The Artemio Franchi Trophy was a competition held twice (1985 and 1993) between the champions of the European Football Championship

UEFA European Football Championship

The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...

 and the Copa América

Copa América

The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...

. It was the national team equivalent to the Intercontinental Cup

Intercontinental Cup (football)

The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...

 featuring the top European and South American clubs, and can be considered a precursor of the King Fahd Cup, played in 1992 for the first time and renamed the FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup

The FIFA Confederations Cup is an association football tournament for national teams, currently held every four years by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships , along with the FIFA World Cup winner and the host nation, to bring the number of teams...

 after FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

 took over its organization for the third edition in 1997.

The trophy was named after the late Artemio Franchi

Artemio Franchi

Artemio Franchi was an Italian football administrator. He served as Italian Football Federation President , UEFA President and as a member of the FIFA Executive Committee . He died in a road accident near Siena on 12 August 1983.The home stadium of ACF Fiorentina and that of A.C...

, UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 President from 1972 to 1983, when he died in a road accident.

Matches

For finals including both Artemio Franchi Trophy and Confederations Cup, see Mundialito, Artemio Franchi trophy and FIFA Confederations Cup statistics

Mundialito, Artemio Franchi trophy and FIFA Confederations Cup statistics

Prior to the inception of the FIFA Confederations Cup, various attempts were made at international championships outside of the FIFA World Cup bringing together champions from different confederations...

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See also

• 1980 Mundialito
  1980 Mundialito
  -Group B:---------Final:-Scorers:3 goals Waldemar Victorino1 goal Ramón Díaz Diego Maradona Edevaldo Junior Serginho Sócrates Toninho Cerezo Zé Sérgio Klaus Allofs Horst Hrubesch Jan Peters Carlo Ancelotti Jorge Barrios Julio Morales Venancio Ramos...
  
  
• AFC/OFC Cup Challenge
  AFC/OFC Cup Challenge
  The AFC – OFC Challenge Cup was a football tournament, set up as the successor of the discontinued Afro-Asian Cup of Nations. It was a biannual event, with Oceania represented by the winners of the OFC Nations Cup and Asia alternately by the winners of the Asian Cup and those of the Asian...
  
  
• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
  Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
  The Afro-Asian Cup of Nations is played between the winners of the Asian Cup or the Asian Games and the winners of the Africa Cup of Nations. The first edition in 1978, where Iran defeated Ghana 3-0, the trophy was not awarded: because the second leg was cancelled due to political problems in Iran...
  
  
• Panamerican Championship
  Panamerican Championship
  The Panamerican Championship was a football tournament held by the Panamerican Football Confederation every four years from 1952 through 1960. Since the Americas' premier tournament, Copa América, was restricted to South American teams, the Panamerican Championship was an attempt to create an...