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Torneio Mercosul

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Torneio Mercosul
Organising bodyCentertur and Estratégia B. Cecrisa
Founded1995
Abolished1996
RegionBrazil
Number of teams10 (1995), 3 (1996)
Most successful club(s)Figueirense
Internacional
1 title each

Torneio Mercosul (English: Mercosur Tournament, Spanish: Torneo Mercosur) was an international football friendly competition played in 1995 and 1996. The 1995 edition was played in Santa Catarina state, Brazil.

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. The budget of the competition was US$ 400,000.00. CONMEBOL did not recognize this competition.

1995

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Invited teams

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Club Country
Avaí  Brazil
Barcelona  Ecuador
C.A. Cerro  Uruguay
Coritiba  Brazil
Criciúma  Brazil
Estudiantes  Argentina
Figueirense  Brazil
Grêmio  Brazil
Internacional  Brazil
Joinville  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.

Organizers of the competition

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The organizers of the competition were Centertur and Estratégia B. Cecrisa, Construtora Caseca, Petrobras, and Sadia were the companies that supported the competition.

Format

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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.

Results

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First round

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Home team Score Away team
Figueirense 2-2 (aet 1-0) Olimpia
Joinville 3-0 Coritiba
Avaí 4-2 Nacional
Criciúma 2-0 C.A. Cerro
Marcílio Dias bye -

Intermediate round

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Home team Score Away team
Marcílio Dias 1-0 Criciúma

Semifinals

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Home team Score Away team
Joinville 1-0 Avaí
Figueirense 1-0 Marcílio Dias

Final

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Home team Score Away team
Figueirense 0-0 (aet 1-0) Joinville
Torneio Mercosul
1995 Winners
Santa Catarina
Figueirense
First Title

Statistics

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Number of matches 8
Total goals 20
Average Goals per match 2.5 per match
Highest scoring match (6 goals) Avaí-Nacional 4-2
Highest score (3 goals) Joinville-Coritiba 3-0
Biggest attendance

Figueirense-Joinville 0-0 (aet 1-0) (5,271 people)

Biggest revenue

Figueirense-Joinville 0-0 (aet 1-0) (R$ 48,469.00)

Club with biggest revenue Figueirense (R$ 89,110.00)

Overview

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The tournament was considered a failure. One of the reasons was that Centertur used a rubber check 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 and three years later, the Copa Mercosur's first edition was played.

1996

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There was also an empty edition of the competition, with just three teams in 1996.[1]

Invited teams

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Club Country
Internacional  Brazil
San Lorenzo  Argentina
Universidad Católica  Chile

Final standings

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Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
Brazil Internacional 12 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9
3 3 1 0 2 3 6 -3
0 3 0 0 3 0 6 -6
Torneio Mercosul
1996 Winners
Rio Grande do Sul
Internacional
First Title

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Títulos esquecidos: taça continental em época difícil para o Inter". Gaúcha ZH (in Portuguese). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2024.