Real Madrid won the first Intercontinental Cup in 1960, and titled themselves "world champions" until FIFA stepped in and objected, citing that the competition did not include any other champions from the other confederations; FIFA stated that they can only claim to be intercontinental champions of a competition played between two continental organisations in which no other continents had the opportunity to participate. FIFA stated that they would prohibit the 1961 edition to be played out unless the organisers regarded the competition as a friendly or a private match between two organisations. The same year the Intercontinental Cup was first played, 1960, FIFA authorised the International Soccer League, created ("along the lines of the 1950s Copa Rio") with a view to creating a Club World Cup, with ratification from Sir Stanley Rous, who then had become FIFA President.