Copa Bernardo O'Higgins

Copa Bernardo O'Higgins (English: Bernardo O'Higgins Cup) was a national football tournament disputed between Brazil and Chile, from 1955 to 1966. The competition, played on a two-legged format, was similar to other tournaments played at the time, such as the Roca Cup between Argentina and Brazil.[1]

Copa Bernardo O'Higgins
Organising body CBF
FFCH
Founded1955
Abolished1966 (1966)
RegionBrazil
Chile
Number of teams2
Related competitionsRoca Cup
Copa Río Branco
Taça Oswaldo Cruz
Last champions Brazil and  Chile
(1966) shared
Most successful club(s) Brazil
(4 titles)

The cup's name was a tribute to Bernardo O'Higgins, a figure of great importance in Chile's independence,[2][3] and considered one of the liberators of South America during the Spanish occupation in the colonial period.[4]

List of champions

Ed. Year Host Champion 1st.
leg
2nd.
leg
Result
(points)
1
1955Brasil Brazil
1–1
2–1
2–1
2
1957Chile Chile
1–0
1–1
2–1
3
1959Brasil Brazil
7–0
1–0
4–0
4
1961Chile Brazil
1–2
0–1
4–0
5
1966Chile
 Chile [note 1]
0–1
2–1
2–2 (g.d.)
 Brazil [note 1]

Match details

1955

First leg
Brazil 11 Chile
Pinheiro Report Ramírez
Referee: Charles Williams

Second leg
Brazil 21 Chile
Maurinho
Álvaro
Report Hormazabal
Referee: Harry Davis

1957

First leg
Chile 10 Brazil
Meléndez Report
Referee: Walter Manning

Second leg
Chile 11 Brazil
Fernández 102' Report Matos 15'
Referee: Danor Morales

1959

First leg
Brazil 70 Chile
Pelé
Dorval
Quarentinha
Dino Sani
Report
Referee: Alberto da Gama

Second leg
Brazil 10 Chile
Quarentinha Report
Referee: Joao Etzel

1961

First leg
Chile 12 Brazil
Soto Report Garrincha
Didi
Referee: Carlos Robles

Second leg
Chile 01 Brazil
Report Gérson
Referee: Carlos Robles

1966

First leg
Chile 01 Brazil
Report João Carlos
Referee: Kevin Howley

Second leg
Chile 21 Brazil
Reinoso
Valdés
Report João Carlos
Referee: Kevin Howley

All-time top scorers

Pelé and Quarentinha are the all-time top-scorers in the competition with three goals each.[5][6] Pelé is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the tournament (1959 first leg at Maracanã in Brazil).[7]

Notes

  1. Title shared

References

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