1975 Copa Simón Bolívar (Venezuela)

1975 Copa Simón Bolívar
1975 Copa Simón Bolívar
Tournament details
Dates	February 27 - March 3
Teams	4 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
Champions	América de Cali (1st title)
Runners-up	Estudiantes de Mérida
	← 1974 1976 →

The 1975 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.

América de Cali won the competition defeating Estudiantes de Mérida 2–1 in the Third Round.^[3]

Teams

Association	Team (Berth)	Qualification method
Bolivia (1 berth)	The Strongest	1974 Primera División champions
Colombia (1 berth)	América de Cali	1974 Campeonato Profesional champions
Ecuador (1 berth)	LDU Quito	1974 Serie A champions
Venezuela (1 berth)	Estudiantes de Mérida	1974 Primera División First Stage winner

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	América de Cali	3	2	1	5	3	+2	4	Champion
2	Estudiantes de Mérida	3	2	1	4	3	+1	4
3	The Strongest	3	2	1	4	3	+1	4
4	LDU Quito	3	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

First round

27 February 1976

Estudiantes de Mérida	2–1	LDU Quito

27 February 1976

The Strongest	2–1	América de Cali

Second round

29 February 1976

Estudiantes de Mérida	1–0	The Strongest

29 February 1976

América de Cali	2–0	LDU Quito

Third round

3 March 1976

The Strongest	2–1	LDU Quito