Copa Río Branco Explained

Copa Río Branco
Organiser: CBF
AUF
Founded:1931
Region:Brazil
Uruguay
Number Of Teams:2
Related Comps:Taça Oswaldo Cruz
Current Champions:
(1976)
Most Successful Club:
(7 titles)

Copa Río Branco (also: Taça Rio Branco) was a national football team's competition set between 1931 and 1976 among the national football teams of Brazil and Uruguay. Brazil won the most competitions with 7 titles.[1]

History

The Copa Río Branco was first contested 1931 in Estádio das Laranjeiras (a historic football stadium of Rio de Janeiro). All other subsequent games have been played in Uruguayan Stadium Estádio Centenario of Montevideo and in Brazilian Stadiums Estádio do Pacaembu of São Paulo and Estádio São Januário of Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil won the cup 7 times and Uruguay won 4 times. Due to a tie in 1967 both nations were declared winners.[1]

Results

List of matches, detailed. Since the 1940 edition, the competition was played in a two-legged format.[2]

Ed.YearWinner1st.
leg
City2nd.
leg
CityPlayoffCityResult
(points)
1931
1932
1940 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro style= background:#CCF4C3
1946 Montevideo Montevideo style= background:#CCF4C3
1947 Montevideo Rio de Janeiro style= background:#CCF4C3
1948 Montevideo Montevideo style= background:#CCF4C3
1950 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro
1967 Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo
1968 Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro style= background:#CCF4C3
1976 Montevideo Rio de Janeiro style= background:#CCF4C3
Notes

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/riobranco.html Copa Rio Branco
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru-intres.html Uruguay - International results