 The competition was succeeded by another tournament, the Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Corrêa Meyer, which was won by Vasco da Gama of Brazil.This tournament, however, was comprised predominantly of domestic teams (five Brazilian sides, and three foreign clubs), thus losing part of the intercontinental aspect of its successor.According to contemporary Brazilian newspapers "O Estado de São Paulo" and "Jornal do Brasil", and Spanish newspaper "El Mundo Deportivo", the original plan for the tournament was to invite the champion clubs of the Rio de Janeiro State League, São Paulo State League (the Brazilian national league was not formed until 1971, and the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo state leagues were – and still are – the strongest state leagues in Brazil), as well as sides from Portugal, Uruguay, Italy, Sweden, Spain and England (the best-ranked nations at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil).