Back Interkontinentale Beker Afrikaans كأس الإنتركونتيننتال Arabic Copa Intercontinental AST Qitələrarası kubok (futbol) Azerbaijani Міжкантынентальны кубак па футболе Byelorussian Междуконтинентална купа по футбол Bulgarian আন্তঃমহাদেশীয় কাপ (ফুটবল) Bengali/Bangla Interkontinentalni kup (nogomet) BS Copa Intercontinental de futbol Catalan Kopa Intercontinental CEB
&sq=Vangelis&lang=en&file=File:Intercontinental_cup.png) The trophy given to the winners | |
| Organising body | UEFA CONMEBOL |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1960 |
| Abolished | 2004 |
| Region | Europe and South America (1960–1979) Japan (1980–2004) |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Related competitions | UEFA Champions League Copa Libertadores FIFA Club World Cup FIFA Intercontinental Cup Copa Rio |
| Last champions |  Porto(2nd title) |
| Most successful club(s) |  Boca Juniors Milan Nacional Peñarol Real Madrid(3 titles each) |
The Intercontinental Cup, also known as the Toyota European/South American Cup (abbreviated as Toyota Cup) for sponsorship reasons, from 1980 to 2004, was an international football competition endorsed by UEFA (Europe) and CONMEBOL (South America),[1][2] contested between representative clubs from these confederations (representatives of most developed continents in the football world), usually the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores. It ran from 1960 to 2004, when it was succeeded by the FIFA Club World Championship, although they both ran concurrently in 2000.
From its formation in 1960 to 1979, the competition was as a two-legged tie, with a play-off if necessary until 1968, and penalty kicks later. During the 1970s, European participation in the Intercontinental Cup became a running question due to controversial events in the 1969 match,[3] and some European Cup-winning teams withdrew.[4] From 1980, the competition was rebranded and contested as a single match played in Japan, regarded neutral territory for both contestants, and sponsored by multinational automaker Toyota, which offered a secondary trophy, the Toyota Cup.[5] At that point, the Japan Football Association was involved at a logistical level as host,[6] though it continued to be endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL.[7][8]
The first winner of the cup was Spanish side Real Madrid, who beat Peñarol of Uruguay in 1960. The last winner was Portuguese side Porto, defeating Colombian side Once Caldas in a penalty shoot-out in 2004. The competition ended in 2004.[9] Since 2017, past Intercontinental Cup winners have been recognised by FIFA as club world champions.
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- ^ "Competencias oficiales de la CONMEBOL". Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (in Spanish). 2011. pp. 99, 107. Archived from the original on 19 May 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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- ^ Risolo, Don (2010). Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore, and Amazing Feats Archived 26 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine p.109. U of Nebraska Press. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup 2012 – Statistical Kit" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 November 2012. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Union of European Football Associations. "Rede do futebol mundial" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Las competiciones oficiales de la CONMEBOL". CONMEBOL. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
Official competitions are those recognised as valid by an organisation and not only organised by it, in fact Conmebol includes in its list of official competitions the Club World Cup that is fully organised by FIFA.
- ^ "Real Madrid CF". UEFA. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
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