World Cup of Masters The World Cup of Masters , also known as the Pelé World Cup and Mundial de Seniors was an event that ran every two years from 1987 until 1995 . The tournament was for senior players and it was under the rules of the IMFA, presided by Julio Mazzei at the time. In 1990 the term "seniors" was replaced by "masters". The editions until 1991 were organized by Brazilian TV station Bandeirantes , and the International Masters Football Association . Most of the teams participated used to play masters games on a regular basis and kept the quality of football on a competitive level. Brazil Masters team, which won the 1989 event and finished second to Argentina in 1987. There were two exceptions to FIFA rules: players must be 34-and-over, and teams were allowed five substitutions instead of two. Teams were awarded two points for a win , one point for a tie and no points for a loss in group play. Semifinal, third-place and championship matches would be decided by penalty kicks if tied at the end of regulation.IMFA after consultation with FIFA's general secretary Sepp Blatter took initiative to organise the tournaments for legendary veteran players in an attempt to bring back a glimpse of the previous glorious World Cups . Julio Mazzei as a president of IMFA played a major part, while assisted by vice-president and England representative Sandra Roberts and German Werner Treimetten.World Cup Legends Legends of the game participated in the tournaments reviving somehow the FIFA World Cups of the previous years. Pelé was a starter for Brazil in the opening game of the 1987 tournament, while Zico played a key role in Brazil's winning performance in 1990. Other players played in the World Cups of Masters were Mario Kempes , Klaus Allofs , Gerd Müller , Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Horst Hrubesch .Paolo Rossi and Alessandro Altobelli were crowned World Champions for the second time in their career in 1993 after having already won the 1982 FIFA World Cup . This time it was not West Germany in the final but Austria who co-hosted the tournament with Italy . The latter presented some great players in the tournaments like Hans Krankl , Herbert Prohaska and Walter Schachner . Other big names of the world football fielded in the tournament were Paul Breitner , José Altafini , Bruno Conti , Harald Schumacher , Hans-Peter Briegel , Klaus Augenthaler , Jairzinho , Enrico Albertosi , Sócrates , Rivelino , Bobby Moore , Frank Worthington and René van de Kerkhof .Luciano do Valle won 4 trophies with Brazil but Enzo Bearzot proved to be the only coach won a FIFA World Cup as well.Competitions Year Host Winners Runners-up 1987Details ' 1989Details ' 1990Details ' 1991Details ' 1993Details & ' 1995Details '
Successful teams Most successful team was Brazil with 4 trophies, while Argentina won only 1 Cup and lost the 1995 one to Brazil in penalties. Italy's squad of 1982 repeated the 1982 in 1993 beating Austria by 2-0 in the final.Team Winners Runners-up ' 4 1989, 1990, 1991, 19951 1987' 1 19872 1991, 1995' 1 19930 ' 0 1 1993' 0 1 1990' 0 1 1989
Participating teams and results Brazil and Argentina participated in the 6 tournaments facing each other in the final twice, in 1989 which was the inaugural year and in 1995, the very last year of the Masters tournaments. Italy also had 6 participations winning the trophy once in the 1993 edition.Team 1987 1989 1990 1991 1993 1995Total W 2nd 4th 3rd G 2nd 6 – – – – 2nd G 2 2nd W W W 4th W 6 – – – – G G 2 – – – – – G 2 G G – G 3rd 3rd 5 – G – – – – 1 G G G 3rd W 4th 6 – – 2nd – G G 3 – – G – – – 1 – – G – – – 1 G 2nd – 4th G – 4
W : winner.G : eliminated in group stage .Top scorers Zico was the top scorer in 1990 and 1991 scoring a total of 6 goals in the Cups. But the Austrian Walter Schachner was the overall goalscorer with 8 goals, all scored in 1993. Mario Kempes and Paolo Rossi scored 2 goals each with Rivelino having a total of 3 goals. Legendary Pele, at the age of 47, didn't manage to score though he played for 90 minutes in the opening 1987 match.Year Tournament Golden Boot Goals 1987Details Rivelino2 1989Details Cláudio Adão7 1990Details Ćmikiewicz & Johnny Rep4 1991Details Zico3 1993Details & Walter Schachner8 1995Details
Players with most participations
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