Copa dos Campeões Mundiais

The Copa dos Campeões Mundiais (English: World Champions Cup), was a tournament organized by the Brazilian television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) with the consent of CBF featuring Brazilian clubs that were previously successful in the conquest of the Intercontinental Cup.[1][2] The competition was inspired by the same precedents that CONMEBOL used for the Supercopa Libertadores, which contained champions from past editions of the Copa Libertadores.

Copa dos Clubes Brasileiros Campeões Mundiais
Organising bodyCBF, supported and maintained by SBT
Founded1995
Abolished1997
RegionBrazil
Number of teams4
Most successful club(s)São Paulo (2 titles)

Despite being considered a friendly tournament, their matches were officially assigned to the CBF calendar for the three years in which the tournament was held.[3][4]

Eligible clubs

Only four clubs had won the Interncontinental Cup until the tournament came into being realized:

Club Intercontinental Cup edition winners
Santos 1962, 1963
Flamengo 1981
Grêmio 1983
São Paulo 1992, 1993

Format

The tournament was played in round-robin in its first stage, followed by a final between the top two clubs. The tournament matches were played mostly in the Brazilian Midwest region, in the cities of Cuiabá, Brasília and Campo Grande. The city of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, also hosted games in the 1995 edition.

The tournament was held during the months of June or July.

List of champions
Year Champion Final match Runners-up Third place Fourth place
1995
Details		 São Paulo
 SP		 0–0
4–3 (pen.)		 Santos
 SP		 Grêmio
 RS		 Flamengo
 RJ
1996 Details São Paulo
 SP		 2–1 Flamengo
 RJ		 Santos
 SP		 Grêmio
 RS
1997 Details Flamengo
 RJ		 1–0 São Paulo
 SP		 Santos
 SP		 Grêmio
 RS

References
  1. "Copa dos Campeões Mundiais - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. "Os Grandes Vencedores da Copa dos Campeões Mundiais" (in Portuguese). Bola na Área. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. "Jornal O Estado de São Paulo, 01/11/1996, página 34" (in Portuguese).
  4. "Jornal do Brasil, 01/07/1997, página 28 da Segunda Edição, catalogada como página 32 neste acervo" (in Portuguese).
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