1959 Torneo Hexagonal de Lima

1959 Torneo Hexagonal de Lima
Tournament details
Dates14 January – 6 February 1959
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil Flamengo (1st title)
Runners-upUruguay Peñarol
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored54 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Henrique (4 goals)
Peru D. Ruiz (4 goals)
Uruguay Luis Cubilla (4 goals)

The Torneo Hexagonal de Lima, also called Gran Serie Suramericana Inter Clubes by two 2019 sources, was an exhibition football competition hosted in Lima, Peru in 1959. All matches were played at the Estadio Nacional in Lima. Flamengo were the champions.

Though two 2019 sources referred to it as "Gran Serie Suramericana Inter Clubes", heretofore no original 1959 mass media source has ever been found referring to the competition as "gran serie sudamericana" or any similar term.[1][2][3] Furthermore, among the six renowned participating clubs, only one club was the reigning champions of its respective home league, therefore the competition did not have the format of a "champions cup/league", the format used for cups crowning continental champions, and Jornal dos Sports, then the most relevant sport newspaper of Rio de Janeiro, hometown of winners Flamengo, referred in 1959 to the competition only as an international friendly tournament, without referring to it as "Gran Serie Sudamericana" or any similar term.[4] The same two 2019 sources affirm that the competition was an inspiration for the Copa Libertadores, which is proved incorrect by the fact that the creation of the latter was announced at a UEFA meeting on October 8th 1958, as published by Brazilian and Spanish newspapers the following day,[5][6][7] thus before the 1959 Lima tournament.

Qualified teams

Country Team Qualification method
Argentina
1 berth 		River Plate 1958 Primera División 5th place
 Brazil
1 berth 		Flamengo 1958 Campeonato Carioca runner-up
 Chile
1 berth 		Colo-Colo 1958 Primera División runner-up
 Peru
2 berths 		Universitario 1958 Primera División 4th place
Alianza Lima 1958 Primera División 7th place
 Uruguay
1 berth 		Peñarol 1958 Primera División champion

League table

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil FLA Uruguay PEÑ Peru UNI Argentina RIV Peru ALI Chile COL
1 Brazil Flamengo 5 4 0 1 14 8 +6 8 2–0 4–1 4–3 4–2
2 Uruguay Peñarol 5 2 2 1 11 5 +6 6 2–0 5–0
3 Peru Universitario 5 2 1 2 7 8 −1 5 2–2 2–1 3–1
4 Argentina River Plate 5 2 1 2 7 8 −1 5 2–1 2–0
5 Peru Alianza Lima 5 1 2 2 9 9 0 4 1–1 2–0 1–1
6 Chile Colo-Colo 5 1 0 4 6 16 −10 2 3–2
Source:

Match results

Universitario Peru3–1Chile Colo-Colo
D. Ruiz 22' 28'
M. Márquez 29'		 M. Musso 81'
Attendance: ~18,400
Referee: Peru Alberto Tejada Burga
Colo-Colo Chile3–2Peru Alianza Lima
F. Molina 75' 87'
B. Bello 81'		 J. Bassa 38'
O. Gómez Sánchez 42'
Attendance: ~21,700
Referee: A. Alva
River Plate Argentina2–1Uruguay Peñarol
N. Menéndez 7'
R. Zárate 48'		 Luis Cubilla 88'
Attendance: ~21,700
Referee: Austria Fritz Mayer
Universitario Peru2–1Argentina River Plate
D. Ruiz 49'
B. Galeano 84'		 I. Rosello 26'
Attendance: ~45,800
Referee: Austria Erwin Hieger
Alianza Lima Peru1–1Argentina River Plate
J. Bassa 18' N. Menéndez 34'
Attendance: ~40,900
Peñarol Uruguay2–0Brazil Flamengo
Ruben Coccinello 62'
Carlos Borges 89'
Attendance: ~40,900
Peñarol Uruguay5–0Chile Colo-Colo
Luis Cubilla 5' 39'
Juan Eduardo Hohberg 32'
J. García 58'
Ruben Coccinello 79'
Attendance: ~37,400
Flamengo Brazil2–0Peru Universitario
Henrique 25'
Moacir 30'
Attendance: ~37,400
Flamengo Brazil4–2Chile Colo-Colo
Luis Carlos 5'
Moacir 10'
Babá 16' 22'		 F. Hormazábal 48'
H. Rodríguez 67'
Attendance: ~43,800
Alianza Lima Peru2–0Peru Universitario
M. Mosquera 7'
G. Barbadillo 19'
Attendance: ~43,800
Referee: Austria Erwin Hieger
River Plate Argentina2–0Chile Colo-Colo
R. Zárate 3'
H. De Bourgoing 71'
Attendance: ~38,900
Alianza Lima Peru1–1Uruguay Peñarol
Juan Joya 57' Juan Eduardo Hohberg 15'
Attendance: ~38,900
Flamengo Brazil4–1[8][9]Argentina River Plate
Luis Carlos 41'
Henrique 43' 71'
Dida 62'		 N. Menéndez 61'
Attendance: ~41,500
Referee: Austria Erwin Hieger
Universitario Peru2–2Uruguay Peñarol
D. Ruiz 17'
T. Iwasaki 71'		 Luis Cubilla 24'
Carlos Borges 90'
Attendance: ~44,200
Referee: Austria Erwin Hieger
Flamengo Brazil4–3Peru Alianza Lima
Manoelzinho 56' 58' 60'
Henrique 62'		 V. Zegarra 7' 54'
F. Castillo 42'
Attendance: ~44,200
Referee: Austria Fritz Mayer

References

  1. ^ La semilla que gestó el bosque
  2. ^ La vez que Flamengo goleó a River en Lima y se coronó campeón del continente ante Alianza Lima
  3. ^ Torneo Hexagonal de Lima 1959 - Match Details
  4. ^ Jornal dos Sports archive. Ed. 9031. Feb 12th 1959.
  5. ^ "ABC (Madrid) – 09/10/1958, p. 58 – ABC.es Hemeroteca". ABC. Spain. 8 August 2019. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Jornal do Brasil – Pesquisa de arquivos de notícias Google". Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  7. ^ "O Estado de S. Paulo – Acervo Estadão". Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  8. ^ El día en que River Plate y Flamengo se enfrentaron en Lima
  9. ^ DeChalaca.com Sesenta años para un reencuentro
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