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competition, held once on 23 December 1945 as a one-off game between

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(winner of the 1944–45 La Liga) and

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), with Barcelona winning 5–4 at their

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on the initiative of the Argentine consulate in Barcelona, with the trophy being provided by the city's Argentine community. It was the second

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in Spanish football, after the one-off Copa de los Campeones de España in 1940. Both competitions are considered with their friendly nature as unofficial; a view also shared by the Spanish football historian Ricardo Uribarri. In 1947, the first official tournament was played, the

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began in 1982.

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