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1961 Intercontinental Cup

1961 Intercontinental Cup
First game
Date 4 September 1961
Venue Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Referee Othmar Huber (Switzerland)
Attendance 40,000
Second game
Date 17 September 1961
Venue Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee Carlos Nai Foino (Argentina)
Attendance 56,358
1960
1962
1961 Intercontinental Cup play-off
Date 19 September 1961
Venue Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)
Attendance 60,241
1960
1962

The 1961 Intercontinental Cup was a football match between Uruguayan club Peñarol, winners of the 1961 Copa Libertadores, and Portuguese club Benfica, winners of the 1960–61 European Cup. Peñarol won the Intercontinental Cup for the first time.

A play-off was needed due to the rules at the time that awarded 2 points for each victory and both teams having won one game each.


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