The Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo or the Copa Honor Uruguayo was an international

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friendly competition contested by

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national teams. It was played for on thirteen occasions between 1911 and 1924. All games were played in

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Overview

Outside the

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, Argentina–Uruguay is one of the oldest fixtures in international football. During the 1910s and 1920s they regularly played each other up to four times a year. In addition to South American Championship matches, the Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo was one of several trophies the two national teams regularly competed for during this era. The others included the

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, which was played in

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" while the Uruguay represented the "Federación Uruguaya de Football", both associations formed outside official bodies AFA and AUF.

List of champions

Finals

The following list includes all the editions of the Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo:Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo
by José Luis Pierrend on the RSSSF

Titles by country

All-time scorers

Most finals by player

*9: Alfredo Foglino (won 6) *7: Angel Romano (won 5),

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(won 4) *6: José Piendibene (won 5) *5: Hector Scarone (won 4), Pablo Dacal (won 4),

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(won 1) *4: Juan Domingo Brown (won 1), Carlos Tomás Wilson (won 1) *3:

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(won 3), Carlos Scarone (won 2),

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