Torneio Mercosul
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Torneio Mercosul (English: Mercosur Tournament, Spanish: Torneo Mercosur) was an international football competition played in 1995 in Santa Catarina state, Brazil.
The budget of the competition was US$ 400,000.00.
CONMEBOL did not recognize this competition.
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[edit] Invited Teams
- Avaí - Brazil
- Barcelona - Ecuador
- Coritiba - Brazil
- Criciúma - Brazil
- Estudiantes - Argentina
- Figueirense - Brazil
- Grêmio - Brazil
- Internacional - Brazil
- Juventude - Brazil
- Marcílio Dias - Brazil
- Nacional - Uruguay
- Olimpia - Paraguay
- Peñarol - Uruguay
- Racing - Argentina
Barcelona, Estudiantes, Grêmio, Internacional, Juventude, Peñarol and Racing declined the invitation to play in the competition.
[edit] Organizers of the Competition
- Centertur
- Estratégia B
[edit] Companies Supporting Torneio Mercosul
[edit] Format
The first round was played in four playoff matches. Marcílio Dias got a bye in this round. In the second round, Marcílio Dias played against one of the first round qualified teams for a semifinal spot. The next round was the semifinal round, followed by the final.
[edit] Results
[edit] First round
- Figueirense-Olimpia 2-2 (extra time: 1-0)
- Joinville-Coritiba 3-0
- Avaí-Nacional 4-2
- Criciúma-Cerro Porteño 2-0
- Marcílio Dias-bye
[edit] Second round
- Marcílio Dias-Criciúma 1-0
[edit] Semifinals
- Joinville-Avaí 1-0
- Figueirense-Marcílio Dias 1-0
[edit] Final
- Figueirense-Joinville 0-0 (extra time: 1-0)
[edit] Champion: Figueirense
[edit] Statistics
- Highest Score: Joinville-Coritiba 3-0
- Largest Number of Goals in a Match: Avaí-Nacional 4-2
- Biggest Attendance: Figueirense-Joinville (5,271 people)
- Biggest Revenue: Figueirense-Joinville (R$ 48,469.00}
- Club with Biggest Revenue: Figueirense (R$ 89,110.00)
[edit] Overview
The tournament was considered a failure.
One of the reasons was that Centertur used a rubber cheque to pay the accommodations of Olimpia at Hotel Mariner Plaza in Itajaí.
Also, many traditional teams declined to play the tournament, exhausting the competition before it started.
The tournament was discontinued because neither the press nor the general public felt attracted by the tournament.
[edit] Trivia
- The competition was considered at the time, by Santa Catarina press, as an embryo of Copa Mercosur.
- It was intended to have a second edition of Torneio Mercosul in 1996, but it never happened.
