Copa Río Branco
Organising bodyBrazil CBF
Uruguay AUF
Founded1931
Abolished1976 (1976)
RegionBrazil
Uruguay
Number of teams2
Related competitionsTaça Oswaldo Cruz
Last champions Brazil
(1976)
Most successful club(s) Brazil
(7 titles)

Copa Río Branco (also: Taça Rio Branco) was a national football team's competition set between 1931 and 1976 among the national football teams of Brazil and Uruguay. Brazil won the most competitions with 7 titles.[1]

History

The Copa Río Branco was first contested 1931 in Estádio das Laranjeiras (a historic football stadium of Rio de Janeiro). All other subsequent games have been played in Uruguayan Stadium Estádio Centenario of Montevideo and in Brazilian Stadiums Estádio do Pacaembu of São Paulo and Estádio São Januário of Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil won the cup 7 times and Uruguay won 4 times. Due to a tie in 1967 both nations were declared winners.[1]

Results

List of matches, detailed. Since the 1940 edition, the competition was played in a two-legged format.[2]

  •   Playoff match (when necessary).
  •   Difference on points result.
Ed. Year Winner 1st.
leg		 City 2nd.
leg		 City Playoff City Result
(points)
1
1931 Brazil
2–0
Rio de Janeiro
2
1932 Brazil
2–0
Montevideo
3
1940 Uruguay
4–3
Rio de Janeiro
1–1
Rio de Janeiro
–
2–1
4
1946 Uruguay
4–3
Montevideo
1–1
Montevideo
–
2–1
5
1947 Brazil
0–0
Montevideo
3–2
Rio de Janeiro
–
2–1
6
1948 Uruguay
1–1
Montevideo
4–2
Montevideo
–
2–1
7
1950 Brazil
3–4
Sao Paulo
3–2
Rio de Janeiro
1–0
Rio de Janeiro
4–2
8
1967 Brazil [note 2]
0–0
Montevideo
2–2
Montevideo
1–1
Montevideo
3–3 (3–3 g.d.)
[note 2]
 Uruguay [note 2]
9
1968 Brazil
2–0
Sao Paulo
4–0
Rio de Janeiro
–
4–0
10
1976 Brazil
2–1
Montevideo
2–1
Rio de Janeiro
–
4–0
Notes
  1. 1 2 Played as single match.
  2. 1 2 3 After three matches ended in a tie and also equalled on goal difference, both were declared champions.

References

  1. 1 2 Copa Rio Branco by José L. Pierrend on the RSSSF
  2. ↑ Uruguay - International results by Martín Tabeira on the RSSSF
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