Torneos de Verano (Argentina)
Torneos de Verano (Spanish for "Summer Tournaments") are a series of short friendly football pre-season tournaments held during the southern summer in Argentina every year, usually in January and February. They serve as preparation for the teams for the season coming; however, as the years went by the competitiveness in the tournaments increased, and they are now considered as important competitions. This is clearly reflected in the high crowd attendance for the games.
The Copa de Oro started in 1969 as a friendly tournament between Argentine and foreign clubs. In its first edition, Brazilian Palmeiras, Austrian SK Rapid Wien, Hungarian MTK Budapest and Czechoslovakian Slovan Bratislava participated of the tournament, together with Boca Juniors, Estudiantes, and the Mar del Plata XI team. Later editions had only Brazilian, Uruguayan or Paraguayan teams, with occasional European clubs or national teams, mainly Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Since the 1980s it has only 3 to 5 Argentine teams, which varied from year to year, but included the Big Five (Boca Juniors, Independiente, Racing Club, River Plate and San Lorenzo) and sometimes Estudiantes and Vélez Sársfield. Even though they coexisted for several years, the Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata eventually replaced the Copa de Oro as the most important summer tournament. The Torneo Pentagonal de Verano (previously Copa de Verano), in which the Big Five participate, was the most important tournament and usually took place in Mar del Plata until 2009.
The Copa Revancha and Copa Desafío are currently one-match cups disputed only between Boca Juniors and River Plate. Other cups are organized by cities or sponsors, but their continuity is more irregular. Some are organized without any of the Big Five. For instance, the Ciudad de Córdoba includes clubs from the Córdoba Province, and occasionally some from Santa Fe Province; and the Copa Ciudad de Tandil or Copa del Sur includes teams from the southern area of the Gran Buenos Aires: Arsenal, Quilmes, Lanús, Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, and occasionally a guest like Rosario Central.
List of champions
Note: All teams from Argentina except where indicated:
| Year | Tournament | Champion | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Copa Libertad | San Lorenzo | Mar del Plata |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata |  Vasas | ||
| 1969 | Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| 1970 | Copa de Oro | Racing Club | Mar del Plata |
| 1971 | Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| 1972 | Copa del Atlántico |  Palmeiras | Mar del Plata |
| 1973 | Copa de Oro | San Lorenzo | Mar del Plata |
| 1974 | Copa de Oro | (Abandoned) | Mar del Plata |
| 1975 | Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| 1977 | Copa de Oro | Argentina national team | Mar del Plata |
| 1978 | Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| 1979 | Torneo Mar del Plata | River Plate | Mar del Plata |
| 1980 | Copa de Oro | Independiente | Mar del Plata |
| 1981 | Copa de Oro | Independiente | Mar del Plata |
| Copa de Oro | Talleres de Córdoba | Córdoba | |
| 1982 | Copa de Oro | River Plate | Mar del Plata |
| 1983 | Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| 1984 | Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| 1985 | Copa de Oro | Independiente | Mar del Plata |
| 1986 | Copa de Oro | River Plate | Mar del Plata |
| Copa de Oro II | River Plate | ||
| 1987 | Ciudad de Mar del Plata | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| Munic. Gral. Pueyrredón | River Plate | ||
| Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | ||
| 1988 | Ciudad Mar del Plata | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| 1989 | 70º Aniv. El Gráfico |  Nacional | Mar del Plata |
| Copa de Oro | River Plate | ||
| 1990 | Ciudad de Mar del Plata | River Plate | Mar del Plata |
| Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | ||
| 1991 | Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata | |
| Racimo de Oro | Newell's | Mendoza | |
| Ciudad de Córdoba | Belgrano | Córdoba | |
| Ciudad de Neuquén | Lanús | Neuquén | |
| 1992 | Copa de Oro | San Lorenzo | Mar del Plata |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | Boca Juniors | ||
| Copa Revancha | Boca Juniors | ||
| 1993 | Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| Copa Desafío | Boca Juniors | ||
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | San Lorenzo | ||
| Copa Revancha | River Plate | ||
| Ciudad de Córdoba | Belgrano | Córdoba | |
| Copa Desafío (Cba) | Belgrano | ||
| 1994 | Copa de Oro | San Lorenzo | Mendoza |
| Copa Desafío | Boca Juniors | ||
| Copa Revancha | Boca Juniors | ||
| Copa 90o. Aniv. Diario La Voz | Belgrano | Córdoba | |
| 1995 | Copa de Oro | River Plate | Mar del Plata |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | San Lorenzo | ||
| Copa Revancha | River Plate | ||
| Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | Mendoza | |
| Copa Desafío | River Plate | ||
| Provincia de Mendoza | Independiente | ||
| 1996 | Copa de Oro | Independiente | Mar del Plata |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
| Copa Revancha | River Plate | ||
| Copa de Oro | San Lorenzo | Mendoza | |
| Copa Desafío | River Plate | ||
| Provincia de Mendoza | Racing | ||
| 1997 | Copa de Oro | Independiente | Mar del Plata |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | San Lorenzo | ||
