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

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.

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 Diaz (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 Eduardo Pazos (Uruguay)
CONCACAF0–0Africa
Report
Attendance: 1,928
Referee: Édison Pérez Nuñez (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: Norberto Angel Coerezza (Argentina)
Republic of Ireland 2–1 Iran
Leech 57'
Givens 74'		 Report 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 Ramirez (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'
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
Portugal 2–1 Republic of Ireland
Peres 35'
Nené 37'		 Report Leech 38'
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:
(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
Attendance: 115,000
Scotland 2–2 Yugoslavia
Macari 39', 63' Report Bajević 60'
Buchan 87' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Norberto 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
Attendance: 130,000
Yugoslavia 2–1 Czechoslovakia
Bajević 19'
Džajić 77'		 Report Hrušecký 37'
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'
Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)
Uruguay 1–1 Portugal
Pavoni 20' Report Graça 46'
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.)
Attendance: 170,000
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Final
Brazil 1–0 Portugal
Jairzinho 89' Report
Attendance: 99,138

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

References
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