The 1971 Copa Interamericana was the 2nd staging of the competition. The final took place between

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(Winners of

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) and Cruz Azul (Winners of the

1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup The 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 7th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club ...

) and was staged over two legs on 15 July and 7 November 1972. Since the winning of

, some players of Nacional had been transferred, such as

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, striker Luis Artime and Juan Mujica. Instead of acquiring new players from other clubs, National chose to promote players from the youth divisions to play the series v Cruz Azul. Some of them were Walter Mantegazza, Braulio Castro, Eduardo Gerolami, and Ruben Suárez. On the other hand, the Mexican side had signed former Vélez Sarsfield goalkeeper, Argentine Miguel Marín, and Chilean back Alberto Quintano.Interamericana 1972
on CNdeF Nacional won its third International championship of the season after obtaining the 1971 Libertadores and the

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on June and December 1971 respectively.La 1a. Copa Interamericana
on AUF (archived, 23 Sep 2015)El Club Nacional celebra 115 años
on Conmebol, 14 May 2014

Qualified teams

Venues

Match details

First Leg

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Second Leg

References

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