| Copa Revancha | River Plate | ||
| Copa de Oro | River Plate | Mendoza | |
| Copa Desafío | Boca Juniors | ||
| Provincia de Mendoza | Racing | ||
| 1999 | Copa de Oro | San Lorenzo | Mar del Plata |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | Racing | ||
| Copa Desafío | Boca Juniors | ||
| Copa de Oro | Independiente | Mendoza | |
| Provincia de Mendoza | San Lorenzo | ||
| Copa Revancha | Boca Juniors | ||
| Ciudad de Córdoba | Rosario Central | Córdoba | |
| Prov. de Buenos Aires | Huracán | La Plata | |
| 2000 | Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | River Plate | ||
| Ciudad de Córdoba | River Plate | Córdoba | |
| 2001 | Copa Personal | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| Boca Juniors | Mendoza | ||
| Ciudad de Córdoba | Talleres (C) | Córdoba | |
| 2002 | Ciudad de Mar del Plata | Racing | Mar del Plata |
| Copa Desafío | River Plate | Mendoza | |
| Copa Revancha | River Plate | ||
| Ciudad de Córdoba | Belgrano | Córdoba | |
| Neuquén/Salta | Independiente | Salta | |
| 2003 | Copa Desafío | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| Copa de Verano | Boca Juniors | Salta | |
| Copa Revancha | Boca Juniors | Mendoza | |
| 2004 | Pentagonal de Verano | San Lorenzo | Mar del Plata, Salta, Mendoza |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | Independiente | Mar del Plata | |
| Copa Revancha | River Plate | Mendoza | |
| 2005 | Pentagonal de Verano | San Lorenzo | Mar del Plata, Salta, Mendoza |
| Copa Revancha | Boca Juniors | Mendoza | |
| Ciudad de Salta | Independiente | Salta | |
| Ciudad de Tandil | Arsenal | Tandil | |
| 2006 | Pentagonal de Verano | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata, Salta |
| Copa Desafío | River Plate | Salta | |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | Estudiantes (LP) | Mar del Plata | |
| Ciudad de Tandil | Arsenal | Tandil | |
| Copa Centenario | Estudiantes (LP) | Mar del Plata | |
| 2007 | Pentagonal de Verano | River Plate | Mar del Plata, Salta |
| Copa Desafío | River Plate | Mar del Plata | |
| Copa Revancha | River Plate | Mendoza | |
| Ciudad de Tandil | Banfield | Tandil | |
| Ciudad de Córdoba | Vélez Sarsfield | Córdoba | |
| 2008 | Pentagonal de Verano | River Plate | Mar del Plata, Salta, Mendoza |
| Copa Revancha | River Plate | Mendoza | |
| Ciudad de Tandil | Olimpo (BB) | Tandil | |
| Provincia de Salta | Independiente | Salta | |
| Ciudad de Buenos Aires | Lanús | Buenos Aires | |
| 2009 | Pentagonal de Verano | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata, Salta, Mendoza |
| Ciudad de Tandil | Godoy Cruz | Tandil | |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | Mar del Plata | |
| Ciudad de Córdoba | Lanús | Córdoba | |
| Copa Revancha | Boca Juniors | Mendoza | |
| 2010 | Triangular de Mar del Plata | Estudiantes (LP) | Mar del Plata |
| Triangular de Salta | Independiente | Salta | |
| Copa Desafío | River Plate | Mar del Plata | |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | Racing Club | Mar del Plata | |
| Copa Revancha | River Plate | Mendoza | |
| Ciudad de Rosario | Newell's | Rosario | |
| 2011 | Copa de Oro | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | Estudiantes (LP) | Mar del Plata | |
| Ciudad de Mendoza | San Lorenzo | Mendoza | |
| Ciudad de Rosario |  Alianza Lima | Rosario | |
| Copa Luis Nofal | Boca Juniors | Mar del Plata, Mendoza | |
| Ciudad de Quilmes | Quilmes | Quilmes | |
| 2012 | Copa de Oro | Independiente | Mar del Plata |
| Ciudad de Mar del Plata | River Plate | Mar del Plata | |
| Ciudad de Mendoza | Godoy Cruz | Mendoza | |
| 100° Aniversario La Gazeta | Atlético Tucumán | Tucumán | |
| Ciudad de Rosario | Atlético de Rafaela | Rosario | |
| Provincia de Buenos Aires | Racing | Buenos Aires | |
| Copa San Juan Fraterno | San Martín (SJ) | San Juan | |
| Copa Luis Nofal | Boca Juniors | Mendoza | |
| Copa Banco Columbia | Newell's [1] | Rosario | |
| 2013 | Centenario de la Liga Marplatense | Racing | Mar del Plata |
| Provincia de Córdoba | Belgrano | Córdoba | |
| Copa Nuevo Banco de Santa Fe | (Not Played)[lower-alpha 1] | Rosario | |
| Copa Luis Nofal | Boca Juniors [5] | Mendoza | |
| Copa BBVA | River Plate [6] | Córdoba | |
| 2014 | Copa de Oro Mar del Plata | Estudiantes (LP) | Mar del Plata |
| Copa BBVA | River Plate | Mendoza | |
| Copa Luis Nofal | River Plate | Mendoza |
Notes
- ↑ A two-match series between Rosario Central and Newell's Old Boys was to be played, but the first game (at Parque de la Independencia) was cancelled due to a riot outside the stadium, where Newell's fans fought Rosario policemen. Neither of the programmed games was played.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "En el debut de Martino en el Coloso, Newell's se regaló una sonrisa: venció 2-1 a Belgrano", La Capital, 1 February 2013
- ↑ "Fútbol penoso: se suspendió Central-Newell´s por violencia" on TN, 20 January 2013
- ↑ "Se suspendió Rosario Central-Newell's por tiroteo entre la policía e hinchas "leprosos"" on La Voz del Interior
- ↑ "Rosario Central-Newell's: Suspendido" on LaRedó.net, 20 January 2013
- ↑ "Copa "Luís Nofal": Boca le ganó a River por penales", Jujuy al Momento.com, 3 January 2013
- ↑ "River lo dio vuelta y derrotó a Boca en el Kempes de Córdoba" on Cadena 3, 3 February 2013
External links
- "Historial de los Torneos de Verano" at Goal.com, retrieved 21 March 2013
- 1968-2004 Torneos de Verano at RSSSF
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