| Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer | |
| Organiser: |  CBD |
| Founded: | 1953 |
| Region: | Europe South America |
| Number Of Teams: | 8 |
| Related Comps: | Copa Rio |
| Current Champions: | Vasco da Gama (1953) |
| Most Successful Club: | Vasco da Gama (1 title) |
The Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer was an intercontinental club football tournament held in Brazil in 1953. It was organised by the Brazilian Sports Confederation (Confederação Brasileira de Desportos) as a successor of Copa Rio, that featured teams from Europe and South America. Torneo Octogonal had a similar format than its predecessor, being also held in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo from 7 June to 4 July. Participant clubs were divided into two zones of four teams, playing each other once in a single round-robin tournament.[1] [2]
The final was played in a two-legged format, contested by Brazilian teams Vasco da Gama and São Paulo. After beating São Paulo twice, Vasco won the series 4–0 on points, achieving their first Torneo Octogonal trophy.[1] [3] [4]
The tournament was named after Rivadávia Corrêa Meyer, football executive and president of the "Confederação Brasileira de Desportos" (Brazilian Sports Confederation), a position he occupied from 1943 to 1955.[5]
| Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | |
|---|---|---|
| Maracanã Stadium | Pacaembu Stadium | |
| Capacity: 150,000 | Capacity: 71,000 | |
| width=185 | Teams | width=20 | GP | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasco da Gama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| Fluminense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Botafogo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Hibernian | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 1 |
| width=185 | Teams | width=20 | GP | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
| Corinthians | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| Sporting | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Olimpia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
| width=150px | Champion | width=150px | Runner-up | 1 leg | width=100px | Venue | 2 leg | width=100px | Venue | Aggr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasco da Gama | bgcolor= #ccffc |
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