Host country Venezuela Champions Barcelona (1st title) Goals scored 45 (3.75 per match) | Dates 29 June – 18 July Matches played 12 | |
Teams 4 (from 3 associations) | ||
The 1957 Pequeña Copa del Mundo de Clubes was the sixth edition of the Pequeña Copa del Mundo, a tournament held in Venezuela between 1952 and 1957, and in 1963 and in 1965. It was played by four participants, half from Europe and half from South America in double round robin format.
This was the last edition of the championship with its original name and degree of importance. After the creation of the European Champions Cup , the efforts of European clubs were all to dispute the then fledgling Cup, emptying the Venezuelan tournament. Real Madrid, European champions in 1955-1956, participated in the 1956 competition; but after retaining their European title in 1956-1957, Real Madrid did not attend the 1957 edition of the Venezuelan tournament, which ended up being the last tournament in this original series.
Other editions would happen without regularity, named Trophy City of Caracas, from 1963, but without the same quality of the participants.