Brazil Independence Cup

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.

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) Dušan Bajević (13 goals)

Brazil no longer had Pelé but still had Tostão, Jairzinho and Rivelino, 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

20 teams competed; 18 national teams as well as 2 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.

AracajuBelo HorizonteCampo Grande
BatistãoMineirãoEstádio IndependênciaMorenão
Capacity: 45,000Capacity: 110,000Capacity: 23,000Capacity: 45,000
CuritibaMaceióManausNatal
Estádio Couto PereiraEstádio Rei PeléVivaldãoMachadão
Capacity: 37,182Capacity: 20,551Capacity: 31,000Capacity: 42,000
Porto AlegreRecifeRio de JaneiroSalvador
Estádio Beira-RioEstádio do ArrudaMaracanãEstádio Fonte Nova
Capacity: 106,000Capacity: 60,000Capacity: 200,000Capacity: 80,000
São Paulo
Estádio do PacaembuEstádio do Morumbi
Capacity: 40,000Capacity: 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:
(A) Advance to a further round.
Argentina 2–0Africa
Fischer  40'
Mastrángelo  42'		 Report
Attendance: 12,826
Referee: José Faville Neto (Brazil)
France 5–0CONCACAF
Bereta  7'
Revelli  15', 21', 69'
Bulnes  82' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 21,422
France 2–0Africa
Blanchet  35'
Floch  83'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: José Faville Neto (Brazil)
Colombia 4–3CONCACAF
Pineros  13'
Lugo  15', 17'
Morón  77'		 Report Reiner  38', 59'
Désir  64'
Attendance: 7,642
Referee: Rafael Hormazábal (Chile)
Argentina 7–0CONCACAF
Fischer  26', 68', 81', 86'
Más  12', 65'
Bianchi  70'		 Report
Attendance: 8,587
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
Colombia 2–3 France
Piñeros  23' (pen.)
Mesa  82'		 Report Loubet  30', 72'
Molitor  33' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ángel Pazos (Uruguay)
CONCACAF0–0Africa
Report
Attendance: 1,928
Referee: Édison Pérez (Peru)
Argentina 4–1 Colombia
Bianchi  17', 49', 62'
Vargas  60'		 Report Morón  68'
Attendance: 10,000
Africa3–0 Colombia
Pokou  8'
Tokoto  39', 55'		 Report
Attendance: 10,579
Referee: José Romei Cañete (Paraguay)
Argentina 0–0 France
Report
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:
(A) Advance to a further round.
Portugal 3–0 Ecuador
Eusébio  36'
Dinis  59'
Nené  75'		 Report
Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)
Republic of Ireland 2–1 Iran
Leech  57'
Givens  74'		 Ghelichkhani  10'
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Portugal 3–0 Iran
Eusébio  13'
Dinis  31'
Coelho  72'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Guillermo Velásquez (Colombia)
Chile 2–1 Ecuador
Caszely  ??'
Crisosto  ??'		 Report Lasso  ??'
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
Portugal 4–1 Chile
Coelho  14'
Dinis  54', 66'
Eusébio  71'		 Report Caszely  56'
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Republic of Ireland 3–2 Ecuador
Rogers  2'
Martin  61'
O'Connor  86'		 Report Coronel  36'
Lasso  78'
Referee: Michael Kitabdjian (France)
Ecuador 1–1 Iran
Lasso  15' Report Ghelichkhani  36'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sebastião Rufino (Brazil)
Chile 2–1 Republic of Ireland
Caszely  16'
Fouilloux  25'		 Report Rogers  79'
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
Chile 2–1 Iran
Caszely  50', 79' Report Halvaei  85'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Michael Kitabdjian (France)
Portugal 2–1 Republic of Ireland
Peres  35'
Nené  37'		 Report Leech  38'
Referee: 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:
(A) Advance to a further round.
Peru 3–0 Bolivia
Gallardo  7' (pen.)
Castañeda  16'
Sotil  31'		 Report
Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)
Paraguay 4–1 Venezuela
L. Jiménez  2'
Escobar  11'
Maldonado  13', 37'		 Report Olivares  26'
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
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)
Paraguay 1–0 Peru
Godoy  89' Report
Yugoslavia 1–1 Bolivia
Katalinski  32' Report Pariente  78'
Attendance: 15,000
Peru 1–0 Venezuela
O. Ramírez  65' Report
Venezuela 2–2 Bolivia
Iriarte  15'
Mendoza  49'		 Report Rimazza  5'
Blacutt  57'
Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaysia)
Yugoslavia 2–1 Paraguay
Bajević  50', 86' Report Escobar  17'
Attendance: 25,000
Paraguay 6–1 Bolivia
Maldonado  7', 67'
Arrúa  57', 59', 67'
dos Santos  86'		 Report Molinas  63' (o.g.)
Yugoslavia 2–1 Peru
Bajević  4', 37' Report O. Ramírez  11'
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:
(A) Advance to a further round.
Brazil 0–0 Czechoslovakia
Report
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 115,000
Scotland 2–2 Yugoslavia
Macari  39', 63' Report Bajević  60'
Buchan  87' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)
Brazil 3–0 Yugoslavia
Leivinha  22', 25'
Jairzinho  65'		 Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)
Scotland 0–0 Czechoslovakia
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)
Brazil 1–0 Scotland
Jairzinho  82' Report
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 130,000
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:
(A) Advance to a further round.
Soviet Union 1–0 Uruguay
Onishchenko  59' Report
Attendance: 10,000
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
Argentina 1–0 Soviet Union
Pastoriza  75' Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico)
Portugal 1–0 Soviet Union
Jordão  46' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Argentina 1–0 Uruguay
Más  37' Report
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

Goalscorers
13 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

References
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