The Copa de Oro (English: ''Gold Cup'', Portuguese: ''Copa Ouro''), or Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz, was a

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cup winners' cup competition contested on 3 occasions by the most recent winners of all CONMEBOL continental competitions. These included champions of the

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Supercopa Sudamericana The Supercopa Libertadores (English: ''Libertadores Supercup''), also known as the Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually between 1988 and 1997 by t ...

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, Supercopa Masters and Copa Masters CONMEBOL. The

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champions did not participate. The cup is one of the many continental club competitions that have been organized by

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. The first competition was held in 1993 featuring the 4 major continental champions of the previous season whilst the second competition in 1995 two continental champions declined to play leaving only two participants to play. In the final edition in 1996, all the continental champions accepted the invitation to play.

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, Cruzeiro and

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were the only winners of the tournament with one title each. Brazil became the most successful nation of the competition with two victories.

History

The 1993 edition was contested by

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(winners of the

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), Boca Juniors (winners of the 1992 Supercopa Masters), Cruzeiro (winners of the 1992 Supercopa Sudamericana) and São Paulo (winners of the

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). In the semifinals, Boca Juniors defeated

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's São Paulo in the mythical ''

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'' 1-0; the ''Paulistas golden generation would return the dosage on the return leg and the series went into

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. Tied 1-1 on aggregate,

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made history as he scored the first ever ''

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'' in a South American competition. In the final, Boca Juniors held Atlético Mineiro to a 0-0 tie in the

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and win 1-0 in Buenos Aires, with the goal coming from

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, to become the first ever winners of the competition. In 1994, the tournament was not played because of the scandal last year. In 1995, 1994 Copa Libertadores champion Vélez Sársfield and 1994 Supercopa Sudamericana champion Independiente declined to play. This only left the

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and 1995 Supercopa Masters champions in the tournament. Cruzeiro faced São Paulo; in the first leg in

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, São Paulo won 0-1 before the game was suspended at the 47th minute due to Cruzeiro having four players sent off in the first half (they had used all the substitutions) and having one injured player leaving just six in the field for ''the Reposa''; in accordance with the regulations, the minimum number of players per team is seven. However, Cruzeiro came back from and win 0-1 in the Morumbi to eventually win the trophy on penalties. Due to scheduling conflicts, this season was played as part of the

, specifically the quarterfinal stage. The

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was played entirely in the city of

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and the final edition. The four teams were the champions of the 1995 Copa Libertadores, 1995 Copa CONMEBOL and 1996 Copa Masters CONMEBOL in addition to the runner-up of the 1995 Supercopa Sudamericana as the 1995 champion Independiente declined to play. In the semifinals,

defeated

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History

Finals

Performances

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By nation

References