Copa Bernardo O'Higgins

Copa Bernardo O'Higgins
Organising body	CBF; FFCH
Founded	1955
Abolished	1966; 59 years ago
Region	Brazil; Chile
Number of teams	2
Related competitions	Roca Cup; Copa Río Branco; Taça Oswaldo Cruz
Last champions	Brazil and Chile ; (1966) shared
Most successful club(s)	Brazil ; (4 titles)

Copa Bernardo O'Higgins (English: Bernardo O'Higgins Cup) was a national football tournament disputed between Brazil and Chile, from 1955 to 1966. The competition, played on a two-legged format, was similar to other tournaments played at the time, such as the Roca Cup between Argentina and Brazil.^[1]

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The cup's name was a tribute to Bernardo O'Higgins, a figure of great importance in Chile's independence,^[2]^[3] and considered one of the liberators of South America during the Spanish occupation in the colonial period.^[4]

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Ed.	Year	Host	Champion	1st. leg	2nd. leg	Result (points)
1	1955	Brazil	Brazil	1–1	2–1	2–1
2	1957	Chile	Chile	1–0	1–1	2–1
3	1959	Brazil	Brazil	7–0	1–0	4–0
4	1961	Chile	Brazil	1–2	0–1	4–0
5	1966	Chile	Chile ^{[note 1]}	0–1	2–1	2–2 (g.d.)
5	1966	Chile	Brazil ^{[note 1]}	0–1	2–1	2–2 (g.d.)

Copa Bernardo O'Higgins

List of champions

Match details

1955

1957

1959

1961

1966

All-time top scorers

Notes

References

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