1997_Intercontinental_Cup Knowpia

1997 Intercontinental Cup
	Match programme cover
Date	2 December 1997
Venue	National Stadium, Tokyo
Man of the Match	Andreas Möller; (Borussia Dortmund)
Referee	José María García-Aranda (Spain)
Attendance	46,953
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The 1997 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match played on 2 December 1997 between Borussia Dortmund, winners of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, and Cruzeiro, winners of the 1997 Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in Tokyo in front of 46,953 fans. Andreas Möller was named as man of the match.^[1]

Teams edit

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Borussia Dortmund	1996–97 UEFA Champions League winners	None
Cruzeiro	1997 Copa Libertadores winners	1976

The National Stadium in Tokyo hosted the match

2 December 1997

19:10 JST

Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Cruzeiro
Zorc 34' Herrlich 85'	Report

Attendance: 46,953^[1]

Borussia Dortmund

Cruzeiro

Man of the Match:
Andreas Möller (Borussia Dortmund)^[1]

Assistant referees:
Jeon Young-Hyun (South Korea)
Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan)
Fourth official:
Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

Match rules

Match Ball

The Ball of the match was the Adidas Questra, originally designed to be the official match ball of the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Toyota Cup – Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2014.