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
1952 Real Madrid
1953 (1st) Millonarios
1953 (2nd) Corinthians
1955 São Paulo
1956 Real Madrid
1957 FC Barcelona
1963 São Paulo
1965 Benfica
1966 Valencia
1967 Athletic 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.
As the 1965 edition was referred to as the eighth, it is likely no
tournaments were held from 1958 to 1962 and in 1964.
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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