 The tournament was organized from 30 June to 22 July and featured players such as Vavá, Ademir of Vasco da Gama, Jair da Rosa Pinto of Palmeiras, Jose Santamaria, Walter Taibo, goalkeeper Anibal Paz, Luis Volpi of Nacional, Branko Stankovic, Rajko Mitic of Red Star Belgrade, Giampiero Boniperti, Danish Karl Aage Præst and John Hansen of Juventus, José Travassos of Sporting Lisbon, and Swedish Lennart Samuelsson and Antoine Bonifaci of Nice.Juventus's coach was legendary Hungarian György Sárosi.All matches played at Estádio do Maracanã.