Cup contested between the winners of the Copa Libertadores of South America and the Copa CONCACAF of the North and Central American champions. There often was one-and-a-half year delay between the actual dates of the matches and the years of the Copa Libertadores and Copa CONCACAF winners to which they correspond.
The value of the Cup was further diminished by the fact that a number of Copa Libertadores champions in the nineties couldn't be bothered and the runners-up played for them, such as Universidad Católica for 1993 Copa Libertadores winners São Paulo and Atlético Nacional for 1995 winners Grêmio. An unsuccessful revival attempt was made in 1998, when Mexican clubs were participating in both constituent cups.
In 2002 a new competition, the Copa Pan-Americana including teams from all parts of the American continent was supposed to start but eventually cancelled (and replaced by another South American attempt, eventually successful, to establish a tournament similar to the UEFA Cup, the Copa Sudamericana). Meanwhile, the Copa Interamericana has been abandoned completely,.
Since FIFA admitted all continental club champions to their Club World Championship, the champions of the Americas have met four times there, with the South Americans getting the better of their Mexican opponents each time.
1968 Estudiantes [played in 1969] 1969 not held 1970 not held 1971 Nacional [played in 1972] 1972 Independiente [played in 1973] 1973 not held 1974 Independiente 1975 Independiente [played in 1976] 1976 not held 1977 América [played in 1978] 1978 not held 1979 Olimpia (Asunción) [played in 1980] 1980 UNAM [played in 1981] 1981 not held 1982 not held 1983 not held 1984 not held 1985 Argentinos Juniors [played in 1986] 1986 River Plate [played in 1987] 1987 not held 1988 Nacional [played in 1989] 1989 Atlético Nacional (Medellín) [played in 1990] 1990 América [played in 1991] 1991 Colo Colo [played in 1992] 1992 not held 1993 Universidad Católica [played in 1994] 1994 Vélez Sarsfield [played in 1996] 1995 Atlético Nacional (Medellín) [played in 1997] 1996 not held 1997 not held 1998 DC United NB: Olimpia also played (and won) an unofficial series against América in 1979.
Independiente 3 América 2 Nacional 2 Atlético Nacional 2 Argentinos Juniors 1 Colo Colo 1 DC United 1 Estudiantes 1 Olimpia Asunción 1 River Plate 1 UNAM 1 Universidad Católica 1 Vélez Sarsfield 1
Argentina 7 Mexico 3 Chile 2 Colombia 2 Uruguay 2 Paraguay 1 USA 1
13/ 2/69 Toluca Toluca - Estudiantes 1-2 19/ 2/69 La Plata Estudiantes - Toluca 1-2 21/ 2/69 Montevideo Estudiantes - Toluca 3-0 15/ 7/72 Cd. de México Cruz Azul - Nacional 1-1 7/11/72 Montevideo Nacional - Cruz Azul 2-1 17/ 6/73 San Pedro Sula Olimpia (Hond) - Independiente 1-2 20/ 6/73 Tegucigalpa Olimpia - Independiente 0-2 24/11/74 Cd. Guatemala Municipal - Independiente 0-1 26/11/74 Cd. Guatemala Municipal - Independiente 1-0 3-4 pen 26/ 8/76 Caracas, Venez. Independiente - Atl. Español 2-2 29/ 8/76 Caracas, Venez. Independiente - Atl. Español 0-0 4-2 pen 28/ 3/78 Buenos Aires Boca Juniors - América 3-0 12/ 4/78 Cd. de México América - Boca Juniors 1-0 14/ 4/78 Cd. de México América - Boca Juniors 2-1 aet 18/ 2/80 San Salvador Deportivo FAS - Olimpia 3-3 16/ 3/80 Asunción Olimpia - Deportivo FAS 5-0 25/ 3/81 Cd. de México UNAM - Nacional 3-1 28/ 4/81 Montevideo Nacional - UNAM 3-1 15/ 5/81 Los Angeles UNAM - Nacional 2-1 11/12/86 Port of Spain Arg. Juniors - Defence Force 1-0 21/ 7/87 San José LD Alajuelense - River Plate 0-0 16/ 8/87 Buenos Aires River Plate - LD Alajuelense 3-0 7/ 3/89 Tegucigalpa Olimpia (Hond) - Nacional 1-1 29/ 3/89 Montevideo Nacional - Olimpia (Hond) 4-0 25/ 7/90 Medellín Atlético Nacional - UNAM 2-0 1/ 8/90 Cd. de México UNAM - Atlético Nacional 1-4 1/10/91 Asunción Olimpia Asunción - América 1-1 12/10/91 Cd. de México América - Olimpia Asunción 2-1 9/ 9/92 Puebla Puebla - Colo Colo 1-4 23/ 9/92 Santiago Colo Colo - Puebla 3-1 15/ 9/94 San José Dep. Saprissa - Univ. Católica 3-1 1/11/94 Santiago Univ. Católica - Dep. Saprissa 5-1 aet 17/ 2/96 Cartago Cartaginés - Vélez Sarsfield 0-0 24/ 2/96 Buenos Aires Vélez Sarsfield - Cartaginés 2-0 3/ 4/97 San José Dep. Saprissa - Atl. Nacional 2-3 14/11/98 Washington DC DC United - Vasco da Gama 0-1 5/12/98 Fort Lauderdale DC United - Vasco da Gama 2-0
11/ 1/00 Rio de Janeiro Vasco da Gama - Necaxa 2-1 group match 17/12/08 Tokyo LDU Quito - Pachuca 2-0 semifinal 18/12/16 Yokohama Atlético Nacional - América 2-2 4-3 pen 3rd place match 12/12/17 Al-Ain Grêmio - Pachuca 1-0 aet semifinal
# Club MP W2/W3 D L F: A Ps (Venue - Country) 1. Club Nacional 7 3/0 2 2 13: 9 8 (Montevideo - Uru) 2. Independiente 6 3/0 2 1 7: 4 8 (Avellaneda - Arg) 3. Atlético Nacional 3 2/1 0 0 9: 3 7 (Medellín - Col) 4. América 5 3/0 1 1 6: 6 7 (México DF - Mex) 5. Colo Colo 2 2/0 0 0 7: 2 4 (Santiago - Chi) 6. Club Olimpia 4 1/0 2 1 10: 6 4 (Asunción - Par) 7. Estudiantes 3 2/0 0 1 6: 3 4 (La Plata - Arg) 8. Vélez Sarsfield 2 0/1 1 0 2: 0 4 (Buenos Aires - Arg) 9. UNAM 5 2/0 0 3 7: 11 4 (México DF - Mex) 10. River Plate 2 1/0 1 0 3: 0 3 (Buenos Aires - Arg) 11. Universidad Católica 2 0/1 0 1 6: 4 3 (Santiago - Chi) 12. DC United 2 0/1 0 1 2: 1 3 (Washington DC - USA) 13. Vasco da Gama 2 0/1 0 1 1: 2 3 (Rio de Janeiro - Bra) 14. Deportivo Saprissa 3 0/1 0 2 6: 9 3 (San José - CRc) 15. Boca Juniors 3 1/0 0 2 4: 3 2 (Buenos Aires - Arg) 16. Argentinos Juniors 1 1/0 0 0 1: 0 2 (Buenos Aires - Arg) 17. Atlético Español 2 0/0 2 0 2: 2 2 (México DF - Mex) 18. Municipal 2 1/0 0 1 1: 1 2 (Guatemala - Gua) 19. Toluca 3 1/0 0 2 3: 6 2 (Toluca - Mex) 20. Cruz Azul 2 0/0 1 1 2: 3 1 (México DF - Mex) 21. Cartaginés 2 0/0 1 1 0: 2 1 (Cartago - CRc) 22. LD Alajuelense 2 0/0 1 1 0: 3 1 (Alajuela - CRc) 23. Deportivo FAS 2 0/0 1 1 3: 8 1 (Santa Ana - Slv) 24. Olimpia Deportivo 4 0/0 1 3 2: 9 1 (Tegucigalpa - Hon) 25. Defence Force 1 0/0 0 1 0: 1 0 (Port of Spain - Tri) 26. Puebla 2 0/0 0 2 2: 7 0 (Puebla - Mex)
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