Brazil Independence Cup

1972 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) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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

Host cities of the Taça Independência

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
Batistão Mineirão Estádio Independência Morenão
Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 110,000 Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000
Curitiba Maceió Manaus Natal
Estádio Couto Pereira Estádio Rei Pelé Vivaldão Machadão
Capacity: 37,182 Capacity: 20,551 Capacity: 31,000 Capacity: 42,000
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
São Paulo São Paulo
Estádio do Pacaembu Estádio do Morumbi
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 120,000

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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

11 June 1972
Argentina  2–0 Africa
Fischer  40'
Mastrángelo  42'
Report
Batistão, Aracaju
Attendance: 12,826
Referee: José Faville Neto (Brazil)

11 June 1972
France  5–0 CONCACAF
Bereta  7'
Revelli  15', 21', 69'
Bulnes  82' (o.g.)
Report

14 June 1972
France  2–0 Africa
Blanchet  35'
Floch  83'
Report
Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: José Faville Neto (Brazil)

15 June 1972
Colombia  4–3 CONCACAF
Pineros  13'
Lugo  15', 17'
Morón  77'
Report Reiner  38', 59'
Désir  64'
Batistão, Aracaju
Attendance: 7,642
Referee: Rafael Hormazábal (Chile)

18 June 1972
Argentina  7–0 CONCACAF
Fischer  26', 68', 81', 86'
Más  12', 65'
Bianchi  70'
Report
Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió
Attendance: 8,587
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

18 June 1972
Colombia  2–3  France
Piñeros  23' (pen.)
Mesa  82'
Report Loubet  30', 72'
Molitor  33' (pen.)
Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ángel Pazos (Uruguay)

22 June 1972
CONCACAF 0–0 Africa
Report
Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador
Attendance: 1,928
Referee: Édison Pérez (Peru)

22 June 1972
Argentina  4–1  Colombia
Bianchi  17', 49', 62'
Vargas  60'
Report Morón  68'

25 June 1972
Africa Selection 3–0  Colombia
Pokou  8'
Tokoto  39', 55'
Report
Estádio Fonte Nova
Attendance: 10,579
Referee: José Romei Cañete (Paraguay)

25 June 1972
Argentina  0–0  France
Report
Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador
Attendance: 6,587
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Portugal (A) 4 4 0 0 12 2 +10 12
 Chile 4 3 0 1 7 7 0 9
 Republic of Ireland 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6
 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
Eusébio  36'
Dinis  59'
Nené  75'
Report
Machadão, Natal
Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)

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

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

14 June 1972
Chile  2–1  Ecuador
Caszely  ??'
Crisosto  ??'
Report Lasso  ??'
Machadão, Natal
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

18 June 1972
Portugal  4–1  Chile
Coelho  14'
Dinis  54', 66'
Eusébio  71'
Report Caszely  56'
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

18 June 1972
Republic of Ireland  3–2  Ecuador
Rogers  2'
Martin  61'
O'Connor  86'
Report Coronel  36'
Lasso  78'

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

21 June 1972
Chile  2–1  Republic of Ireland
Caszely  16'
Fouilloux  25'
Report Rogers  79'
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

25 June 1972
Chile  2–1  Iran
Caszely  50', 79' Report Halvaei  85'
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Michael Kitabdjian (France)

25 June 1972
Portugal  2–1  Republic of Ireland
Peres  35'
Nené  37'
Report Leech  38'
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)

Group C

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Yugoslavia (A) 4 3 1 0 15 3 +12 10
 Paraguay 4 3 0 1 12 4 +8 9
 Peru 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 6
 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
Gallardo  7' (pen.)
Castañeda  16'
Sotil  31'
Report
Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba
Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)

11 June 1972
Paraguay  4–1  Venezuela
L. Jiménez  2'
Escobar  11'
Maldonado  13', 37'
Report Olivares  26'
Morenão, Campo Grande
Referee: George Lamptey (Ghana)

14 June 1972
Yugoslavia  10–0  Venezuela
Bajević  5', 7', 48', 68', 74'
Džajić  20'
Aćimović  37'
Popivoda  44'
Stepanović  51'
Katalinski  54'
Report
Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

14 June 1972
Paraguay  1–0  Peru
Godoy  89' Report

18 June 1972
Yugoslavia  1–1  Bolivia
Katalinski  32' Report Pariente  78'
Morenão, Campo Grande
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

18 June 1972
Peru  1–0  Venezuela
O. Ramírez  65' Report

21 June 1972
Venezuela  2–2  Bolivia
Iriarte  15'
Mendoza  49'
Report Rimazza  5'
Blacutt  57'
Vivaldão, Manaus
Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaysia)

22 June 1972
Yugoslavia  2–1  Paraguay
Bajević  50', 86' Report Escobar  17'
Vivaldão, Manaus
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

25 June 1972
Paraguay  6–1  Bolivia
Maldonado  7', 67'
Arrúa  57', 59', 67'
dos Santos  86'
Report Molinas  63' (o.g.)

25 June 1972
Yugoslavia  2–1  Peru
Bajević  4', 37' Report O. Ramírez  11'
Vivaldão, Manaus
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico)

Final stage

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Brazil (A) 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
 Yugoslavia (A) 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 4
 Scotland 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 2
 Czechoslovakia 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 2

29 June 1972
Scotland  2–2  Yugoslavia
Macari  39', 63' Report Bajević  60'
Buchan  87' (o.g.)
Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)

2 July 1972
Brazil  3–0  Yugoslavia
Leivinha  22', 25'
Jairzinho  65'
Report
Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

2 July 1972
Scotland  0–0  Czechoslovakia
Report
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

5 July 1972
Brazil  1–0  Scotland
Jairzinho  82' Report

6 July 1972
Yugoslavia  2–1  Czechoslovakia
Bajević  19'
Džajić  77'
Report Hrušecký  37'
Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Portugal (A) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Argentina (A) 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
 Soviet Union 3 1 0 2 1 2 1 3
 Uruguay 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 1

29 June 1972
Soviet Union  1–0  Uruguay
Onishchenko  59' Report
Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

29 June 1972
Portugal  3–1  Argentina
Calisto  36'
Eusébio  45'
Dinis  47'
Report Brindisi  29'
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)

2 July 1972
Uruguay  1–1  Portugal
Pavoni  20' Report Graça  46'

2 July 1972
Argentina  1–0  Soviet Union
Pastoriza  75' Report
Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico)

6 July 1972
Portugal  1–0  Soviet Union
Jordão  46' Report

6 July 1972
Argentina  1–0  Uruguay
Más  37' Report
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)

Third place match

9 July 1972
Yugoslavia  4–2  Argentina
Bajević  26', 83'
Katalinski  37'
Džajić  64'
Report Brindisi  58' (pen.), 87' (pen.)
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 170,000
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Final

9 July 1972
Brazil  1–0  Portugal
Jairzinho  89' Report

Goalscorers

13 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

References

External links

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