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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = Brazil Independence Cup
| year = 1972
| dates = 11 June – 9 July
| other_titles = Taça Independência
| image = taça_independencia_1972.jpg
| size =
| caption =
| country = Brazil
| confederations = 5
| num_teams = 20
| venues = 15
| cities = 12
| champion = Brazil
| champion-flagvar = 1968
| count =
| second = Portugal
| second-flagvar =
| third = Yugoslavia
| fourth = Argentina
| fourth-flagvar = alt
| matches = 44
| goals = 136
| attendance =
| player =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dušan Bajević]] (13 goals)
| prevseason =
| nextseason =
}}
The '''Brazil Independence Cup''' was an international [[association football|football]] tournament held in [[Brazil]], from 11 June to 9 July 1972, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the [[Brazilian Declaration of Independence]]. It was called the ''Minicopa'' by the Brazilians and the final was between [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] and [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], in the [[Estádio do Maracanã|Maracanã Stadium]]. Brazil won 1–0, with [[Jairzinho]] scoring in the 89th minute.

Brazil no longer had [[Pelé]] but still had [[Tostão]], [[Jairzinho]] and [[Rivellino]], the later two also played in the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], in [[West Germany]].

Despite Portugal's quality results and team, including [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] players such as [[Eusébio]], [[Jaime Graça]], [[José Henrique]], [[Humberto Coelho]], [[Rui Jordão]], and [[Toni (footballer, born 1946)|Toni]], the team missed the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] 1974 and 1978 qualifying matches, so this tournament was their best result until the [[1984 European Football Championship]].

==Format==
Twenty teams competed; 18 national teams as well as two representative sides from [[Africa]] and [[CONCACAF]] (North and Central America and the Caribbean).

===First round===
15 teams competed in the first round, while 5 teams ([[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]], [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]) received byes to the final stage.

The teams are drawn into three groups of 5 teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The three first-placed teams advance to the final stage.

===Final stage===
The 8 teams are drawn into two groups of 4 teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

The two group runners-up play each other in the third-place playoff.

The two group winners play each other in the final.

==Venues==
[[File:Brasil-TII.svg|thumb|350px|Host cities of the Taça Independência]]
The tournament was played in 12 cities: [[Aracaju]], [[Belo Horizonte]], [[Campo Grande]], [[Curitiba]], [[Maceió]], [[Manaus]], [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]], [[Porto Alegre]], [[Recife]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]] and [[São Paulo]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Aracaju]] !! colspan="2"|[[Belo Horizonte]] !! [[Campo Grande]]
|-
| [[Batistão]] || [[Mineirão]] || [[Arena Independência|Estádio Independência]] || [[Morenão]]
|-
| Capacity: '''45,000''' || Capacity: '''110,000''' || Capacity: '''23,000''' || Capacity: '''45,000'''
|-
| align="center"| |||| [[File:Arena Independência - Atlético x Fluminense.jpg|150px]] || [[File:Morenão Campo Grande2.jpg|150px]]
|-
! [[Curitiba]] !! [[Maceió]] !! [[Manaus]] !! [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]]
|-
| [[Estádio Couto Pereira]] || [[Estádio Rei Pelé]] || [[Vivaldão]] || [[Machadão]]
|-
| Capacity: '''37,182''' || Capacity: '''20,551''' || Capacity: '''31,000''' || Capacity: '''42,000'''
|-
| align="center"|[[File:CP2.jpg|150px]] || [[File:Rei Pelé.jpg|150px]] || || [[File:Machadao.JPG|150px]]
|-
! [[Porto Alegre]] !! [[Recife]] !! [[Rio de Janeiro]] !! [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]]
|-
| [[Estádio Beira-Rio]] || [[Estádio do Arruda]] || [[Maracanã Stadium|Maracanã]] || [[Estádio Fonte Nova]]
|-
| Capacity: '''106,000''' || Capacity: '''60,000''' || Capacity: '''200,000''' || Capacity: '''80,000'''
|-
| align="center"|[[File:Portoalegre aerea arenabeirario.jpg|150px]] || [[File:Estádio Santa Cruz.jpg|150px]] || [[File:Maracana Stadium June 2013.jpg|150px]] || [[File:2116RP037.jpg|150px]]
|-
!  colspan="2"|[[São Paulo]]  
|-
| [[Estádio do Pacaembu]] || [[Estádio do Morumbi]]
|-
| Capacity: '''40,000''' || Capacity: '''120,000'''
|-
| align="center"|[[File:Pacaembu.jpg|150px]] || [[File:Cicero pompeu de toledo - inside - 03.jpg|150px]]
|}

