The Taça Oswaldo Cruz (English: ''Oswaldo Cruz Cup'') was a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

tournament played between the national teams of

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

and

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

, and contested from 1950 to 1976, albeit irregularly.Copa Oswaldo Cruz
by José L. Pierrend on the RSSSF It was organised by the

Brazilian Sports Confederation The Brazilian Sports Confederation (), also known by the acronym CBD, was the main sports confederation of Brazil, competent in the matter of tennis, sport of athletics, athletics, swimming (sport), swimming, water polo, handball, association fo ...

and the

Paraguayan Football Association The Paraguayan Football Association ( ; APF) (Guarani language, Guarani: ''Paraguái Mangapy Atyguasu''), is the omnibus governing body of football (soccer), football in Paraguay. It organizes the Paraguayan football league system, Paraguayan fo ...

with the purpose of promoting sporting exchange between the two countries. The trophy was named after

Oswaldo Cruz Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz (; August 5, 1872 – February 11, 1917), was a Brazilian physician, pioneer bacteriologist, epidemiology, epidemiologist and public health officer and the founder of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Oswaldo Cruz Institute. ...

, a Brazilian physician, pioneer bacteriologist and epidemiologist,Oswaldo Cruz - Historia
on Invivo and founder of the

Oswaldo Cruz Institute The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Portuguese language, Portuguese ''Fundação Oswaldo Cruz'', also known as FIOCRUZ) is a scientific institution for research and development in biological sciences located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; it is considered ...

.The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation: 100 years
by Paulo Buss (archived, 21 Aug 2001) The competition was played in a

two-legged In sports (especially association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of ...

format, with all the editions being won by Brazil. From a total of 16 matches in 8 editions contested, Brazil won 11, with Paraguay only winning once.

List of Champions

Titles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taca Oswaldo Cruz Brazil national football team matches Paraguay national football team matches International association football competitions hosted by Brazil International association football competitions hosted by Paraguay Defunct international association football competitions in South America