Campeonato Internacional de Verano

Campeonato Internacional de Verano

The Copa Bimbo trophy.
Founded 2009
Region South America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams 4
Current champions Nacional
Most successful team Nacional
(2 titles)
Website Copa Bimbo
2012 Copa Bimbo

The Campeonato Internacional de Verano, also konwn under its sponsored name Copa Bimbo, is an international exhibition football competition hosted in Montevideo, Uruguay since 2009. It features four teams: Uruguay's two major teams Nacional and Peñarol, and guest teams from Argentina (in 2011), Brazil (in 2009) and Paraguay (in 2010 and 2011). All matches are played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, the home stadium of the Uruguayan national team and the host of the 1930 FIFA World Cup Final. The tournament is produced and televised by Uruguayan telecommunications company Tenfield, and is sponsored by the Mexican bakery and food corporation Grupo Bimbo.

The 2009 tournament was won by Brazilian club Cruzeiro, and the 2010 and 2011 edition was won by Uruguayan club Nacional.

Contents

Results

Year Final Third Place Venue
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2009 Cruzeiro 4 – 1 Nacional Atlético Mineiro 4 – 1 Peñarol Estadio Centenario,
Montevideo
2010 Nacional 1 – 1
(3 – 1 pens.)
Danubio Nacional 2 – 2
(3 – 1 pens.)
Peñarol Estadio Centenario,
Montevideo
2011 Nacional 2 – 2
(5 – 3 pens.)
Libertad Peñarol 2 – 2
(4 – 2 pens.)
Vélez Sársfield Estadio Centenario,
Montevideo|-
2012 TBD TBD TBD TBD Estadio Centenario,
Montevideo

Honours

Year Top Goalscorer Winning Manager
2009 Diego Tardelli (Atlético Mineiro)
(3 goals)
Adílson Dias Batista (Cruzeiro)
2010 Diego Ifrán (Danubio)
Diego Perrone (Danubio)
Ricardo Mazacote (Nacional (PAR))
(2 goals)
Eduardo Acevedo (Nacional)
2011 Richard Porta (Nacional)
(2 goals)
Juan Ramón Carrasco (Nacional)

Performances by team

Team Winners Runners-Up Third Fourth
Nacional 2 (2010, 2011) 1 (2009)
Cruzeiro 1 (2009)
Libertad 1 (2011)
Danubio 1 (2010)
Peñarol 1 (2011) 2 (2009, 2010)
Atlético Mineiro 1 (2009)
Nacional 1 (2010)
Vélez Sársfield 1 (2011)

Performances by country

Nation Winners Runners-Up Third Fourth
Uruguay 2 (2010, 2011) 2 (2009, 2010) 1 (2011) 2 (2009, 2010)
Brazil 1 (2009) 1 (2009)
Paraguay 1 (2011) 1 (2010)
Argentina 1 (2011)

References