==Squads==
{{main|Brazil Independence Cup squads}}

==Group stage==

===Group A===
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|referee = José Faville Neto ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
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----
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|stadium = [[Estádio Fonte Nova]], [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]]
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|referee = [[Kurt Tschenscher]] ([[German Football Association|West Germany]])
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----
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|team2 = [[Confederation of African Football|Africa]]
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|referee = José Faville Neto ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
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|time =
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|score = 4–3
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|goals1 = [[Hernando Pineros|Pineros]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Carlos Lugo (Colombian footballer)|Lugo]] {{goal|15||17}}<br />[[Jaime Morón|Morón]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[Edwin Reiner|Reiner]] {{goal|38||59}}<br />[[Jean-Claude Désir|Désir]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium = [[Batistão]], [[Aracaju]]
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|referee = Rafael Hormazábal Diaz ([[Chilean Football Federation|Chile]])
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----
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|team2 = [[CONCACAF]]
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|attendance = 8,587
|referee = Paul Schiller ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
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----
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|date = 18 June 1972
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|score = 2–3
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|goals1 = [[Hernando Piñeros|Piñeros]] {{goal|23|pen.}}<br />[[Orlando Mesa|Mesa]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = [[Charly Loubet|Loubet]] {{goal|30||72}}<br />[[Marc Molitor|Molitor]] {{goal|33|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estádio Fonte Nova]], [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = Ángel Eduardo Pazos ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])
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----
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|time =
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|score = 0–0
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|team2 = [[Confederation of African Football|Africa]]
|stadium = [[Estádio Fonte Nova]], [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]]
|attendance = 1,928
|referee = Édison Pérez Nuñez ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]])
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----
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|date = 22 June 1972
|time =
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|goals2 = [[Jaime Morón|Morón]] {{goal|68}}
|stadium = [[Estádio Fonte Nova]]
|location = [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], [[Brazil]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[Kurt Tschenscher]] ([[German Football Association|West Germany]])
}}
----
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|date = 25 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = [[Confederation of African Football|Africa]]
|score = 3–0
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|team2 = {{fb|COL}}
|goals1 = [[Laurent Pokou|Pokou]] {{goal|8}}<br />[[Jean-Pierre Tokoto|Tokoto]] {{goal|39||55}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estádio Fonte Nova]]
|location = [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], [[Brazil]]
|attendance = 10,579
|referee = José Romei Cañete ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])
}}
----
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|date = 25 June 1972
|time =
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|stadium = [[Estádio Fonte Nova]], [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]]
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|referee = Armando Marques ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}

===Group B===
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|team2 = {{fb|ECU}}
|stadium = [[Machadão]], [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]]
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----
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|date = 11 June 1972
|time =
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|goals2 = [[Parviz Ghelichkhani|Ghelichkhani]] {{goal|10}}
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|attendance= 10,500
|referee= Aurelio Angonese ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
|stadium = [[Estádio do Arruda]], [[Recife]]
}}
----
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|time =
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|referee= Guillermo Velásquez Ramirez ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])
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----
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|date = 14 June 1972
|time =
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|stadium = [[Machadão]], [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]]
|goals1 = [[Carlos Caszely|Caszely]] {{goal|??}}<br />[[Julio Crisosto|Crisosto]] {{goal|??}}
|goals2 = [[Félix Lasso|Lasso]] {{goal|??}}
|attendance =
|referee = Romualdo Arppi Filho ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
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----
{{football box
|date = 18 June 1972
|time =
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|score = 4–1
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|goals2 = [[Carlos Caszely|Caszely]] {{goal|56}}
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/chile-v-portugal-18-june-1972-231973/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|stadium = [[Estádio do Arruda]], [[Recife]]
|attendance =
|referee = Aurelio Angonese ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}
----
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|date = 18 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}
|score = 3–2
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|team2 = {{fb|ECU}}
|goals1 = [[Eamonn Rogers|Rogers]] {{goal|2}}<br />[[Mick Martin|Martin]] {{goal|61}}<br />[[Turlough O'Connor (footballer)|O'Connor]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2 = [[Miguel Coronel|Coronel]] {{goal|36}}<br />[[Félix Lasso|Lasso]] {{goal|78}}
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|attendance =
|referee = [[Michael Kitabdjian]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
----
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|date = 21 June 1972
|time =
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|score = 1–1
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|goals1 = [[Félix Lasso|Lasso]] {{goal|15}}
|goals2 = [[Parviz Ghelichkhani|Ghelichkhani]] {{goal|36}}
|attendance= 5,000
|referee= Sebastião Rufino ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
|stadium = [[Estádio do Arruda]], [[Recife]]
}}
----
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|date = 21 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 2–1
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|team2 = {{fb|IRL}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Caszely|Caszely]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Alberto Fouilloux|Fouilloux]] {{goal|25}}
|goals2 = [[Eamonn Rogers|Rogers]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium = [[Estádio do Arruda]], [[Recife]]
|attendance =
|referee = Romualdo Arppi Filho ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 June 1972
|time =
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|score = 2–1
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|team2 = {{fb|IRN|1964}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Caszely|Caszely]] {{goal|50||79}}
|goals2 = [[Majid Halvaei|Halvaei]] {{goal|85}}
|attendance= 15,000
|referee = [[Michael Kitabdjian]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
|stadium = [[Estádio do Arruda]], [[Recife]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POR}}
|score = 2–1
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|team2 = {{fb|IRL}}
|goals1 = [[Fernando Peres|Peres]] {{goal|35}}<br />[[Nené (footballer born 1949)|Nené]] {{goal|37}}
|goals2 = [[Mick Leech|Leech]] {{goal|38}}
|stadium = [[Estádio do Arruda]], [[Recife]]
|attendance =
|referee = Norberto Ángel Coerezza ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
}}

