Copa Simón Bolívar
The Copa Simón Bolívar (English: Simon Bolivar Cup) was an official international football competition organized by the Venezuelan Football Federation. The idea of this competition was to create a tournament between the champions clubs of the countries liberated by Simón Bolívar. It was played six times from its first edition in 1970 to its last in 1976. Clubs from Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia participated. For its format it will be the precursor cup of the Copa Merconorte, played between the same Bolivarian countries or the Andean Community of Nations from 1998 to 2001. The tournament was official as it was organized by a football federation, the Venezuelan federation and for having continuity for several years. Although the South American Football Confederation endorsed it at the time, so much so that the president of Conmebol Teófilo Salinas delivered the cup officially, at present this is not mentioned on the website of the entity. It was not organized by Conmebol or FIFA, similar to the case of the old River Plate tournaments such as the Copa Aldao, which is also considered official.Other examples are in Europe where the Copa Latina, Copa Mitropa, or the Copa de Ferias were played that were not organized by UEFA and were also considered official competitions at the time, although these are endorsed by FIFA.
international South American Football Tournament (1970-1976)
sports competition