The Argentine club Arsenal de Sarandí
won their first international title by defeating América in the final, winning
 3-2 in the first leg and losing 2-1 in
the second leg, which was the only
game that they lost. Arsenal scored
at least three goals in their opponents stadium in four of the five games they played. They defeated San Lorenzo,
an Argentine club that recently won
the 2007 Clausura, the Brazilian club
 Goiás, Argentine giant River Plate
and the strongest rivals of Mexican
football, Guadalajara and America.