===Group C===
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|goals1 = [[Alberto Gallardo|Gallardo]] {{goal|7|pen.}}<br />[[Hernán Castañeda|Castañeda]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Hugo Sotil|Sotil]] {{goal|31}}
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|referee = Edwin Keith Walker ([[The Football Association|England]])
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----
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|date = 11 June 1972
|time =
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|score = 4–1
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|goals1 = [[Lorenzo Jiménez|L. Jiménez]] {{goal|2}}<br />[[Adalberto Escobar|Escobar]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Cristóbal Maldonado|Maldonado]] {{goal|13||37}}
|goals2 = [[Asdrúbal Olivares|Olivares]] {{goal|26}}
|stadium = [[Morenão]], [[Campo Grande]]
|attendance =
|referee = George Lamptey ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])
}}
----
{{football box
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|time =
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|score = 10–0
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|goals2 =
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|attendance = 5,000
|referee = Ove Dahlberg ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 June 1972
|time =
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|score = 1–0
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|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Tiberio Godoy|Godoy]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium = [[Morenão]], [[Campo Grande]]
|attendance =
|referee = [[Abraham Klein (referee)|Abraham Klein]] ([[Israel Football Association|Israel]])
}}
----
{{football box
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|time =
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|score = 1–1
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|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Josip Katalinski|Katalinski]] {{goal|32}}
|goals2 = [[Mario Pariente|Pariente]] {{goal|78}}
|stadium = [[Morenão]], [[Campo Grande]]
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = [[Abraham Klein (referee)|Abraham Klein]] ([[Israel Football Association|Israel]])
}}
----
{{football box
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|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/peru-v-venezuela-18-june-1972-231974/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN|1954}}
|stadium = [[Vivaldão]], [[Manaus]]
|goals1 = [[Oswaldo Ramírez|O. Ramírez]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 =
|attendance =
|referee = [[Arnaldo Cézar Coelho]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 21 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VEN|1954}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [http://www.soccer-db.info/index.php?option=com_joomsport&task=view_match&id=9753&Itemid=0 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Ramón Iriarte (footballer)|Iriarte]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[Luis Mendoza (Venezuelan footballer)|Mendoza]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2 = [[Jaime Rimazza|Rimazza]] {{goal|5}}<br />[[Ramiro Blacutt|Blacutt]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Vivaldão]], [[Manaus]]
|attendance =
|referee = Oei Poh Hwa ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 22 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/yugoslavia-v-paraguay-22-june-1972-231986/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PRY|1954}}
|goals1 = [[Dušan Bajević|Bajević]] {{goal|50||86}}
|goals2 = [[Adalberto Escobar|Escobar]] {{goal|17}}
|stadium = [[Vivaldão]], [[Manaus]]
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = [[Abraham Klein (referee)|Abraham Klein]] ([[Israel Football Association|Israel]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PRY|1954}}
|score = 6–1
|report = [http://www.soccer-db.info/index.php?option=com_joomsport&task=view_match&id=9760&Itemid=0 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Cristóbal Maldonado|Maldonado]] {{goal|7||67}}<br />[[Saturnino Arrúa|Arrúa]] {{goal|57||59||67}}<br />[[Emigdio dos Santos|dos Santos]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2 = [[Pedro Molinas|Molinas]] {{goal|63|o.g.}}
|stadium = [[Vivaldão]], [[Manaus]]
|attendance =
|referee = [[Arnaldo Cézar Coelho]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/yugoslavia-v-peru-25-june-1972-231997/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Dušan Bajević|Bajević]] {{goal|4||37}}
|goals2 = [[Oswaldo Ramírez|O. Ramírez]] {{goal|11}}
|stadium = [[Vivaldão]], [[Manaus]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = Alfonso González Archundía ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
}}

