1970 Copa Simón Bolívar (venezuela)

1970 Copa Simón Bolívar
1970 Copa Simón Bolívar
Tournament details
Dates	22 October 1970 - 8 December 1970
Teams	4 (from 2 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Santa Fe (1st title)
Runners-up	Deportivo Galicia
	1971 →

The 1970 Copa Simón Bolívar ( English: Simon Bolivar Cup) was an international football competition organized by the Venezuelan Football Federation.^[1]^[2] The idea of this competition was to create a tournament among the champions clubs of the countries liberated by Simon Bolivar. It was played six times from its first edition in 1970 to the last in 1976, thus integrating the league champions clubs of Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. Due to its format, it was a historical precedent of the Copa Merconorte, played between the same Bolivarian countries or the Andean Community from 1998 until the 2001 edition.

Santa Fe won the competition.^[3]

Teams

Association	Team (Berth)	Qualification method
Colombia (2 berth)	Santa Fe	1970 Campeonato Profesional Apertura champions
Colombia (2 berth)	Junior	1970 Campeonato Profesional Apertura runner-up
Venezuela (2 berth)	Deportivo Galicia	1970 Primera División 3rd place
Venezuela (2 berth)	Unión Deportiva Canarias	1970 Primera División 4th place

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santa Fe	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	7	Champion
2	Deportivo Galicia	6	1	4	1	7	6	+1	6
3	Junior	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	6
4	Unión Deportiva Canarias	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	5

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

First round

22 October 1970

Santa Fe	1–0	Junior

31 October 1970

Deportivo Galicia	1–1	Unión Deportiva Canarias

Second round

4 November 1970

Junior	0–0	Deportivo Galicia

4 November 1970

Santa Fe	4–1	Unión Deportiva Canarias

Third round

6 November 1970

Santa Fe	3–2	Deportivo Galicia

6 November 1970

Junior	2–1	Unión Deportiva Canarias

Fourth round

17 November 1970

Deportivo Galicia	0–0	Junior

19 November 1970

Unión Deportiva Canarias	2–1	Junior

Fifth round

24 November 1970

Deportivo Galicia	1–1	Santa Fe

26 November 1970

Unión Deportiva Canarias	2–0	Santa Fe

Sixth round

3 December 1970

Unión Deportiva Canarias	1–3	Deportivo Galicia

8 December 1970

Junior	1–0	Santa Fe

References

^ Copa Simón Bolívar Files
^ "Cup for Defensor" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 1975-01-21.
^ RSSSF - 1970 Copa Simón Bolívar

[Files-1] Copa Simón Bolívar Files

[Tiempo-2] "Cup for Defensor" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 1975-01-21.

[3] RSSSF - 1970 Copa Simón Bolívar

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v t e Non- CONMEBOL South American official competitions
AFA / AUF	Tie Cup (1900–19) Copa de Honor Cousenier (1905–20) Copa Aldao (1913–55) Copa Escobar-Gerona (1941–46)
AAmF / FUF	Copa Campeonato Río de la Plata (1923)
FVF	Copa Simón Bolívar (1970–76)