| Taça Independência | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | 11 June – 9 July |
| Teams | 20 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue | 15 (in 12 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil |
| Runners-up |  Portugal |
| Third place |  Yugoslavia |
| Fourth place |  Argentina |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 44 |
| Goals scored | 136 (3.09 per match) |
| Top scorer | Dušan Bajević (13 goals) |
TheBrazil Independence Cup was an internationalfootball tournament held inBrazil, from 11 June to 9 July 1972, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of theBrazilian Declaration of Independence. It was called theMinicopa by the Brazilians and the final was betweenBrazil andPortugal, in theMaracanã Stadium. Brazil won 1–0, withJairzinho scoring in the 89th minute.
Brazil no longer hadPelé but still hadTostão,Jairzinho andRivellino, the later two also played in the1974 FIFA World Cup, inWest Germany.
Despite Portugal's quality results and team, includingBenfica players such asEusébio,Jaime Graça,José Henrique,Humberto Coelho,Rui Jordão, andToni, the team missed theWorld Cup 1974 and 1978 qualifying matches, so this tournament was their best result until the1984 European Football Championship.
Twenty teams competed; 18 national teams as well as two representative sides fromAfrica andCONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean).
15 teams competed in the first round, while 5 teams (Brazil,Czechoslovakia,Scotland,Soviet Union,Uruguay) received byes to the final stage.
The teams are drawn into three groups of 5 teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The three first-placed teams advance to the final stage.
The 8 teams are drawn into two groups of 4 teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.
The two group runners-up play each other in the third-place playoff.
The two group winners play each other in the final.
The tournament was played in 12 cities:Aracaju,Belo Horizonte,Campo Grande,Curitiba,Maceió,Manaus,Natal,Porto Alegre,Recife,Rio de Janeiro,Salvador andSão Paulo.
| Aracaju | Belo Horizonte | Campo Grande | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batistão | Mineirão | Estádio Independência | Morenão |
| Capacity:45,000 | Capacity:110,000 | Capacity:23,000 | Capacity:45,000 |
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| Curitiba | Maceió | Manaus | Natal |
| Estádio Couto Pereira | Estádio Rei Pelé | Vivaldão | Machadão |
| Capacity:37,182 | Capacity:20,551 | Capacity:31,000 | Capacity:42,000 |
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| Porto Alegre | Recife | Rio de Janeiro | Salvador |
| Estádio Beira-Rio | Estádio do Arruda | Maracanã | Estádio Fonte Nova |
| Capacity:106,000 | Capacity:60,000 | Capacity:200,000 | Capacity:80,000 |
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| São Paulo | |||
| Estádio do Pacaembu | Estádio do Morumbi | ||
| Capacity:40,000 | Capacity:120,000 | ||
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina(A) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 7 |
 France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 |
| Africa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
 Colombia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 |
| CONCACAF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 1 |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Africa |
|---|---|---|
Fischer 40'Mastrángelo 42' | Report |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal(A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 8 |
 Chile | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
 Republic of Ireland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
 Ecuador | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
 Iran | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| Leech 57' Givens 74' | Report | Ghelichkhani 10' |
| Portugal | 4–1 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
| Coelho 14' Dinis 54',66'Eusébio 71' | Report | Caszely 56' |
| Republic of Ireland | 3–2 | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| Rogers 2' Martin 61'O'Connor 86' | Report | Coronel 36' Lasso 78' |
| Ecuador | 1–1 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| Lasso 15' | Report | Ghelichkhani 36' |
| Chile | 2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Caszely 16' Fouilloux 25' | Report | Rogers 79' |
| Portugal | 2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Peres 35' Nené 37' | Report | Leech 38' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia(A) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 7 |
 Paraguay | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 |
 Peru | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
 Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 |
 Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 |
| Paraguay | 4–1 | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| L. Jiménez 2' Escobar 11'Maldonado 13',37' | Report | Olivares 26' |
| Yugoslavia | 10–0 | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| Bajević 5',7',48',68',74' Džajić 20'Aćimović 37'Popivoda 44'Stepanović 51'Katalinski 54' | Report |
| Yugoslavia | 1–1 | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| Katalinski 32' | Report | Pariente 78' |
| Peru | 1–0 | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| O. Ramírez 65' | Report |
| Yugoslavia | 2–1 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
| Bajević 50',86' | Report | Escobar 17' |
| Paraguay | 6–1 | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| Maldonado 7',67' Arrúa 57',59',67'dos Santos 86' | Report | Molinas 63' (o.g.) |
| Yugoslavia | 2–1 | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| Bajević 4',37' | Report | O. Ramírez 11' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil(A) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia(A) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
| 3 |  Scotland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Brazil | 3–0 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Leivinha 22',25' Jairzinho 65' | Report |
| Yugoslavia | 2–1 | Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|---|
| Bajević 19' Džajić 77' | Report | Hrušecký 37' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal(A) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
| 2 | Argentina(A) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| Soviet Union | 1–0 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Onishchenko 59' | Report |
| Portugal | 3–1 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Calisto 36' Eusébio 45'Dinis 47' | Report | Brindisi 29' |
| Argentina | 1–0 | Soviet Union |
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| Pastoriza 75' | Report |
| Portugal | 1–0 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| Jordão 46' | Report |
| Yugoslavia | 4–2 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Bajević 26',83' Katalinski 37'Džajić 64' | Report | Brindisi 58' (pen.),87' (pen.) |
There were 57 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.56 goals per match.
13 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Ernesto MastrángeloJosé Omar PastorizaÁngel Vargas
Ramiro BlacuttMario ParienteJaime Rimazza
Laurent PokouJulio CrisostoAlberto FouillouxOrlando MesaAnton HrušeckýMiguel CoronelGeorges BeretaBernard BlanchetLouis FlochMarc Molitor
Jean-Claude DésirDon GivensMick MartinTurlough O'ConnorMajid Halvaei
Hernán CastañedaAlberto GallardoHugo SotilAdolfo CalistoJaime GraçaRui JordãoFernando PeresEmigdio dos SantosTiberio GodoyLorenzo JiménezVladimir OnishchenkoRicardo PavoniRamón IriarteLuis MendozaAsdrúbal OlivaresJovan AcimovicDanilo PopivodaDragoslav Stepanovic3 own goals
Fernando Bulnes (against France)Pedro Molinas (against Bolivia)Martin Buchan (against Yugoslavia)| # | Player | G | Time of goals | For | Result | Against | Phase | Date | FIFA report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hervé Revelli | 3 | 15', 21', 69' | France | 5-0 | CONCACAF | Group stage | 11 June 1972 | Report |
| 2. | Dušan Bajević | 5 | 5', 7', 48', 68', 74' | Yugoslavia | 10-0 | Venezuela | 14 June 1972 | Report | |
| 3. | Rodolfo Fischer | 4 | 26', 68', 81', 86' |  Argentina | 7-0 | CONCACAF | 18 June 1972 | Report | |
| 4. | Carlos Bianchi | 3 | 17', 49', 62' | Argentina | 4-1 | Colombia | 22 June 1972 | Report | |
| 5. | Saturnino Arrúa | 3 | 57', 59', 67' | Paraguay | 6-1 | Bolivia | 25 June 1972 | Report |
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