==Final stage==

===Group A===
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|win_SCO=0|draw_SCO=2|loss_SCO=1|gf_SCO=2|ga_SCO=3
|win_CSK=0|draw_CSK=2|loss_CSK=1|gf_CSK=1|ga_CSK=2

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{{football box
|date = 28 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1968}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com/1972/06/28/28-de-junho-de-1972-brasil-0-x-0-tchecoslovaquia/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|Czechoslovakia}}
|stadium = [[Estádio do Maracanã]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance = 115,000
|referee = [[Kurt Tschenscher]] ([[German Football Association|West Germany]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 29 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/scotland-v-yugoslavia-29-june-1972-232002/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|goals1 = [[Lou Macari|Macari]] {{goal|39||63}}
|goals2 = [[Dušan Bajević|Bajević]] {{goal|60}}<br />[[Martin Buchan|Buchan]] {{goal|87|o.g.}}
|stadium = [[Mineirão]], [[Belo Horizonte]]
|attendance = 4,000
|referee =Norberto Ángel Coerezza ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 2 July 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1968}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-yugoslavia-02-july-1972-232007/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|goals1 = [[Leivinha]] {{goal|22||25}}<br />[[Jairzinho]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estádio do Morumbi]], [[São Paulo]]
|attendance = 100,000
|referee = Ove Dahlberg ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 2 July 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/scotland-v-czechoslovakia-02-july-1972-232004/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|Czechoslovakia}}
|stadium = [[Estádio Beira-Rio]], [[Porto Alegre]]
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = Armando Marques ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 5 July 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1968}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-scotland-05-july-1972-232011/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
|goals1 = [[Jairzinho]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estádio do Maracanã]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance = 130,000
|referee = [[Abraham Klein (referee)|Abraham Klein]] ([[Israel Football Association|Israel]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 6 July 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/yugoslavia-v-czechoslovakia-06-july-1972-232014/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|Czechoslovakia}}
|goals1 = [[Dušan Bajević|Bajević]] {{goal|19}}<br />[[Dragan Džajić|Džajić]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[Anton Hrušecký|Hrušecký]] {{goal|37}}
|stadium = [[Estádio do Pacaembu]], [[São Paulo]]
|attendance = 3,000
|referee = Armando Marques ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}

===Group B===
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|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2

|team1=POR|name_POR={{fb|POR}}
|team2=ALT|name_ALT={{fb|ARG|alt}}
|team3=URS|name_URS={{fb|URS|1955}}
|team4=URY|name_URY={{fb|URY}}
|win_POR=2|draw_POR=1|loss_POR=0|gf_POR=5|ga_POR=2|status_POR=A
|win_ALT=2|draw_ALT=0|loss_ALT=1|gf_ALT=3|ga_ALT=3|status_ALT=A
|win_URS=1|draw_URS=0|loss_URS=2|gf_URS=1|ga_URS=2
|win_URY=0|draw_URY=1|loss_URY=2|gf_URY=1|ga_URY=3

