Brazil Independence Cup

1972 Brazil Independence Cup

Taça Independência
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	11 June – 9 July
Teams	20 (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 played	44
Goals scored	136 (3.09 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

11 June 1972

Argentina	2–0	Africa
Fischer 40' Mastrángelo 42'	Report

Batistão, Aracaju

Attendance: 12,826

Referee: José Faville Neto (Brazil)

11 June 1972

France	5–0	CONCACAF
Bereta 7' Revelli 15', 21', 69' Bulnes 82' (o.g.)	Report

Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 21,422

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

14 June 1972

France	2–0	Africa
Blanchet 35' Floch 83'	Report

Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: José Faville Neto (Brazil)

15 June 1972

Colombia	4–3	CONCACAF
Pineros 13' Lugo 15', 17' Morón 77'	Report	Reiner 38', 59' Désir 64'

Batistão, Aracaju

Attendance: 7,642

Referee: Rafael Hormazábal Diaz (Chile)

18 June 1972

Argentina	7–0	CONCACAF
Fischer 26', 68', 81', 86' Más 12', 65' Bianchi 70'	Report

Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió

Attendance: 8,587

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

18 June 1972

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)

22 June 1972

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)

25 June 1972

Africa	3–0	Colombia
Pokou 8' Tokoto 39', 55'	Report

Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil

Attendance: 10,579

Referee: José Romei Cañete (Paraguay)

25 June 1972

Argentina	0–0	France
	Report

Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 6,587

Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

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

11 June 1972

Portugal	3–0	Ecuador
Eusébio 36' Dinis 59' Nené 75'	Report

Machadão, Natal

Referee: Norberto Angel Coerezza (Argentina)

11 June 1972

Republic of Ireland	2–1	Iran
Leech 57' Givens 74'	Report	Ghelichkhani 10'

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

14 June 1972

Portugal	3–0	Iran
Eusébio 13' Dinis 31' Coelho 72'	Report

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Guillermo Velásquez Ramirez (Colombia)

14 June 1972

Chile	2–1	Ecuador
Caszely ??' Crisosto ??'	Report	Lasso ??'

Machadão, Natal

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

18 June 1972

Portugal	4–1	Chile
Coelho 14' Dinis 54', 66' Eusébio 71'	Report	Caszely 56'

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

18 June 1972

Republic of Ireland	3–2	Ecuador
Rogers 2' Martin 61' O'Connor 86'	Report	Coronel 36' Lasso 78'

Machadão, Natal

Referee: Michael Kitabdjian (France)

21 June 1972

Ecuador	1–1	Iran
Lasso 15'	Report	Ghelichkhani 36'

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Sebastião Rufino (Brazil)

21 June 1972

Chile	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Caszely 16' Fouilloux 25'	Report	Rogers 79'

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

25 June 1972

Chile	2–1	Iran
Caszely 50', 79'	Report	Halvaei 85'

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Michael Kitabdjian (France)

25 June 1972

Portugal	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Peres 35' Nené 37'	Report	Leech 38'

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Referee: Norberto Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)

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

11 June 1972

Peru	3–0	Bolivia
Gallardo 7' (pen.) Castañeda 16' Sotil 31'	Report

Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba

Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)

11 June 1972

Paraguay	4–1	Venezuela
L. Jiménez 2' Escobar 11' Maldonado 13', 37'	Report	Olivares 26'

Morenão, Campo Grande

Referee: George Lamptey (Ghana)

14 June 1972

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)

14 June 1972

Paraguay	1–0	Peru
Godoy 89'	Report

Morenão, Campo Grande

Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

18 June 1972

Yugoslavia	1–1	Bolivia
Katalinski 32'	Report	Pariente 78'

Morenão, Campo Grande

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

18 June 1972

Peru	1–0	Venezuela
O. Ramírez 65'	Report

Vivaldão, Manaus

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)

21 June 1972

Venezuela	2–2	Bolivia
Iriarte 15' Mendoza 49'	Report	Rimazza 5' Blacutt 57'

Vivaldão, Manaus

Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaysia)

22 June 1972

Yugoslavia	2–1	Paraguay
Bajević 50', 86'	Report	Escobar 17'

Vivaldão, Manaus

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

25 June 1972

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)

25 June 1972

Yugoslavia	2–1	Peru
Bajević 4', 37'	Report	O. Ramírez 11'

Vivaldão, Manaus

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico)

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

28 June 1972

Brazil	0–0	Czechoslovakia
	Report

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 115,000

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

29 June 1972

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)

2 July 1972

Brazil	3–0	Yugoslavia
Leivinha 22', 25' Jairzinho 65'	Report

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

2 July 1972

Scotland	0–0	Czechoslovakia
	Report

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

5 July 1972

Brazil	1–0	Scotland
Jairzinho 82'	Report

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 130,000

Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

6 July 1972

Yugoslavia	2–1	Czechoslovakia
Bajević 19' Džajić 77'	Report	Hrušecký 37'

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

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

29 June 1972

Soviet Union	1–0	Uruguay
Onishchenko 59'	Report

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

29 June 1972

Portugal	3–1	Argentina
Calisto 36' Eusébio 45' Dinis 47'	Report	Brindisi 29'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)

2 July 1972

Uruguay	1–1	Portugal
Pavoni 20'	Report	Graça 46'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

2 July 1972

Argentina	1–0	Soviet Union
Pastoriza 75'	Report

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico)

6 July 1972

Portugal	1–0	Soviet Union
Jordão 46'	Report

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

6 July 1972

Argentina	1–0	Uruguay
Más 37'	Report

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Referee: Edwin Keith Walker (England)

9 July 1972

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)

9 July 1972

Brazil	1–0	Portugal
Jairzinho 89'	Report

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 99,138

Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

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

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

• Macario Reyes: Brazil Independence Cup 1972, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 27 June 2007.
• Eliézer Sebastián Pérez Pérez: Brazil Independence Cup 1972 – Additional Details, RSSSF, 6 July 2007.

• Sala de troféus Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, 27 May 2011. (Information about the Taça Independência)
• Tournament: Taça Independência (Mini-Copa), EU-Football.info (details about matches with European participation)