The 1962 Intercontinental Cup was a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
tie held over two legs between Brazilian club
Santos, winners of the
1962 Copa Libertadores, and Portuguese club
Benfica, winners of the
1961–62 European Cup
The 1961–62 European Cup was the seventh season of the European Cup. The competition was won by Benfica for the second time in a row, beating Real Madrid 5–3 in the final at the Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam.
Malta entered its champion fo ...
. Santos won the
Intercontinental Cup for the first time.
The tie is remembered as pitching Brazilian player
Pelé
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, ...
against Portuguese player
Eusébio
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...
, two of the leading players of the 1960s, who played against each other on only three occasions. It is considered that the second leg, Santos' 2–5 win in Lisbon, in which Pelé scored a
hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.
Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
, was the greatest performance ever seen in the competition.
Qualified teams
Match details
First leg
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Second leg
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See also
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1962 Copa Libertadores
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1961–62 European Cup
The 1961–62 European Cup was the seventh season of the European Cup. The competition was won by Benfica for the second time in a row, beating Real Madrid 5–3 in the final at the Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam.
Malta entered its champion fo ...
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S.L. Benfica in international football
Sport Lisboa e Benfica is a Portuguese professional football club based in Lisbon whose involvement in European competition dates back to the 1950s. As champions of Portugal, Benfica were supposed to participate in the inaugural edition of th ...
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Santos FC in South America
Santos FC is a football club based in Santos, that competes in the Campeonato Paulista,
São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or ''Brasileirão'', Brazil's national league. The club was founded in 1912 by the init ...
References
Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup
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Intercontinental Cup (football)
International club association football competitions hosted by Brazil
International club association football competitions hosted by Portugal
Inter
Inter may refer to:
Association football clubs
* Inter Milan, an Italian club
* SC Internacional, a Brazilian club
* Inter Miami CF, an American club
* FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club
* FC Inter Turku, a Finnish club
* FK Inter Bratislava, a form ...
Inter
Inter may refer to:
Association football clubs
* Inter Milan, an Italian club
* SC Internacional, a Brazilian club
* Inter Miami CF, an American club
* FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club
* FC Inter Turku, a Finnish club
* FK Inter Bratislava, a form ...
Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup
Sports competitions in Lisbon
1960s in Lisbon
20th century in Rio de Janeiro
International sports competitions in Rio de Janeiro (city)
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