1972 Brazil Independence Cup
Taça Independência
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
DatesJune 11 – July 9
Teams20 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)15 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored136 (3.09 per match)
Top scorer(s)Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević (13 goals)

The Brazil Independence Cup was an international football tournament held in Brazil, from 11 June to 9 July 1972, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Brazilian Declaration of Independence. It was called the Minicopa by the Brazilians and the final was between Brazil and Portugal, in the Maracanã Stadium. Brazil won 1–0, with Jairzinho scoring in the 89th minute.

Brazil no longer had Pelé but still had Tostão, Jairzinho and Rivellino, the later two also played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, in West Germany.

Despite Portugal's quality results and team, including Benfica players such as Eusébio, Jaime Graça, José Henrique, Humberto Coelho, Rui Jordão, and Toni, the team missed the World Cup 1974 and 1978 qualifying matches, so this tournament was their best result until the 1984 European Football Championship.

Format

Twenty teams competed; 18 national teams as well as two representative sides from Africa and CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean).

First round

15 teams competed in the first round, while 5 teams (Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Scotland, Soviet Union, Uruguay) received byes to the final stage.

The teams are drawn into three groups of 5 teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The three first-placed teams advance to the final stage.

Final stage

The 8 teams are drawn into two groups of 4 teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

The two group runners-up play each other in the third-place playoff.

The two group winners play each other in the final.

Venues

Host cities of the Taça Independência

The tournament was played in 12 cities: Aracaju, Belo Horizonte, Campo Grande, Curitiba, Maceió, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo.

Aracaju Belo Horizonte Campo Grande
Batistão Mineirão Estádio Independência Morenão
Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 110,000 Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000
Curitiba Maceió Manaus Natal
Estádio Couto Pereira Estádio Rei Pelé Vivaldão Machadão
Capacity: 37,182 Capacity: 20,551 Capacity: 31,000 Capacity: 42,000
Porto Alegre Recife Rio de Janeiro Salvador
Estádio Beira-Rio Estádio do Arruda Maracanã Estádio Fonte Nova
Capacity: 106,000 Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 200,000 Capacity: 80,000
São Paulo
Estádio do Pacaembu Estádio do Morumbi
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 120,000

Squads

Main article: Brazil Independence Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina (A) 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 7
 France 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 7
Africa 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 3
 Colombia 4 1 0 3 7 13 −6 2
CONCACAF 4 0 1 3 3 16 −13 1
Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round
Argentina 2–0Africa
Fischer 40'
Mastrángelo 42'		 Report
Batistão, Aracaju
Attendance: 12,826
Referee: José Faville Neto (Brazil)
France 5–0CONCACAF
Bereta 7'
Revelli 15', 21', 69'
Bulnes 82' (o.g.)		 Report
Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador
Attendance: 21,422
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
France 2–0Africa
Blanchet 35'
Floch 83'		 Report
Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: José Faville Neto (Brazil)
Colombia 4–3CONCACAF
Pineros 13'
Lugo 15', 17'
Morón 77'		 Report Reiner 38', 59'
Désir 64'
Batistão, Aracaju
Attendance: 7,642
Referee: Rafael Hormazábal Diaz (Chile)
Argentina 7–0CONCACAF
Fischer 26', 68', 81', 86'
Más 12', 65'
Bianchi 70'		 Report
Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió
Attendance: 8,587
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
Colombia 2–3 France
Piñeros 23' (pen.)
Mesa 82'		 Report Loubet 30', 72'
Molitor 33' (pen.)
Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ángel Eduardo Pazos (Uruguay)
CONCACAF0–0Africa
Report
Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador
Attendance: 1,928
Referee: Édison Pérez Nuñez (Peru)
Argentina 4–1 Colombia
Bianchi 17', 49', 62'
Vargas 60'		 Report Morón 68'
Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
Africa3–0 Colombia
Pokou 8'
Tokoto 39', 55'		 Report
Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil
Attendance: 10,579
Referee: José Romei Cañete (Paraguay)
Argentina 0–0 France
Report
Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador
Attendance: 6,587
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal (A) 4 4 0 0 12 2 +10 8
 Chile 4 3 0 1 7 7 0 6
 Republic of Ireland 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 4
 Ecuador 4 0 1 3 4 9 −5 1
 Iran 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1
Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round
Portugal 3–0 Ecuador
Eusébio 36'
Dinis 59'
Nené 75'		 Report
Machadão, Natal
Referee: Norberto Angel Coerezza (Argentina)
Republic of Ireland 2–1 Iran
Leech 57'
Givens 74'		 Report Ghelichkhani 10'
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Portugal 3–0 Iran
Eusébio 13'
Dinis 31'
Coelho 72'		 Report
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Guillermo Velásquez Ramirez (Colombia)
Chile 2–1 Ecuador
Caszely ??'
Crisosto ??'		 Report Lasso ??'
Machadão, Natal
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
Portugal 4–1 Chile
Coelho 14'
Dinis 54', 66'
Eusébio 71'		 Report Caszely 56'
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Republic of Ireland 3–2 Ecuador
Rogers 2'
Martin 61'
O'Connor 86'		 Report Coronel 36'
Lasso 78'
Machadão, Natal
Referee: Michael Kitabdjian (France)
Ecuador 1–1 Iran
Lasso 15' Report Ghelichkhani 36'
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sebastião Rufino (Brazil)
Chile 2–1 Republic of Ireland
Caszely 16'
Fouilloux 25'		 Report Rogers 79'
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
Chile 2–1 Iran
Caszely 50', 79' Report Halvaei 85'
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Michael Kitabdjian (France)
Portugal 2–1 Republic of Ireland
Peres 35'
Nené 37'		 Report Leech 38'
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Referee: Norberto Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia (A) 4 3 1 0 15 3 +12 7
 Paraguay 4 3 0 1 12 4 +8 6
 Peru 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 4
 Bolivia 4 0 2 2 4 12 −8 2
 Venezuela 4 0 1 3 3 17 −14 1
Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round
Peru 3–0 Bolivia
Gallardo 7' (pen.)
Castañeda 16'
Sotil 31'		 Report
Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba
Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)
Paraguay 4–1 Venezuela
L. Jiménez 2'
Escobar 11'
Maldonado 13', 37'		 Report Olivares 26'
Morenão, Campo Grande
Referee: George Lamptey (Ghana)
Yugoslavia 10–0 Venezuela
Bajević 5', 7', 48', 68', 74'
Džajić 20'
Aćimović 37'
Popivoda 44'
Stepanović 51'
Katalinski 54'		 Report
Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)
Paraguay 1–0 Peru
Godoy 89' Report
Morenão, Campo Grande
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
Yugoslavia 1–1 Bolivia
Katalinski 32' Report Pariente 78'
Morenão, Campo Grande
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
Peru 1–0 Venezuela
O. Ramírez 65' Report
Vivaldão, Manaus
Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
Venezuela 2–2 Bolivia
Iriarte 15'
Mendoza 49'		 Report Rimazza 5'
Blacutt 57'
Vivaldão, Manaus
Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaysia)
Yugoslavia 2–1 Paraguay
Bajević 50', 86' Report Escobar 17'
Vivaldão, Manaus
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
Paraguay 6–1 Bolivia
Maldonado 7', 67'
Arrúa 57', 59', 67'
dos Santos 86'		 Report Molinas 63' (o.g.)
Vivaldão, Manaus
Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
Yugoslavia 2–1 Peru
Bajević 4', 37' Report O. Ramírez 11'
Vivaldão, Manaus
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico)

