2000 Intercontinental Cup

The 2000 Intercontinental Cup, officially the 2000 Toyota European / South American Cup for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match played on 28 November 2000 between Real Madrid, winners of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, and Boca Juniors, winners of the 2000 Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in Tokyo in front of 52,511 fans. Martín Palermo was named as man of the match. It was the second official match between both clubs so they have first met in the Copa Iberoamericana, a cup competition held only once and contested by the 1993 Copa de Oro and 1992–93 Copa del Rey winners, and won by Real Madrid 4–3 on aggregate. Prior to those matches, they had met only in friendly games, the first time was in 1925 during the successful Boca Juniors tour to Europe, with ended with a 1–0 win for the visitor. Other later matches included a Boca Juniors win in the 1964 Mohammed V Cup final.