1952 Small Club World Cup

1952 Small Club World CupTournament details

Host country| Venezuela
Dates| 12–29 July
Teams| 4 (from 2 associations)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Real Madrid (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 12
Goals scored| 50 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Pahiño (7 goals)

1953 (1st.) →

International football competition

The 1952 Small Club World Cup was the first edition of the Small Club World Cup, a tournament held in Venezuela between 1952 and 1957, in certain years between 1963 and 1970, and in 1975. It was played by four participants, 1 from Europe and 3 from South America, playing in a double round-robin format.[1]

The championship featured players such as Alfredo Di Stéfano,[2] Adolfo Pedernera, and Nestor Rossi for Millonarios,[3][4] Miguel Muñoz for Real Madrid, among others. Real Madrid was the only team that did not participate as champion of its country.[5]

## Participants

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Team  | Qualification

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Botafogo | Third in 1951 Campeonato Carioca
Millonarios | Champions of 1951 Campeonato Profesional
La Salle | Champions of 1952 Primera División
Real Madrid | Third in 1951–52 La Liga

## Matches

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1952 Small Club World Cup

12 July

La Salle | 2–3|  Real Madrid

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Olivares  28'
Cabillón  35' | Report | Molowny 49'
Pahiño 69'
Joseíto 76'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

Referee: Leo Di Leo (Italy)

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14 July

Millonarios | 4–4|  Botafogo

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Báez 4', 48'
Castillo  50', 59' | Report | Zuluaga 20' (o.g.)
Octavio 49', 53'
Gerson 89'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

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15 July

Millonarios | 1–1|  Real Madrid

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Rossi 19' | Report | Cabrera  30'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

Referee: Leo Di Leo (Italy)

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16 July

La Salle | 1–1|  Botafogo

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De León  87' | Report | Zezinho 32'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

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19 July

Botafogo | 2–2|  Real Madrid

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Jaime  9'
Zezinho 73' | Report | Pahiño 2', 77'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

Referee: Jackson (Venezuela)

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20 July

La Salle | 0–4|  Millonarios

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| Report | Báez 10', 59'
Di Stéfano 51', 72'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

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23 July

La Salle | 1–6|  Real Madrid

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Zezinho  55' | Report | Pahiño 8', 15', 28', 41'
Molowny 51'
Alvarito  75'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

Referee: Rubén Sainz (Venezuela)

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24 July

Botafogo | 3–0|  Millonarios

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Paraguaio 49', 65'
Jaime  56' | Report |

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

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27 July

Real Madrid | 1–1|  Millonarios

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Molowny 75' | Report | Di Stéfano 64'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

Referee: Ruben Sainz (Venezuela)

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27 July

La Salle | 1–6|  Botafogo

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Alvarito  75' | Report | Paraguaio 8', 30', 55'
Octavio 18'
Braguinha  25'
Zezinho 83'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

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29 July

La Salle | 1–5|  Millonarios

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Zuluaga 49' (o.g.) | Report | Di Stéfano 11', 25', 59'
Báez 14'
Rossi 37'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

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29 July

Real Madrid | 0–0|  Botafogo

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| Report |

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

Referee: García Casaña (Venezuela)

## Final standing

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Team  | Pts  | P  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD

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Real Madrid [note 1] | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6
Botafogo | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8
Millonarios | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5
La Salle | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 25 | -19

Notes

1. ^ Won the tournament by the rule of goal difference.

## Topscorers

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Player  | Club  | Goals

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Pahiño |  Real Madrid |

Alfredo Di Stéfano |  Millonarios FC |

Paraguaio |  Botafogo |

Antonio Báez |  Millonarios FC

## Champion

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1952 Small Club World Cup

Real Madrid
1st. title

## References

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1. ^ Pequeña Copa del Mundo 1952 by Raúl Torre on the RSSSF
2. ^ EL RAPTO DE DI STÉFANO ARRUINÓ LA PEQUEÑA COPA DEL MUNDO by Iván Castelló, 17 Dec 2014
3. ^ "Adolfo Pedernera, el maestro de Alfredo Di Stéfano". Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
4. ^ A 25 años de la partida de Adolfo Pedernera on Télam, 12 May 2020
5. ^ Spain, final tables 1949–59 by Vicente Tejedor on the RSSSF

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