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| Date | 11 February 1981 | ||||||
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| Venue | National Stadium,Tokyo | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Waldemar Victorino (Nacional) | ||||||
| Referee | Abraham Klein (Israel) | ||||||
| Attendance | 62,000 | ||||||
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The1980 Intercontinental Cup was anassociation football match played on 11 February 1981 betweenNacional ofUruguay, winners of the1980Copa Libertadores, andNottingham Forest ofEngland, winners of the1979–80European Cup. The match was played for the first time at the neutral venue of the now demolishedNational Stadium inTokyo in front of 62,000 fans.[1]Waldemar Victorino was named asman of the match.[2]
TheNational Stadium inTokyo was the venue that hosted this first edition of the Cup, and would also be the usual venue for the rest of the editions held in Tokyo until2002 Intercontinental Cup, when the final moved toNissan Stadium inYokohama. The stadium was also known as "Olympic Stadium"[3] due to it had served as the main stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as being the venue for track and field events at the1964 Summer Olympics,[4]
TheJapan national football team's home matches and major football club cup finals (such asJ1 League) were usually held at the stadium. The National Stadium was demolished in 2014 to make way for a larger stadium that hosted matches of the2019 Rugby World Cup and2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
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