Campeonato Internacional de Verano

Campeonato Internacional de Verano

The Copa Bimbo trophy.
Founded	2009
Region	South America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams	4
Current champions	Nacional
Most successful team	Nacional (2 titles)
Website	Copa Bimbo
2011 Copa Bimbo

The Campeonato Internacional de Verano, also konwn under its sponsored name Copa Bimbo, is an international exhibition football competition hosted in Montevideo, Uruguay since 2009. It features four teams: Uruguay's two major teams Nacional and Peñarol, and guest teams from Argentina (in 2011), Brazil (in 2009) and Paraguay (in 2010 and 2011). All matches are played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, the home stadium of the Uruguayan national team and the host of the 1930 FIFA World Cup Final. The tournament is produced and televised by Uruguayan telecommunications company Tenfield, and is sponsored by the Mexican bakery and food corporation Grupo Bimbo.

The 2009 tournament was won by Brazilian club Cruzeiro, and the 2010 and 2011 edition was won by Uruguayan club Nacional.

Results

Year	Final			Third Place			Venue
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2009	Cruzeiro	4 – 1	Nacional	Atlético Mineiro	4 – 1	Peñarol	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
2010	Nacional	1 – 1 (3 – 1 pens.)	Danubio	Nacional	2 – 2 (3 – 1 pens.)	Peñarol	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
2011	Nacional	2 – 2 (5 – 3 pens.)	Libertad	Peñarol	2 – 2 (4 – 2 pens.)	Vélez Sársfield	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Honours

Year	Top Goalscorer	Winning Manager
2009	Diego Tardelli (Atlético Mineiro) (3 goals)	Adílson Dias Batista (Cruzeiro)
2010	Diego Ifrán (Danubio) Diego Perrone (Danubio) Ricardo Mazacote (Nacional (PAR)) (2 goals)	Eduardo Acevedo (Nacional)
2011	Richard Porta (Nacional) (2 goals)	Juan Ramón Carrasco (Nacional)

Performances by team

Team	Winners	Runners-Up	Third	Fourth
Nacional	2 (2010, 2011)	1 (2009)
Cruzeiro	1 (2009)
Libertad		1 (2011)
Danubio		1 (2010)
Peñarol			1 (2011)	2 (2009, 2010)
Atlético Mineiro			1 (2009)
Nacional			1 (2010)
Vélez Sársfield				1 (2011)

Performances by country

Nation	Winners	Runners-Up	Third	Fourth
Uruguay	2 (2010, 2011)	2 (2009, 2010)	1 (2011)	2 (2009, 2010)
Brazil	1 (2009)		1 (2009)
Paraguay		1 (2011)	1 (2010)
Argentina				1 (2011)

References

• Roberto Lagarde: La copa de verano empieza el viernes Deportes en Acción, 13.1.2010
• Santiago Reis: Copa Bimbo, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2.9.2010