1989 Recopa Sudamericana
 
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| Date | January 31, 1989 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo | ||||||
| Referee | Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) | ||||||
| Attendance | 20,221 | ||||||
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| Date | February 6, 1989 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires | ||||||
| Referee | Gabriel González (Paraguay) | ||||||
| Attendance | 50,000 | ||||||
The 1989 Recopa Sudamericana was the first Recopa Sudamericana, a football competition for South American clubs that won the previous year's two most important competitions in the continent: the Copa Libertadores and the Supercopa Sudamericana. The inaugural edition was disputed between Nacional, winners of the 1988 Copa Libertadores, and Racing, winners of the 1988 Supercopa Sudamericana. The first leg was played on January 31 in Montevideo, while the second leg was played in Buenos Aires on February 6.
Nacional won the final series 4-1 on points as Daniel Fonseca of Nacional scored the first goal of the competition as well as the only one in this final.
The Recopa Sudamericana is played over two legs; home and away. The team that qualified via the Copa Libertadores plays the first leg at home. The team that accumulates the most points —two for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss— after the two legs is crowned the champion. Should the two teams be tied on points after regulation of the second leg, the team with the best goal difference wins. If the two teams have equal goal difference, a penalty shoot-out ensues according to the Laws of the Game.
Nacional qualified to the Recopa Sudamericana by winning the 1988 Copa Libertadores. It was their third Copa Libertadores title and first in eight years, which they achieved by defeating Argentinean club Newell's Old Boys 3–1 on aggregate. Racing Club earned the right to dispute the trophy after winning the 1988 Supercopa Sudamericana, beating Cruzeiro 3–1 on points. The victory was the club's first international title since winning the 1967 Copa Libertadores.
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