Small Club World Cup

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The Small World Cup (Template:Langx) was a football tournament held in Venezuela between 1952 and 1975 (with some journalists considering 1952–57 the period of greatest relevance, and the second period that took place between 1963 and 1975 as of minor relevance). In most of the occasions, the competition was played by four participants from Europe and South America. In the first period, clubs from three countries would win the tournament: Spain, Brazil and Colombia. Five clubs have won the trophy in this period: Real Madrid, São Paulo, Millonarios, Corinthians, and Barcelona.

When the Europeans Champions Clubs' Cup was started in 1955, the Venezuelan competition lost importance and was discontinued in 1957. Although the tournament was relaunched in 1963, its relevance decreased as another competition was happening at the time, the Intercontinental Cup (first held in 1960) was then established as the major, official intercontinental competition for both South American and European clubs.

During the 1963–75 period, the trophy was also named "Copa Ciudad de Caracas". However, there is controversy surrounding this name, as during this period the Taça Ciudad de Caracas was named after different trophies taking place in the same city, different championships, so in 1966 Botafogo was considered the winner and competed against Santos in the grand final, winning the Trophy called Journalists Circle Cup (Copa Círculo de Pediodicos Deportivos), however Valencia also competed with Vitoria Guimares and won the Símon Bolivar trophy. Thus, the winner of the Caracas tournament that year is controversial, as the greatest relevance was the Botafogo and Santos game, where great players such as Garrincha and Pelé starred. Then, in 1967, the tournament in Caracas was between, again, the Journalists Circle Cup (Copa Círculo de Pediodicos Deportivos), where teams such as Barcelona, Botafogo and Peñarol played. And, later in the year, the so-called Copa Cuadricentenario de Caracas took place, which was played between the teams Athletic Bilbao, Platense and Académica Coimbra, super regional teams that no longer exist.

In 1968 the Tournament took place in Caracas in which the Oldemario Ramos Trophy was offered, played between the teams of Benfica, Botafogo and Argentina XI. in which Botafogo became the great champion.

This competition is considered by some journalists as a predecessor of Intercontinental Cup, in that it regularly featured clubs from Europe and South America. However, there has come to light no 1952–1960 original source indicating that it had any influence for the creation of the Intercontinental Cup, or that it was effectively hailed in 1952–1957 as a club world trophy. Nevertheless, some clubs like Real Madrid highlight this trophy in their history as a world championship in the trophy sections of their web-sites and publications.

List of champions

Ed.	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Tournament Name
1	1952	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon Botafogo	Pequeña Copa del Mundo
2	1953 (I) Template:Refn	Template:Flagicon Millonarios	Template:Flagicon River Plate	Pequeña Copa del Mundo
3	1953 (II) Template:Refn	Template:Flagicon Corinthians	Template:Flagicon Roma	Pequeña Copa del Mundo
4	1955	Template:Flagicon São Paulo	Template:Flagicon Valencia	Pequeña Copa del Mundo
5	1956	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon Vasco da Gama	Pequeña Copa del Mundo
6	1957	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	Template:Flagicon Botafogo	Pequeña Copa del Mundo
7	1963	Template:Flagicon São Paulo	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Pequeña Copa del Mundo
8	1965	Template:Flagicon Benfica	Template:Flagicon Atlético Madrid	Copa María Dolores Gabeka
9	1966	Template:Flagicon Valencia	Template:Flagicon Vitória Guimarães	Troféo Simón Bolívar
10	1967	Template:Flagicon Athletic Bilbao	Template:Flagicon Académica de Coimbra	Copa Cuadricentenario de Caracas
11	1969	Template:Flagicon Spartak TrnavaTemplate:Refn	Template:Flagicon Deportivo La Coruña	Torneo Reyes de Caracas
12	1970	Template:Flagicon Vitória de Setúbal	Template:Flagicon Santos	Torneo Reyes de Caracas
13	1975	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = East Germany	flag alias = Flag of East Germany.svg	flag alias-1949 = Flag of Germany.svg	flag alias-navy = Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg	link alias-navy = Volksmarine	flag alias-naval = Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg	link alias-naval = Volksmarine	flag alias-army = Flag of NVA (East Germany).svg	link alias-army = Land Forces of the National People's Army	flag alias-military = Flag of NVA (East Germany).svg	link alias-military = National People's Army	link alias-air force = Air Forces of the National People's Army	flag alias-EUA = German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg	link alias-tennis = Germany {{{mw}}} Cup team	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }} Template:Refn || Template:Flagicon Boavista || Pequeña Copa del Mundo

Notes

Titles by country

Country	Titles
Spain	5
Brazil	3
Portugal	2
Colombia	1
Czechoslovakia	1
East Germany	1

Performances by continent

Confederation	Winners
Europe	9
South America	4