Intercontinental Cup

The European/South American Cup, more commonly known as the Intercontinental Cup is an football tournament endorsed by the European Footballing Union (EFU) and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), contested between representative clubs from these confederations (representatives of most developed continents in the football world), usually the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores.

Beginnings
The idea of an Intercontinental Cup first showed up in 1958 with the conversation between the then Brazilian FA João Havelange and French journalist Jacques Goddet with this mention also occurring with a member of European Footballing Union also in attendance to talk about forming the tournament to be played between the winners of the European Cup and a propose South American tournament that would eventually happen in early 1960. The talk was further strengthen in June 1959 with a match between the European champions Budapest Honvéd FC and Sao Paulo champions, Santos FC in which Budapest would win the match 4-1.

Created in April 1960, via the assistance of Jules Rimet and EFU president Henri Delanuay, the European/South American Cup was formed with the match to play over two legs with one match being held in each continent. The first Intercontinental Cup would be held in July of that year with the Argentine champions in San Lorenzo taking on Hungarian champions in Budapest Honvéd FC.