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{{football box
|date = 29 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URS|1955}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/ussr-v-uruguay-29-june-1972-232001/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Vladimir Onishchenko|Onishchenko]] {{goal|59}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estádio do Morumbi]], [[São Paulo]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[Abraham Klein (referee)|Abraham Klein]] ([[Israel Football Association|Israel]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 29 June 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POR}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/portugal-v-argentina-29-june-1972-232000/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG|alt}}
|goals1 = [[Adolfo Calisto|Calisto]] {{goal|36}}<br />[[Eusébio]] {{goal|45}}<br />[[Joaquim Dinis|Dinis]] {{goal|47}}
|goals2 = [[Miguel Ángel Brindisi|Brindisi]] {{goal|29}}
|stadium = [[Estádio do Maracanã]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance =
|referee = Edwin Keith Walker ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 2 July 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/uruguay-v-portugal-02-july-1972-232005/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POR}}
|goals1 = [[Ricardo Pavoni|Pavoni]] {{goal|20}}
|goals2 = [[Jaime Graça|Graça]] {{goal|46}}
|stadium = [[Estádio do Maracanã]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = [[Rudolf Scheurer]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 2 July 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG|alt}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/argentina-v-ussr-02-july-1972-232006/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URS|1955}}
|goals1 = [[José Omar Pastoriza|Pastoriza]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Mineirão]], [[Belo Horizonte]]
|attendance = 8,000
|referee = Alfonso González Archundía ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 6 July 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POR}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/portugal-v-ussr-06-july-1972-232015/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URS|1955}}
|goals1 = [[Rui Jordão|Jordão]] {{goal|46}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Mineirão]], [[Belo Horizonte]]
|attendance = 12,000
|referee = [[Kurt Tschenscher]] ([[German Football Association|West Germany]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 6 July 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG|alt}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/argentina-v-uruguay-06-july-1972-232016/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Oscar Más|Más]] {{goal|37}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estádio Beira-Rio]], [[Porto Alegre]]
|attendance =
|referee = Edwin Keith Walker ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}

===Third place match===
{{football box
|date = 9 July 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|score = 4–2
|report = [http://www.soccer-db.info/index.php?option=com_joomsport&task=view_match&id=9778&Itemid=0 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG|alt}}
|goals1 = [[Dušan Bajević|Bajević]] {{goal|26||83}}<br />[[Josip Katalinski|Katalinski]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Dragan Džajić|Džajić]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2 = [[Miguel Ángel Brindisi|Brindisi]] {{goal|58|pen.|87|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estádio do Maracanã]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance = 170,000
|referee = Paul Schiller ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}

===Final===
{{football box
|date = 9 July 1972
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1968}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com/1972/07/09/9-de-julho-de-1972-brasil-1-x-0-portugal/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POR}}
|goals1 = [[Jairzinho]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium = [[Estádio do Maracanã]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance = 99,138
|referee = [[Abraham Klein (referee)|Abraham Klein]] ([[Israel Football Association|Israel]])
}}
[[File:"Final.mpg".png|thumb]]

==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
{{goalscorers
|matches=16|goals=57

|13 goals=
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dušan Bajević]]

|5 goals=
* {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Rodolfo Fischer]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Carlos Caszely]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Joaquim Dinis]]

|4 goals=
* {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Carlos Bianchi]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Eusébio]]
* {{flagicon|PRY|1954}} [[Cristóbal Maldonado]]

|3 goals=
* {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Miguel Ángel Brindisi]]
* {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Oscar Más]]
* {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Jairzinho]]
* {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Félix Lasso]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Hervé Revelli]]
* {{flagicon|PRY|1954}} [[Saturnino Arrúa]]
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dragan Džajić]]
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Josip Katalinski]]

|2 goals=
* {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Leivinha]]
* {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Jean-Pierre Tokoto]]
* {{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Lugo (Colombian footballer)|Carlos Lugo]]
* {{flagicon|COL}} [[Jaime Morón]]
* {{flagicon|COL}} [[Hernando Pineros]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Charly Loubet]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Mick Leech]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Eamonn Rogers]]
* {{flagicon|IRN|1964}} [[Parviz Ghelichkhani]]
* {{flagicon|PER}} [[Oswaldo Ramírez]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Humberto Coelho]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Nené (footballer born 1949)|Nené]]
* {{flagicon|PRY|1954}} [[Adalberto Escobar]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Lou Macari]]
* {{flagicon|SUR}} [[Edwin Reiner]]

