Taça do Atlântico (, ) was a national football team's competition held between 1956 and 1976 on an irregular basis, contested by the national football teams from

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. Teams participating were

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and

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national sides. Paraguay did not play in the first edition of the competition. There were 3 championships and

won them all. In 1956, a club competition was played in parallel to the main competition, but the final between

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and

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was never played.

1956 Taça do Atlântico

1960 Taça do Atlântico

1976 Taça do Atlântico

Note: * Matches between Argentina and Paraguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Félix Bogado * Matches between Argentina and Brazil also counted for the 1976

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* First match between Argentina and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Lipton * Second match between Argentina and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Newton * Matches between Brazil and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Río Branco * Matches between Brazil and Paraguay also counted for the 1976 Taça Oswaldo Cruz

All-time scorers

Hat-tricks

Since the first official tournament in 1956, 2

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s have been scored in over 20 matches of the 3 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by José Sanfilippo of

, during a Clásico del Río de la Plata against

on 17 August 1960; and the last was by Héctor Scotta, who netted a hat-trick for Argentina, but this time against

in a 3-2 win on 25 February 1976.Copa del Atlántico - Match details
by José Luis Pierrend

References

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