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England 's Minor Tournaments and Cups
Taça das Nações [Nations’ Cup] Tournament, Brazil, 1964

 

 

Taça das Nações [Nations’ Cup] Tournament, Brazil, 1964
Team P W D L F A GD Pts
Argentina 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 6
Brazil 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 4
England 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1
Portugal 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1

 

Taça das Nações [Nations’ Cup] Tournament, Brazil, 1964
Date Match Score H.T. Venue Attendance
30-May-1964 Brazil 5 England 1 [1-0] Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 77,000
31-May-1964 Argentina 2 Portugal 0 [0-0] Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro N.K.
03-Jun-1964 Brazil 0 Argentina 3 [0-1] Estádio Pacaembu, São Paulo N.K.
04-Jun-1964 England 1 Portugal 1 [0-1] Estádio Pacaembu, São Paulo 25,000
06-Jun-1964 Argentina 1 England 0 [0-0] Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 15,000
07-Jun-1964 Brazil 4 Portugal 1 [2-1] Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro N.K.

Notes

This tournament commemorated the Brazilian Football Association’s 50th anniversary. It was also called the Brazilian Jubilee Tournament and heralded as the "Little World Cup."  England manager Alf Ramsey, already immersed in preparing for the World Cup finals still two years away, used the tournament to measure his side against South American opposition and received a rude awakening. 

The attendance figures for England's three matches given in Mike Payne, England: The Complete Post-War Record, pp. 197-98 (1993)--Brazil 110,000, Portugal 70,000 and Argentina 95,000--are much larger than those stated in Ron Hockings & Keir Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, p. 194, vol. 2, p. 24 (1993)--Brazil 77,000, Portugal 25,000 and Argentina 15,000.

Sources

Almanaque do Futebol Brasileiro website

Bowler, Dave, "Winning Isn’t Everything ...": A Biography of Sir Alf Ramsey, pp. 168-76 (Victor Gollancz, Cassell Group, London, 1998)

Green Flag Team England official website

Heatley, Michael & Ian Welch, England Football, p. 28 (Dial House, Shepperton, Surrey, England, 1996)

Hockings, Ron & Keir Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, p. 189, vol. 2, p. 160 (Articulate, Ernsworth, Hampshire, U.K., 1993)

McColl, Graham, England: The Alf Ramsey Years, p. 19 (Chameleon Books, André Deutsch Ltd., London, 1998)

Payne, Mike, England: The Complete Post-War Record, pp. 118-19 (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)

RSSSF [Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation] Archive website, International Country Results, Friendlies, Nations' Cup (Brazil 1964) [José Luis Pierrend]

RSSSF Archive website, International Country Results, South America, Brazil -- international results 1906-1999 [Marcelo Leme de Arruda]

RSSSF Archive of International Football Results website [Russell Gerrard]

Wolstenholme, Kenneth, They Think It’s All Over . . . : Memories of the Greatest Day in English Football, pp. 28-32 (Robson Books, London, 1996)

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