Copa de Oro

Copa de Oro
Trophy Nicolás Leoz, awarded to champions
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded1993
Abolished1996 (1996)
RegionSouth America
Number of teams4
Related competitions
Most successful club(s)Argentina Boca Juniors
Brazil Cruzeiro
Brazil Flamengo
(1 title each)

The Copa de Oro (English: Gold Cup, Portuguese: Copa Ouro), or Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz, was a football cup winners' cup competition contested on 3 occasions by the most recent winners of all CONMEBOL continental competitions. These included champions of the Copa Libertadores, Supercopa Sudamericana, Copa CONMEBOL, Supercopa Masters and Copa Masters CONMEBOL. The Recopa Sudamericana champions did not participate. The cup is one of the many continental club competitions that have been organized by CONMEBOL. The first competition was held in 1993 featuring the 4 major continental champions of the previous season whilst the second competition in 1995 two continental champions declined to play leaving only two participants to play. In the final edition in 1996, all the continental champions accepted the invitation to play. Boca Juniors, Cruzeiro and Flamengo were the only winners of the tournament with one title each.[1][2] Brazil became the most successful nation of the competition with two victories.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cruzeiro was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Flamengo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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