Taça do Atlântico (, ) was a national football team's competition held between 1956 and 1976 on an irregular basis, contested by the national football teams from South America.
Teams participating were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay national sides. Paraguay did not play in the first edition of the competition. There were 3 championships and Brazil won them all. In 1956, a club competition was played in parallel to the main competition, but the final between Boca Juniors and Corinthians was never played.
1956 Taça do Atlântico
Team 211020+23211021+13200214−30
1960 Taça do Atlântico
Team320173+44320165+14320135−24 300325−30
1976 Taça do Atlântico Team6510125+7116312139+476132911−25 6015514−91
Note: Matches between Argentina and Paraguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Félix Bogado Matches between Argentina and Brazil also counted for the 1976 Roca Cup First match between Argentina and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Lipton Second match between Argentina and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Newton Matches between Brazil and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Río Branco Matches between Brazil and Paraguay also counted for the 1976 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
All-time scorers Player Goals Mario Kempes Héctor Scotta Zico José Sanfilippo Osvaldo Aquino Lula Leopoldo Luque Roberto Dinamite Darío Pereyra Ernesto Grillo Rubén H. Sosa
Hat-tricks Since the first official tournament in 1956, 2 hat-tricks have been scored in over 20 matches of the 3 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by José Sanfilippo of Argentina, during a Clásico del Río de la Plata against Uruguay on 17 August 1960; and the last was by Héctor Scotta, who netted a hat-trick for Argentina, but this time against Paraguay in a 3-2 win on 25 February 1976.Copa del Atlántico - Match details by José Luis Pierrend
+Taça do Atlântico hat-tricks # Player Time of goals For Result Against Tournament Date FIFAreport . José Sanfilippo 3 ', 59', 69' 4–01960 Taça do Atlântico17 August 1960Report . Héctor Scotta 3 ', 38', 52'3–21976 Taça do Atlântico25 February 1976
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