The 1963 South American Championship was held in Bolivia between 10 and 31 March 1963. It was won by Bolivia with Paraguay second. This is, so far, Bolivia's only Copa America title.

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1963 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bolivia
Dates	10–31 March
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Bolivia (1st title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	91 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Alberto Raffo (6 goals)
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For a complete list of participating squads see: 1963 South American Championship squads

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bolivia	6	5	1	0	19	13	+6	11
Paraguay	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	9
Argentina	6	3	1	2	15	10	+5	7
Brazil	6	2	1	3	12	13	−1	5
Peru	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	5
Ecuador	6	1	2	3	14	18	−4	4
Colombia	6	0	1	5	10	19	−9	1

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 Chile was not invited due to the Lauca River conflict with Bolivia.

 Uruguay withdrew due to the designation of La Paz as a tournament site.

 Venezuela did not enter.

More information Bolivia, 4–4 ...

Bolivia	4–4	Ecuador
López 16' Castillo 27' Alcócer 55' Camacho 80'		Raffo 30' Raymondi 44', 50' Bolaños 47'

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More information Argentina, 4–2 ...

Argentina	4–2	Colombia
Zárate 3', 90' Fernández 11' Rodríguez 87'		Campillo 4' Aceros 37'

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More information Brazil, 1–0 ...

Brazil	1–0	Peru
Flávio 16'

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More information Peru, 2–1 ...

Peru	2–1	Argentina
Tenemás 62' Gallardo 76'		Zárate 57'

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More information Paraguay, 3–1 ...

Paraguay	3–1	Ecuador
Zárate 11' Cabrera 57' Quiñónez 82'		Raffo 32'

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More information Brazil, 5–1 ...

Brazil	5–1	Colombia
Flávio 7', 82' Marco Antônio 31' Oswaldo 56' Fernando 83'		Gamboa 85'

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More information Bolivia, 2–1 ...

Bolivia	2–1	Colombia
Alcócer 22', 40'		Botero 4'

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More information Peru, 2–1 ...

Peru	2–1	Ecuador
León 34' Mosquera 43'		Raffo 20'

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More information Paraguay, 2–0 ...

Paraguay	2–0	Brazil
Zárate 17' Ayala 83'

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More information Paraguay, 3–2 ...

Paraguay	3–2	Colombia
Eladio Zárate 10' Arambulo 50' Martinez 89'		Campillo 27' Gamboa 82'

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More information Argentina, 4–2 ...

Argentina	4–2	Ecuador
Savoy 34', 53', 90' Rodríguez 58'		Pineda 32' Palacios 49'

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More information Bolivia, 3–2 ...

Bolivia	3–2	Peru
Camacho 14' Alcócer 49' García 57'		Gallardo 40' León 80'

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More information Peru, 1–1 ...

Peru	1–1	Colombia
Gallardo 25'		González 33'

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More information Argentina, 3–0 ...

Argentina	3–0	Brazil
Rodríguez 3' Savoy 33' Juárez 86'

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More information Bolivia, 2–0 ...

Bolivia	2–0	Paraguay
Castillo 17' García 88'

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More information Brazil, 2–2 ...

Brazil	2–2	Ecuador
Oswaldo 5', 60'		Azón 84' Raffo 90'

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More information Paraguay, 4–1 ...

Paraguay	4–1	Peru
Martínez 5', 25' Cabrera 45' Zárate 77'		Gallardo 70'

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More information Bolivia, 3–2 ...

Bolivia	3–2	Argentina
Castillo 12' Blacut 32' Camacho 88'		Rodríguez 27', 34'

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More information Ecuador, 4–3 ...

Ecuador	4–3	Colombia
Raymondi 30' Raffo 37', 88' Bolaños 53'		Aceros 46' Botero 68' González 75'

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More information Argentina, 1–1 ...

Argentina	1–1	Paraguay
Lallana 58'		Cabrera 33'

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More information Bolivia, 5–4 ...

Bolivia	5–4	Brazil
Ugarte 15', 58' Camacho 25' García 62' Alcócer 86'		Marco Antônio 26' Almir 28' Flávio 63', 66'

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With six goals, Carlos Alberto Raffo of Ecuador is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 91 goals were scored by 40 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

6 goals

• Carlos Alberto Raffo

5 goals

• Mario Rodríguez
• Máximo Alcócer
• Flávio Minuano

4 goals

• Raúl Savoy
• Wilfredo Camacho
• Eladio Zárate
• Alberto Gallardo

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

• South American Championship 1963 at RSSSF