1997 Intercontinental Cup

Template:Short description The 1997 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match played on 2 December 1997 between Borussia Dortmund, winners of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, and Cruzeiro, winners of the 1997 Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in Tokyo in front of 46,953 fans. Andreas Möller was named as man of the match.

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Template:Flagicon Borussia Dortmund	1996–97 UEFA Champions League winners	None
Template:Flagicon Cruzeiro	1997 Copa Libertadores winners	1976

Venue

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The National Stadium in Tokyo hosted the match

Match details

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Man of the Match: Andreas Möller (Borussia Dortmund) Assistant referees: Jeon Young-Hyun (South Korea) Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan) Fourth official: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutes.

Match Ball

• The Ball of the match was the Adidas Questra, originally designed to be the official match ball of the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.

See also

• 1996–97 UEFA Champions League
• 1997 Copa Libertadores
• Borussia Dortmund in European football

External links

• 1997 Intercontinental Cup at FIFA.com