
Report | Caszely 56' |
| Republic of Ireland | 3–2 |  Ecuador |
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| Rogers 2' Martin 61'O'Connor 86' |
Report | Coronel 36' Lasso 78' |
| Ecuador | 1–1 | Iran |
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| Lasso 15' |
Report | Ghelichkhani 36' |
| Chile | 2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Caszely 16' Fouilloux 25' |
Report | Rogers 79' |
| Portugal | 2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Peres 35' Nené 37' |
Report | Leech 38' |
Group C
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Peru  | 3–0 |  Bolivia |
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| Gallardo 7' (pen.) Castañeda 16'Sotil 31' |
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Paraguay  | 4–1 |  Venezuela |
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| L. Jiménez 2' Escobar 11'Maldonado 13', 37' |
Report | Olivares 26' |
| Yugoslavia | 10–0 | Venezuela |
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| Bajević 5', 7', 48', 68', 74' Džajić 20'Aćimović 37'Popivoda 44'Stepanović 51'Katalinski 54' |
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| Yugoslavia | 1–1 | Bolivia |
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| Katalinski 32' |
Report | Pariente 78' |
| Peru | 1–0 | Venezuela |
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| O. Ramírez 65' |
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| Yugoslavia | 2–1 | Paraguay |
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| Bajević 50', 86' |
Report | Escobar 17' |
| Paraguay | 6–1 | Bolivia |
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| Maldonado 7', 67' Arrúa 57', 59', 67'dos Santos 86' |
Report | Molinas 63' (o.g.) |
| Yugoslavia | 2–1 | Peru |
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| Bajević 4', 37' |
Report | O. Ramírez 11' |
Final stage
Group A
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| Brazil | 3–0 | Yugoslavia |
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| Leivinha 22', 25' Jairzinho 65' |
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| Yugoslavia | 2–1 |  Czechoslovakia |
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| Bajević 19' Džajić 77' |
Report | Hrušecký 37' |
Group B
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Soviet Union  | 1–0 |  Uruguay |
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| Onishchenko 59' |
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| Portugal | 3–1 | Argentina |
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| Calisto 36' Eusébio 45'Dinis 47' |
Report | Brindisi 29' |
| Argentina | 1–0 | Soviet Union |
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| Pastoriza 75' |
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| Portugal | 1–0 | Soviet Union |
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| Jordão 46' |
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Third place match
| Yugoslavia | 4–2 | Argentina |
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| Bajević 26', 83' Katalinski 37'Džajić 64' |
Report | Brindisi 58' (pen.), 87' (pen.) |
Final
Goalscorers
- 13 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Ernesto Mastrángelo- José Omar Pastoriza
- Ángel Vargas
Ramiro Blacutt- Mario Pariente
- Jaime Rimazza
Laurent Pokou
Julio Crisosto- Alberto Fouilloux
Orlando Mesa
Anton Hrušecký
Miguel Coronel
Georges Bereta- Bernard Blanchet
- Louis Floch
- Marc Molitor
Jean-Claude Désir
Don Givens- Mick Martin
- Turlough O'Connor
Majid Halvaei
Hernán Castañeda- Alberto Gallardo
- Hugo Sotil
Adolfo Calisto- Jaime Graça
- Rui Jordão
- Fernando Peres
Emigdio dos Santos- Tiberio Godoy
- Lorenzo Jiménez
Vladimir Onishchenko
Ricardo Pavoni
Ramón Iriarte- Luis Mendoza
- Asdrúbal Olivares
Jovan Acimovic- Danilo Popivoda
- Dragoslav Stepanovic
- Own goals
Fernando Bulnes (against France)- Pedro Molinas (against Bolivia)
Martin Buchan (against Yugoslavia)
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)
- Brazil Independence Cup
- International association football competitions hosted by Brazil
- 1972 in Brazilian football
- 1972 in Argentine football
- 1972 in Uruguayan football
- 1972 in Peruvian football
- 1972 in Soviet football
- 1971–72 in Portuguese football
- 1971–72 in Republic of Ireland football
- 1971–72 in Yugoslavian football
- 1971–72 in Iranian football
- 1971–72 in French football
- 1971–72 in Scottish football
- 1971–72 in Czechoslovak football
- 1972 in South American football
- 1972 in African football
- 1972 in CONCACAF football