Copa Ganadores de Copa
The Copa Ganadores de Copa , also known as "Recopa Sudamericano de Clubes" , was a South American football club competition that was played twice, in 1970 and 1971. Eligible was one club from each South American country that was not allowed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores . Some countries sent their national cup winners. However, Brazil and Colombia did not have any participants in either year. The game was played in groups in one place in a simple round. The competition should not be confused with the South American Supercup, the Recopa Sudamericana .
1970 tournament
Attendees
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Argentina : Club Atlético Atlanta
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Bolivia : Club Mariscal Santa Cruz
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Chile : Unión Española
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Ecuador : CD El Nacional
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Paraguay : Club Libertad
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Peru : Deportivo Municipal
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Uruguay : Rampla Juniors
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Venezuela : Unión Deportiva Canarias
Group 1
The games took place on February 8 and 11, 1970 at the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito (Ecuador).
| CD El Nacional | 0-0 | Unión Deportiva Canarias | |
| Unión Deportiva Canarias | 0-0 | Club Libertad | |
| CD El Nacional | 4: 1 | Club Libertad |
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 CD El Nacional
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4: 1 | +3 | 3 |
| 2. |
.svg){kind=small} Unión Deportiva Canarias
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | ± 0 | 2 |
| 3. |
.svg){kind=small} Club Libertad
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1: 4 | −3 | 1 |
Group 2
The games took place from March 22nd to April 5th, 1970 at the Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz (Bolivia).
| Club Mariscal Santa Cruz | 1-0 | Club Atlético Atlanta | |
| Unión Española | 1: 1 | Deportivo Municipal | |
| Unión Española | 1-0 | Rampla Juniors | |
| Club Atlético Atlanta | 4: 3 | Deportivo Municipal | |
| Club Atlético Atlanta | 3: 3 | Deportivo Municipal | |
| Club Mariscal Santa Cruz | 4: 1 | Rampla Juniors | |
| Club Mariscal Santa Cruz | 2: 1 | Unión Española | |
| Deportivo Municipal | 1: 1 (a) | Rampla Juniors | |
| Club Atlético Atlanta | 2: 0 (a) | Rampla Juniors | |
| Club Mariscal Santa Cruz | 1: 1 | Deportivo Municipal |
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Club Mariscal Santa Cruz
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4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8: 3 | +5 | 7th |
| 2. |
Club Atlético Atlanta
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5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9: 7 | +2 | 5 |
| 3. |
 Unión Española
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4th | 0 | 4th | 0 | 6: 6 | ± 0 | 4th |
| 4th |
Deportivo Municipal
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4th | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6: 7 | −1 | 3 |
| 5. |
Rampla Juniors
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4th | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2: 8 | −6 | 1 |
final
The first leg took place on April 19, 1970 at the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito .
| CD El Nacional | 0-0 | Club Mariscal Santa Cruz |
The second leg took place on April 26, 1970 at the Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz .
| Club Mariscal Santa Cruz | 2-0 | CD El Nacional |
1971 tournament
Intended participants
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Uruguay : Huracán Buceo
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Chile : Deportes Concepción
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Argentina : (unknown club)
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Bolivia : (unknown club)
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Ecuador : America Quito
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Paraguay : Club Olimpia
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Venezuela : Valencia FC
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Peru : Juan Aurich
Group 1
It should be played in Concepción (Chile) or Montevideo (Uruguay). Since Deportes Concepción from Chile and Huracán Buceo from Uruguay withdrew, the group matches did not take place. However, because the Group 2 games had already started, it was decided to end the tournament as a "friendship tournament".
Group 2
Two games each took place on February 28, and on March 3 and 7, 1971 at the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito (Ecuador).
| Club Olimpia | 2: 1 | Juan Aurich | |
| America Quito | 1-0 | Valencia FC | |
| America Quito | 4-0 | Juan Aurich | |
| Club Olimpia | 0-0 | Valencia FC | |
| America Quito | 0-0 | Club Olimpia | |
| Valencia FC | 2: 2 | Juan Aurich |
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
America Quito
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | +5 | 5 |
| 2. |
Club Olimpia
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2: 1 | +1 | 4th |
| 3. |
Valencia FC
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2: 3 | −1 | 2 |
| 4th |
Juan Aurich
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3: 8 | −5 | 1 |
Tournament victory
Since Group 1 was not played out and there was therefore no opponent in the final, América Quito from Ecuador won the (friendship) tournament in 1971 by winning the group.