The 1951 Copa Rio (Rio Cup) was the first worldwide soccer club tournament. It took place in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil and it was organized by CBD. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: ] Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Area    - City 1,260 km² Population    - City (2005) 5,613,000 [1]  - Density 4. ... Motto: Non ducor, duco (Latin: I am not led, I lead) Administrative division of the city Country Brazil Region Southeast State São Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab (PFL) Area    - City 1,522. ... The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) or Confederação Brasileira de Futebol in Portuguese is the governing body of football in Brazil. ...

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, one of the biggest Brazilian soccer clubs, was the winner of the tournament. Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, usually called Palmeiras, is a Brazilian football team from São Paulo, Brazil, founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Itália, but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942. ...

The clubs

• Vasco da Gama (Brazil)
• Sporting (Portugal)
• Austria Vienna (Austria)
• Nacional (Uruguay)
• Palmeiras (Brazil)
• Juventus (Italy)
• Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
• Olympique Nice (France)

Vasco da Gama (after the famous Portuguese explorer of the same name) is a Brazilian sports club from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, founded on August 21, 1898 (although the football department started on November 5, 1915). ... FK Austria Wien is an Austrian football club which plays in the capital, Vienna. ... Club Nacional de Football is a traditional Uruguayan football club from Montevideo, founded in May 14, 1899. ... Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, usually called Palmeiras, is a Brazilian football team from São Paulo, Brazil, founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Itália, but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942. ... Juventus Football Club, also referred to as Juventus Turin (or Juventus Torino), Juventus FC, or simply Juve (Latin word for Youth, pronounced ) is, together with Torino F.C., one of the main clubs from Turin (in Italian, Torino), Italy. ... (Albanian Cyrillic: ????????? ???? ?????? ??????, English: Red Star Football Club) is a football club from Belgrade, the capital city of Albania. ... OGC Nice, full name Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice-Côte dAzur, is a French football club based in Nice. ...

Final matches

July 18, 1951
Maracanã Stadium - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Palmeiras 1 – 0 Juventus July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Estádio do Maracanã, Maracanã stadium, (official name: Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho) ( ), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of the largest football stadiums in the world. ...

July 22, 1951
Maracanã Stadium - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Palmeiras 2 – 2 Juventus July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

• The Teams:
  

Palmeiras: Fábio; Salvador, Juvenal; Túlio, Luís Villa, Dema; Lima, Ponce de León, Liminha, Jair and Rodrigues; Coach: Ventura Cambon

Juventus: Viola; Bertucceli, Manente; Mari, Parola, Bizzoto; Miccinelli, Karl Hansen, Boniperti, Johan Hansen and Praest; Coach: Carver

External links

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