| Copa do Atlântico | |
| Organiser: | |
| Founded: | 1956 |
| Region: | South America |
| Number Of Teams: | 15 |
| Current Champions: | (None) |
| Most Successful Club: | (None) |
The Copa do Atlântico was a football club competition held in 1956, also known as Copa Libertadores 1956. It was played in parallel to the 1956 Taça do Atlântico ("Copa del Atlántico" in Spanish), in which the national teams of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay participated.
The competition was organised by three bodies, Argentine, Brazilian and Uruguayan Football Associations, with five teams from each associations taking part of the tournament.[1] The Copa do Atlântico, along with South American Championship of Champions and Copa Aldao, was one of the predecessors of Copa Libertadores, which would be held for the first time in 1960.
| width=100px | Association | width=120px | Club | width=300px | Qualification method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Argentine Primera División champion | |||||
| 1956 Primera División 2nd place | |||||
| 1956 Primera División 3rd place | |||||
| 1956 Primera División 4th place | |||||
| 1956 Primera División 8th place | |||||
| 1956 Torneio Rio – São Paulo champion | |||||
| 1956 Campeonato Paulista champion | |||||
| 1956 Campeonato Paulista 2nd place | |||||
| 1956 Campeonato Carioca 2nd place | |||||
| 1956 Campeonato Carioca 5th place | |||||
| 1956 Primera División Champion | |||||
| 1956 Primera División 2nd place | |||||
| 1956 Primera División 4th place | |||||
| 1956 Primera División 5th place | |||||
| 1956 Primera División 8th place |
| width=150px | Club #1 | width=40px | Result | width=150px | Club #2 | width=250px | Venue | width=60px | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lanús  | 5–1 | Defensor Sporting | June 20 | ||||||
| Wanderers | 2–1 | San Lorenzo | June 20 | ||||||
| 0–1 | São Paulo | June 23 | |||||||
| Corinthians | 2–2 | Danubio | June 23 | ||||||
| America (RJ) | 2–1 | Racing | June 23 | ||||||
| Santos | 4–0 | River Plate | June 24 | ||||||
| 0–1 | Boca Juniors | June 24 |
| width=150px | Club #1 | width=40px | Result | width=150px | Club #2 | width=250px | Venue | width=60px | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 3–1 | America (RJ) | June 30 | ||||||
| 0–2 | Lanús | Centenario, Montevideo | June 30 | ||||||
| Boca Juniors | 3–1 | Fluminense | July 1 | ||||||
| Corinthians | 4–3 | Santos | July 4 |
| width=150px | Club #1 | width=40px | Result | width=150px | Club #2 | width=250px | Venue | width=60px | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Juniors | 2–0 | Lanús | July 5 | ||||||
Corinthians  | 2–0 | São Paulo | July 7 |
Three matches series, two never played, but one final was played, with Corinthians winning Boca Juniors by 3x2:
| width=40px | Leg | width=150px | Club #1 | width=40px | Result | width=150px | Club #2 | width=250px | Venue | width=60px | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corinthians | 3 x 2 | Boca Juniors | July 19 | |||||||
| align=center | 2 | Corinthians | |||||||||
| align=center | 3 | Corinthians |