Final stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil (A) 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 5
2  Yugoslavia (A) 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 3
3  Scotland 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Czechoslovakia 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round
Brazil 0–0 Czechoslovakia
Report
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 115,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
Scotland 2–2 Yugoslavia
Macari 39', 63' Report Bajević 60'
Buchan 87' (o.g.)
Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Norberto Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)
Brazil 3–0 Yugoslavia
Leivinha 22', 25'
Jairzinho 65'		 Report
Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)
Scotland 0–0 Czechoslovakia
Report
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)
Brazil 1–0 Scotland
Jairzinho 82' Report
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 130,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
Yugoslavia 2–1 Czechoslovakia
Bajević 19'
Džajić 77'		 Report Hrušecký 37'
Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Portugal (A) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
2  Argentina (A) 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 4
3  Soviet Union 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 2
4  Uruguay 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round
Soviet Union 1–0 Uruguay
Onishchenko 59' Report
Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
Portugal 3–1 Argentina
Calisto 36'
Eusébio 45'
Dinis 47'		 Report Brindisi 29'
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)
Uruguay 1–1 Portugal
Pavoni 20' Report Graça 46'
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Argentina 1–0 Soviet Union
Pastoriza 75' Report
Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico)
Portugal 1–0 Soviet Union
Jordão 46' Report
Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
Argentina 1–0 Uruguay
Más 37' Report
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)

Third place match

Yugoslavia 4–2 Argentina
Bajević 26', 83'
Katalinski 37'
Džajić 64'		 Report Brindisi 58' (pen.), 87' (pen.)
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 170,000
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Final

Brazil 1–0 Portugal
Jairzinho 89' Report
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 99,138
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 57 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.56 goals per match.

13 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

3 own goals

Hat-tricks

Brazil Independence Cup hat-tricks
# Player G Time of goals For Result Against Phase Date FIFA
report
1. Hervé Revelli 3 15', 21', 69'  France 5-0 CONCACAF Group stage 11 June 1972 Report
2. Dušan Bajević 5 5', 7', 48', 68', 74'  Yugoslavia 10-0  Venezuela 14 June 1972 Report
3. Rodolfo Fischer 4 26', 68', 81', 86'  Argentina 7-0 CONCACAF 18 June 1972 Report
4. Carlos Bianchi 3 17', 49', 62'  Argentina 4-1  Colombia 22 June 1972 Report
5. Saturnino Arrúa 3 57', 59', 67'  Paraguay 6-1  Bolivia 25 June 1972 Report

References

External links

Brazil national football team
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