|1 goal=
* {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Ernesto Mastrángelo]]
* {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[José Omar Pastoriza]]
* {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Ángel Vargas]]
* {{flagicon|BOL}} [[Ramiro Blacutt]]
* {{flagicon|BOL}} [[Mario Pariente]]
* {{flagicon|BOL}} [[Jaime Rimazza]]
* {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Laurent Pokou]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Julio Crisosto]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Alberto Fouilloux]]
* {{flagicon|COL}} [[Orlando Mesa]]
* {{flagicon|CSK}} [[Anton Hrušecký]]
* {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miguel Coronel]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Georges Bereta]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bernard Blanchet]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Louis Floch]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marc Molitor]]
* {{flagicon|HAI|1964}} [[Jean-Claude Désir]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Don Givens]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Mick Martin]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Turlough O'Connor (footballer)|Turlough O'Connor]]
* {{flagicon|IRN|1964}} [[Majid Halvaei]]
* {{flagicon|PER}} [[Hernán Castañeda]]
* {{flagicon|PER}} [[Alberto Gallardo]]
* {{flagicon|PER}} [[Hugo Sotil]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Adolfo Calisto]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Jaime Graça]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Jordão]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Fernando Peres]]
* {{flagicon|PRY|1954}} [[Emigdio dos Santos]]
* {{flagicon|PRY|1954}} [[Tiberio Godoy]]
* {{flagicon|PRY|1954}} [[Lorenzo Jiménez]]
* {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Vladimir Onishchenko]]
* {{flagicon|URY}} [[Ricardo Pavoni]]
* {{flagicon|VEN|1954}}[[Ramón Iriarte (footballer)|Ramón Iriarte]]
* {{flagicon|VEN|1954}}[[Luis Mendoza (Venezuelan footballer)|Luis Mendoza]]
* {{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Asdrúbal Olivares]]
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Jovan Acimovic]]
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Danilo Popivoda]]
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dragoslav Stepanovic]]

|3 own goals=
* {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Fernando Bulnes]] (against France)
* {{flagicon|PRY|1954}} [[Pedro Molinas]] (against Bolivia)
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Martin Buchan]] (against Yugoslavia)
}}

==Hat-tricks==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Brazil Independence Cup hat-tricks
|-
!scope=col| #
!scope=col| Player
!scope=col| {{abbr|G|Number of goals (if more than 3)}}
!scope=col| Time of goals
!scope=col| For
!scope=col| Result<!-- Note: the sort order is: 1st, margin of victory m; 2nd, goals scored s; coded as {{ntsh|m.s}} -->
!scope=col| Against
!scope=col| Phase
!scope=col| Date
!scope=col class="unsortable"| FIFA<br>report
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|1}}.
|[[Hervé Revelli]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|15}}', 21', 69'
|{{fb|FRA}}
|align=center| {{ntsh|5.0}} 5-0
|[[CONCACAF]]
|rowspan=5| Group stage
|{{dts|format=dmy|1972|6|11}}
|[http://www.11v11.com/matches/france-v-concacaf-11-june-1972-231939/ Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|2}}.
|[[Dušan Bajević]]
|align="center"| 5
| {{Nts|5}}', 7', 48', 68', 74'
|{{fb|YUG}}
|align=center| {{ntsh|10.0}} 10-0
|{{fb|VEN|1954}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1972|6|14}}
|[http://www.11v11.com/matches/yugoslavia-v-venezuela-14-june-1972-231957/ Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|3}}.
|[[Rodolfo Fischer]]
|align="center"| 4
| {{Nts|26}}', 68', 81', 86'
|{{fb|ARG}}
|align=center| {{ntsh|7.0}} 7-0
|[[CONCACAF]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|1972|6|18}}
|[http://www.11v11.com/matches/argentina-v-concacaf-18-june-1972-231972/ Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|4}}.
|[[Carlos Bianchi]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|17}}', 49', 62'
|{{fb|ARG}}
|align=center| {{ntsh|4.1}} 4-1
|{{fb|COL}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1972|6|22}}
|[http://www.11v11.com/matches/argentina-v-colombia-22-june-1972-231990/ Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|5}}.
|[[Saturnino Arrúa]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|57}}', 59', 67'
|{{fb|PRY|1954}}
|align=center| {{ntsh|6.1}} 6-1
|{{fb|BOL}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1972|6|25}}
|[http://www.soccer-db.info/index.php?option=com_joomsport&task=view_match&id=9760&Itemid=0 Report]
|-
|}

==References==
* Macario Reyes: ''[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/braz-indep72.html Brazil Independence Cup 1972]'', [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]], 27 June 2007.
* Eliézer Sebastián Pérez Pérez: ''[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/braz-indep72det.html Brazil Independence Cup 1972 – Additional Details]'', [[RSSSF]], 6 July 2007.

== External links ==
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120915141347/http://www.cbf.com.br/noticias/memorias/2011/5/27/taca-independencia Sala de troféus]'' [[Confederação Brasileira de Futebol]], 27 May 2011. (Information about the Taça Independência)
* ''[http://www.eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=IT Tournament: Taça Independência (Mini-Copa)]'', EU-Football.info (details about matches with European participation)

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