That year descended Velez Sarsfield, Racing Club and Boca Juniors (all teams from Argentina) and Gremio (Brazil).

[2] 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.

Vasco da Gama was later admitted into the competition as winners of the Copa Libertadores' predecessor, the Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones.

Unlike European club competitions, South America did not use extra time to decide a tie that was level on aggregate.

Ties in points would be broken first by goal difference, and ultimately by a penalty shootout after the culmination of the second leg.