South_American_Championship_1942
1942 South American Championship
Football tournament
The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship, an association football competition, was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 10 January to 7 February.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | 10 January – 7 February |
Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Uruguay (8th title) |
Runners-up | Argentina |
Third place | Brazil |
Fourth place | Paraguay |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 21 |
Goals scored | 81 (3.86 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Herminio Masantonio José Manuel Moreno (7 goals each) |
← 1941 1945 → |
For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament.
The tournament featured a match between Argentina and Ecuador in which Argentina's José Manuel Moreno surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals in Copa América history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador. As of 2015[update], the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas. José Manuel Moreno and Herminio Masantonio of Argentina were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.
Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no (0) points for a defeat.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Uruguay | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 12 |
Argentina | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 10 |
Brazil | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 7 |
Paraguay | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 |
Peru | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 |
Chile | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 |
Ecuador | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0 |
Argentina | 4–3 | Paraguay |
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Sandoval 9' Masantonio 30', 47' Perucca 88' |
Sánchez 59' Aveiro 75', 86' |
Argentina | 2–1 | Brazil |
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E. García 3' Masantonio 27' |
Servílio 37' |
Argentina | 12–0 | Ecuador |
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E. García 2' Moreno 12', 16', 22', 32', 89' Pedernera 25' Masantonio 54', 65', 68', 70' Perucca 88' |
Argentina was awarded a victory but with no goals.
1942 South American Championship champions |
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Uruguay Eighth title |
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
- Marcial Barrios
- Fabio Baudo Franco
- Luis Castro
- Bibiano Zapirain
2 goals
- Enrique García
- Ángel Perucca
- Pedro Amorim
- Patesko
- Zizinho
- Alfonso Domínguez
- José María Jiménez
- Ruben Aveiro
- Teodoro Fernández
- Anibal Ciocca
1 goal
- Juan Carlos Heredia
- Adolfo Pedernera
- Sandoval
- Cláudio
- Servílio
- Tim
- Benito Armingol
- Armando Contreras
- Marino Alcívar
- Enrique Alvarez
- Gorgonio Ibarrola
- Eduardo Mingo
- Vicente Sánchez
- Luis Guzmán
- Quiñónez
- Adelfo Magallanes
- Chirimini
- Schubert Gambetta
- Obdulio Varela