England's Minor Tournaments and Cups (original) (raw)
| Taça das Nações - Final Placings | ||||||||
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| 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 - Matches |  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 May 1964 - Brazil 5 England 1 [1-0]Estádio Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (77,000) | Rinaldo (2), Pelé, Julinho, Roberto Dias Greaves | AL |
| 2 | 31 May 1964 - Argentina 2 Portugal 0 [0-0]Estádio Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (40,000) | ||
| 3 | 3 June 1964 - Brazil 0 Argentina 3 [0-1]Estádio Pacaembu, São Paulo (60,000) | ||
| 4 | 4 June 1964 - England 1 Portugal 1 [0-1]Estádio Pacaembu, São Paulo (25,000) | Hunt Peres | ND |
| 5 | 6 June 1964 - Argentina 1 England 0 [0-0]Estádio Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (15,000) | Rojas | NL |
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| 6 | 31 May 1964 - Brazil 4 Portugal 1 [2-1]Estádio Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (60,000) | Pelé, Jairzinho, Gérson (2) Coluna |
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 websiteBowler, 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 but defunct websiteHeatley, 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. 118-9 (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993) 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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