A tournament held in Venezuela from 1952 until at least 1975.
Not much information is known. It was a kind of predecessor of the Intercontinental Cup, but with usually three to eight participants, half from Europe and half from South America. On the European side, the Latin Cup may have initially been used as qualifying tournament. Nothing is known about the South American selection criteria. After the early sixties the tournament rapidly lost in status as the quality of the participants decreased. The 1952 edition was the first.
Caracas Club Tournaments Overview
1 1952 Real Madrid CF
2 1953 (1st) Millonarios
3 1953 (2nd) Corinthians
4 1955 São Paulo FC
5 1956 Real Madrid CF
6 1957 FC Barcelona
1958-1962 not held
7 1963 São Paulo FC
1964 not held
8 1965 SL Benfica
1966 Valencia CF
1967 Athletic Club de Bilbao
1969 Sparta Praha
1970 Vitória FC (Setúbal
1975 East Germany XI
NB: for 1966, 1967 and 1969 it is not certain that tournaments linked
from here belonged to the series.
Thanks to Andrés Acosta (heyderblue@hotmail.com), Carles Lozano (ferrer@economistes.com) and Paulo Martins (pirolito1@hotmail.com) for additional information
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