Final Table
| Summer Octagonal 1961 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Flamengo (Bra) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Cerro (Uru) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Boca Juniors (Arg) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| River Plate (Arg) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Corinthians (Bra) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 |
| Vasco da Gama (Bra) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| Sao Paulo (Bra) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 |
| Nacional (Uru) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
Results
| Summer Octagonal | Fla | Cer | BJ | RP | Cor | VdG | SP | Nac |
| Flamengo | xxx | 2-0 | 0-4 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Cerro | 0-2 | xxx | 0-3 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Boca Juniors | 4-0 | 3-0 | xxx | 1-1 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| River Plate | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | xxx | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 3-0 |
| Corinthians | 1-2 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 1-2 | xxx | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| Vasco da Gama | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | xxx | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Sao Paulo | 2-3 | 0-1 | 5-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | xxx | 2-0 |
| Nacional | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | xxx |
Report
Brazil’s Flamengo from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil won the Summer Octagonal Tournament in South America with a 2-0 victory over Cerro of Uruguay in the seventh and final round of matches. Boca Juniors of Argentina finished third, losing their last match 1-5 to Sao Paulo of Brazil. Other contestants were Nacional of Uruguay, Vasco Da Gama of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Corinthians of Sao Paulo (Brazil), and River Plate of Argentina.
About the Summer Octagonal Tournament
Preseason Soccer Tournaments in South America begin as soon as the season ends. In the 1960s an Octagonal International Tournament was played involving top club teams from South America as well as International teams from Europe such as East Germany and Czechoslovakia.
References
Images
[1] 1000 Logos (2021) CONMEBOL-logo-history [Internet] Available from: https://1000logos.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CONMEBOL-logo-history.jpg [Accessed 5 January 2021][Adjusted]
Newspapers
[2] Gordon Jeffrey (1990) “Summer Octagonal Tournament a success” World Soccer. September 1961. pg. 36
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Martin Slattery.
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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Last Updated: 5 January 2021
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