Supercopa Sudamericana

The Supercopa Sudamericana (English: South American Supercup, Portuguese: Supercopa Sul-americana), also known as the Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa Libertadores, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually by the past winners of the Copa Libertadores. The cup is one of the many inter-South American club competitions that have been organised by CONMEBOL. The first competition was held in the 1988 season, and the last in 1997. The competition was then abolished to make way for the Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte in 1998, cups that both replaced Copa CONMEBOL in 2000, and eventually transformed itself into the now-played Copa Sudamericana.

Prior to its abolition, the Supercopa Sudamericana was regarded as the second most prestigious South American club competition out of the three major tournaments. behind the Copa Libertadores and ahead of the Copa CONMEBOL. The winner of the tournament would go on to play the winner of the Copa Libertadores in the Recopa Sudamericana. Since the abolition of the Supercopa Sudamericana, the Recopa Sudamericana place previously reserved for the Supercopa Sudamericana winner has been taken by the winner of the Copa Sudamericana.

The last champion of the competition was River Plate, while Cruzeiro and Independiente are the most successful clubs in the cup history, having won the tournament two times each. The cup has been won by eight different clubs and won consecutively...
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