1981 Copa Interamericana

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1981 Copa Interamericana
Event Copa Interamericana
on aggregate, after play-off
First leg
Date25 March 1981 (1981-03-25)
Venue Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Referee Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)
Attendance52,229
Second leg
Date8 April 1981 (1981-04-08)
Venue Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
Attendance40,000
Play-off
Date31 May 1981 (1981-05-31)
Venue Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Referee José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
Attendance15,000
1979
1985

The 1981 Copa Interamericana was the 8th edition of the Copa Interamericana, the football competition co-organized by CONCACAF and CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two major club tournaments in the Americas, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and the Copa Libertadores.

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The competition was contested in two-legged home-and-away format and a play-off between Mexican team UNAM, the 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup champions, and Uruguayan team Nacional, the 1980 Copa Libertadores champions. The first leg was hosted by UNAM on 25 March 1981 at Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City, the second leg was hosted by Nacional on 8 April 1981 at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, while the play-off was hosted at a neutral site on 13 May 1981 at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.

UNAM defeated Nacional 6–5 on aggregate to win their first Copa Interamericana title. [1] [2] [3]

Teams

TeamQualificationPrevious participations (bold indicates winners)
Flag of Mexico.svg UNAM Winners of the 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup None
Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional Winners of the 1980 Copa Libertadores 1 ( 1971 )

Format

The Copa Interamericana is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the Copa Libertadores champions hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and a play-off match would be played. If still tied after the play-off match, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners. [4]

Venues

1st leg2nd legPlay-off
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City Flag of Uruguay.svg Montevideo Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles
Estadio Olímpico Universitario Estadio Centenario Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 69,000Capacity: 60,235Capacity: 93,607
Estadio olimpico universitario unam.jpg Estadio Centenario 2021.jpg Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (2010).jpg

Matches

First leg

Summary

In the 5th minute, Hugo Sánchez opened the scoring for UNAM. In the second half, Nacional fought back and found an equaliser from Víctor Espárrago, scored in the 57th minute. Ricardo Ferretti then restored UNAM's lead, to make the score 2–1 in the 60th minute. Hugo Sánchez got his second goal of the match in the 85th minute. [1]

Details

UNAM Flag of Mexico.svg 3–1 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional
Report

Second leg

Summary

The game was goalless until the 70th minute mark, when Wilmar Cabrera put Nacional ahead, in the 77th José Cabrera scored to make it 2–0, then Wilmar Cabrera in the 81st minute scored his second of the match to make it 3–0. However, the game was to end at 3–1 after Gustavo Vargas with three minutes to go scored for UNAM, forcing a play-off.

Details

Nacional Flag of Uruguay.svg 3–1 Flag of Mexico.svg UNAM
Report

Play-off

Summary

The play-off leg finally went ahead after a month with Los Angeles as the neutral site. Nacional opened the scoring at the 17th minute from José Cabrera. Ricardo Ferretti equalised at the 69th minute. In the 89th minute, Gustavo Vargas scored the winning goal for UNAM.

Details

UNAM Flag of Mexico.svg 2–1 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional
Report
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References

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