The Copa de Oro Argentina was a Spanish

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competition, held once on 23 December 1945 as a one-off game between

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(winner of the

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) and

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(winner of the

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), with Barcelona winning 5–4 at their

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stadium. The match was organised by the

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on the initiative of the Argentine consulate in Barcelona, with the trophy being provided by the city's Argentine community. It was the second

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in Spanish football, after the one-off Copa de los Campeones de España in 1940. In 1947, the first official tournament was played, the

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which ran to 1953. The current

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began in 1982.

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