Torneio Mercosul (

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: ''Mercosur Tournament'',

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: ''Torneo Mercosur'') was an international football friendly competition played in 1995 in Santa Catarina state,

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. The competition was considered at the time, by Santa Catarina press, as an embryo of

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. It was intended to have a second edition of Torneio Mercosul in 1996, but it never happened. The budget of the competition was US$ 400,000.00. CONMEBOL did not recognize this competition.

Invited teams

Barcelona, Estudiantes, Grêmio, Internacional, Juventude, Peñarol and Racing declined the invitation to play in the competition.

Organizers of the competition

The organizers of the competition were Centertur and Estratégia B.

Companies supporting Torneio Mercosul

*Cecrisa, Construtora Caseca, Petrobras, and

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were the companies that supported the competition.

Format

The first round was played in four playoff matches. Marcílio Dias got a bye in this round. In the second round, Marcílio Dias played against one of the first round qualified teams for a semifinal spot. The next round was the semifinal round, followed by the final.

Results

First round

Intermediate round

Semifinals

Final

Statistics

Overview

The tournament was considered a failure. One of the reasons was that Centertur used a rubber check to pay the accommodations of Olimpia at Hotel Mariner Plaza in

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. Also, many traditional teams declined to play the tournament, exhausting the competition before it started. The tournament was discontinued and three years later, the

's first edition was played.

References

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Iª Copa Mercosul 1995
Copa Mercosur 1995 in Brazilian football 1995 in Uruguayan football 1995 in Ecuadorian football 1995 in Paraguayan football 1994–95 in Argentine football 1995 in South American football