1953 Small Club World Cup (1st tournament)

Small Club World Cup 1953 11 – 21 February Venezuela 3 2 1 1 COL Millonarios 1 5 20 ARG Alfredo Di Stéfano (4 goals) 1952 1953 (2nd.) The 1953 Small Club World Cup (first tournament) was the second 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, half from Europe and half from South America but deviated from its usual double round robin format and featured players such as Angel Labruna, Amadeo Carrizo, Felix Loustau for River Plate, Gerhard Hanappi, Ernst Happel for Austria Wien, Nestor Rossi, Ramón Alberto Villaverde and Alfredo Di Stefano for Millonarios who played his last matches for the club in this tournament.Pequeña Copa del Mundo 1953 on the RSSSF Participants Team Qualification ARG River Plate 1952 Argentine Primera División champion AUT Rapid Vienna 1951-52 Austrian champion, 1952 Mitropa Cup champion COL Millonarios 1952 Campeonato Profesional champion Matches Rapid Wien v River Plate 10 February 1953 Small Club World Cup Rapid Wien AUT 3 ARG River Plate 1 Report Probst 24 Dienst 50 Hanappi 84 Labruna 18 Estadio Olímpico Caracas M. Hain (Paraguay) River v Millonarios 12 February Millonarios COL 5 ARG River Plate 1 Report Di Stéfano 12 79 Villaverde 34 Báez 36 Villalba 52 Prado 19 Estadio Olímpico Caracas 35,000 Benito Jackson (Venezuela) River v Rapid Wien 14 February River Plate ARG 3 AUT Rapid Wien 1 Report Prado 10 40 Labruna 60 Hanappi 41 Estadio Olímpico Caracas I. Trapote (Venezuela) Millonarios v River 16 February Millonarios COL 1 ARG River Plate 1 Report Villaverde 57 Vernazza 87 Estadio Olímpico Caracas 35,000 Osorio (Venezuela) Millonarios v Rapid Wien 18 February Millonarios COL 4 AUT Rapid Wien 0 Report Di Stéfano 6 35 Villaverde 15 Happel 20 o.g. Estadio Olímpico Caracas 32,000 Benito Jackson (Venezuela) Final standings Team PtsPWDLGSGAGD COL Millonarios 7 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 ARG River Plate 3 4 1 1 2 6 10 -4 AUT Rapid Wien 2 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 Topscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 ARG Alfredo Di Stéfano COL Millonarios 4 2 URU Ramón Villaverde COL Millonarios 3 ARG Eliseo Prado ARG River Plate 4 ARG Ángel Labruna ARG River Plate 2 AUT Gerhard Hanappi AUT Rapid Wien Winners 1953 Small Club World Cup COL Millonarios 1st References 1952–53 Category:1953 in South American men's continental football Category:1953 in Venezuelan sport Category:February 1953 sports events in South America Category:1953 in European men's continental football