Taça do Atlântico

Taça do Atlântico (Atlantic Cup, Copa del Atlántico) was a national football team's competition held between 1956 and 1976 on an irregular basis, contested by the national football teams from South America.

Teams participating were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay national sides. Paraguay did not play in the first edition of the competition. There were 3 championships and Brazil won them all. In 1956, a club competition was played in parallel to the main competition, but the final between Boca Juniors and Corinthians was never played.

1976 Taça do Atlântico
Note:
 * Matches between Argentina and Paraguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Félix Bogado
 * Matches between Argentina and Brazil also counted for the 1976 Roca Cup
 * First match between Argentina and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Lipton
 * Second match between Argentina and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Newton
 * Matches between Brazil and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Río Branco
 * Matches between Brazil and Paraguay also counted for the 1976 Taça Oswaldo Cruz

Hat-tricks
Since the first official tournament in 1956, 2 hat-tricks have been scored in over 20 matches of the 3 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by José Sanfilippo of Argentina, during a Clásico del Río de la Plata against Uruguay on 17 August 1960; and the last was by Héctor Scotta, who netted a hat-trick for Argentina, but this time against Paraguay in a 3-2 win on 25 February 1976.