1969 Copa Interamericana Explained

1969 Copa Interamericana
Event:	Copa Interamericana
Team1:	Toluca
Team1association:
Team1score:	3
Team2:	Estudiantes (LP)
Team2association:
Team2score:	6
Details:	(on aggregate, after playoff)
Firstleg:	First leg
Team1score1:	1
Team2score1:	2
Date1:	February 13, 1969
Stadium1:	Estadio Azteca
City1:	Mexico City
Referee1:	Clemente Ruggero (El Salvador)
Secondleg:	Second leg
Team1score2:	2
Team2score2:	1
Date2:	February 19, 1969
Stadium2:	Estudiantes Stadium
City2:	La Plata
Referee2:	José Dimas (Paraguay)
Secondlegreplay:	Playoff
Team1score3:	0
Team2score3:	3
Date3:	February 21, 1969
Stadium3:	Estadio Centenario
City3:	Montevideo
Referee3:	Carlos Tejada (Peru)
Next:	1971

The 1969 Copa Interamericana was the 1st. edition of the Copa Interamericana. The final was contested by Argentine club Estudiantes de la Plata (champion of 1968 Copa Libertadores) and Mexican side Deportivo Toluca (winner of 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup). The final was played under a two-leg format in February 1969.^[1]

In the first leg, hosted at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Estudiantes beat Toluca 2–1. In the second leg at Estudiantes Stadium in La Plata, Toluca was the winner by the same score. As both teams tied on points and goal difference, a playoff was held in Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, where Estudiantes defeat Toluca 3–0 and therefore the team won their first Interamericana trophy,^[2] ^[3]

Qualified teams

width=150px	Team	Qualification	Previous app.
		None
	1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winner	None

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"Copa Interamericana 1969:Estudiantes de La Plata Campeón" on Historicas Coperas (blogsite), 11 Nov 2013
http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/intam69.html 1969 Copa Interamericana
https://www.estudiantesdelaplata.com/la-copa-interamericana/ La Copa Interamericana