1945 Copa Escobar-Gerona
# 1945 Copa Escobar-Gerona

The 1945 Copa Escobar-Gerona, also named Copa de Confraternidad Rioplatense, was the third edition of the competition organised jointly by the Argentine and Uruguayan associations. The 1945 edition marked the first time that the title was actually awarded.

Boca Juniors (Argentine Primera División runner-up) faced Club Nacional de Football (Uruguayan Primera División runner-up) in a two-legged series at San Lorenzo Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay. In the first match, Nacional won 2–1, while Boca Juniors won the second match, winning 3–2. After both teams tied on points and no third match was scheduled to define the series, both teams were declared champions and the title was shared.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualification | Previous app. |
| - | - | - |
| Boca Juniors | 1945 Primera División runner-up | (none) |
| Nacional | 1945 Primera División runner-up | (none) |

### Note

* Bold indicates winning years

## Match details

### First leg

| Boca Juniors | Nacional |
| - | - |
| GK | Obdulio Diano |
| DF | Víctor Valussi |
| DF | Rodolfo Dezorzi | 70' |
| MF | Carlos Sosa |
| MF | Ernesto Lazzatti |
| MF | Natalio Pescia |
| FW | Mario Boyé |
| FW | Pío Corcuera | 45' |
| FW | Jaime Sarlanga |
| FW | Enrique Martegani |
| FW | Mariano Sánchez |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | Luis Laidlaw | 70' |
| FW | Lucero Fedencrini | 45' |
| Manager: ||
| Alfredo Garasini ||
| GK | Aníbal Paz |
| DF | Raúl Pini |
| DF | Eusebio Tejera |
| MF | General Viana |
| MF | Eugenio Galvalisi |
| MF | Dándolo Rodríguez |
| FW | Luis Ernesto Castro | 70' |
| FW | José M. Medina | 65' |
| FW | Atilio García |
| FW | Roberto Porta |
| FW | Bibiano Zapirain |
| Substitutes: ||
| | Juan A. Bugallo | 70' |
| | Aníbal Ciocca | 65' |
| Manager: ||
| Héctor Castro ||

### Second leg

| Nacional | Boca Juniors |
| - | - |
| GK | Aníbal Paz |
| DF | Raúl Pini |
| DF | Eusebio Tejera |
| MF | General Viana |
| MF | Eugenio Galvalisi |
| MF | Dándolo Rodríguez |
| FW | Juan A. Bugallo |
| FW | José M. Medina |
| FW | Atilio García |
| FW | Roberto Porta |
| FW | Luis Volpi |
| Manager: ||
| Héctor Castro ||
| GK | Obdulio Diano |
| DF | José Marante |
| DF | Rodolfo Dezorzi | 55' |
| MF | Alberto Pascal |
| MF | Ernesto Lazzatti |
| MF | Natalio Pescia |
| FW | Mario Boyé |
| FW | Pío Corcuera | 80' |
| FW | Jaime Sarlanga |
| FW | Severino Varela |
| FW | Juan C. Rodríguez | 80' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | Víctor Valussi | 55' |
| FW | Juan Carlos Lorenzo | 80' |
| FW | Lucero Fedencrini | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Alfredo Garasini ||
