1957 Tournoi de Paris
Tournament details | |
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City | Paris |
Dates | 12 – 14 June 1957 |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | Parc des Princes |
Final positions | |
Champions | Vasco da Gama |
Runners-up | Real Madrid |
Third place | Racing Paris |
Fourth place | Rot-Weiss Essen |
1958 → |
The 1957 Tournoi de Paris was the first edition of Tournoi de Paris, an association football intercontinental competition between European and South American clubs. In particular, the inaugural edition is considered the precursor of the Intercontinental Cup by FIFA,[1] as it had the only continental champion clubs at the time (Vasco da Gama in 1948 South American Championship and Real Madrid in 1955–56 European Cup) competing in the final.[2][3][4]
Vasco da Gama defeated Real Madrid 4–3 in the final in front of more than 65,000 spectators.[5][6][7]
Background
The competition was organized by the Racing Club de Paris in celebration of its 25th anniversary.[8] Real Madrid were invited to participate in the competition as 1955–56 European Cup champions, and accepted a few days before winning the 1956–57 edition. Vasco da Gama's participation took place in the midst of the club's tour of the US and Europe, with several European newspapers citing Vasco as "Brazilian champion of 1956" for having won the 1956 Campeonato Carioca (there was no national competition at the time).[9][10] Furthermore, Vasco held the title of South American champion after winning the 1948 South American Championship of Champions and no other South American tournament of the same proportion had taken place until the 1960 Copa Libertadores.[11] Finally, Rot-Weiss Essen, the German champions at the time were invited, as Germany was the current champion of the FIFA World Cup.[11]
Teams
Team | Location | Qualification |
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![]() | Paris | Host |
![]() | Madrid | 1955–56 European Cup winners |
![]() | Essen | 1955 German football championship winners |
![]() | Rio de Janeiro | 1948 South American Championship winners |
Squads
Racing Paris
Source: [12]
Manager: Auguste Jordan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Real Madrid
Source: [13]
Manager: José Villalonga
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Rot-Weiss Essen
Source: [13]
Manager: Elek Schwartz
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Vasco da Gama
Source: [12][13]
Manager: Martim Francisco
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Matches
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
12 June - Paris | ||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
14 June - Paris | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 4 | |||||
12 June - Paris | ||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
![]() | 5 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
14 June - Paris | ||||||
![]() | 7 | |||||
![]() | 5 |
Semi-finals
Vasco da Gama ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Real Madrid ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Third place match
Racing Paris ![]() | 7–5 | ![]() |
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Final
Vasco da Gama ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Recognitions
In a video report from Les Actualités Françaises, published on 19 June 1957 with narrated images of the match, cites the match between Vasco da Gama and Real Madrid in the final as the confrontation between "the best team in South America and the European champion".[14][15]
After the final between Vasco da Gama and Real Madrid, the French newspaper L'Équipe wrote: "And then, suddenly, Real literally disappeared. Would it be the pale red shirts or the sad blue shorts that weakened the superb Spanish team? No. Rather, the wonderful bodies suddenly appeared on the other side, wrapped tightly in white shirts with a black stripe, of 11 football athletes, of 11 black devils who took control of the ball and never let go. During the next half hour the incredible, prodigious impression one had was that the great Real Madrid champion of Europe, the untouchable Real winner of all European constellations was learning to play football".[11] The newspaper France Soir stated after the tournament: "Real Madrid is not the greatest team in the world. Talk to Vasco da Gama about that",[16] and the Jornal dos Sports cited Vasco as "world champions".[17] The Spanish newspaper ABC de Madrid wrote that "Real Madrid were no longer invincible".[18]
According to the Brazilian newspaper Tribuna de Imprensa, the tournament inspired FIFA president João Havelange and European Cup co-founder Jacques Ferran to create the Intercontinental Cup.[19] In 2023, FIFA recognized as "the most notable meeting between teams from two continents meeting before 1960".[20]
References
- ^ "The Intercontinental Cup, a vestige of trans-continental glory". FIFA.com. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Doucet, Clément (2022-01-20). "Le tournoi de Paris, un évènement capital". Le Corner (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ^ "Edición del Saturday 15 June 1957, Página 4 - Hemeroteca - MundoDeportivo.com". hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ^ "Jornal do Brasil (19 June 1957)". news.google.com. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ^ "Tournoi International de Paris". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ^ Le Miroir Des Sports – June 17, 1957
- ^ "O Estado de S. Paulo". Acervo Estadão. June 15, 1957. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ "Anecdotes autour du Tournoi de Paris". psg.fr. 12 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "ABC MADRID 11-06-1957 página 50 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "El Mundo Deportivo, p. 5 (20 May 1957)". hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ a b c "Há 60 anos, Vasco derrotava o Real Madrid de Di Stéfano em Paris | Blog Memória EC". globoesporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ a b "Jornal dos Sports, ed. 8523, p. 9". 13 June 1957.
- ^ a b c "Tournoi International de Paris". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Journal Les Actualités Françaises : émission du 19 juin 1957 | INA (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-15 – via www.ina.fr.
- ^ "Dario lembra vitória do Vasco sobre Real, em 1957: 'Não há clube igual'". globoesporte.com. 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Manchete Esportiva, 00084, with a quote from France Soir".
- ^ "Jornal dos Sports, 8526, 18 July 1957, p. 8".
- ^ "ABC MADRID 18-06-1957 página 53 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Tribuna de Imprensa, ed. 2675, p. 8, 23 October 1958". Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
- ^ "The Intercontinental Cup, a vestige of trans-continental glory". FIFA.com. 7 June 2023.