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1921 South American Championship

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1 Copa América
CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship, is the main men's football tournament contested among national teams from CONMEBOL. It is the oldest international football competition, and is the third most watched competition. The competition determines the champions of South America. Since the 1990s, teams from North America and Asia have also been invited to participate.More
2 Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, officially Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and largest city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the South American continent's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia. The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts, constitutes the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas, with a population of around 15.6 million.More
3 Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, the second largest in South America after Brazil, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation by area. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.More
4 Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires.More
5 Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil. They have been a member of FIFA since 1923 and a member of CONMEBOL since 1916.More
6 Paraguay national football team
The Paraguay national football team represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions, and are controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association. Paraguay is a member of CONMEBOL. The Albirroja has qualified for eight FIFA World Cup competitions, with their best performance coming in 2010 when they reached the quarter-finals. A regular participant at the Copa América, Paraguay have been crowned champions of the competition on two occasions. Paraguay's highest FIFA World Rankings was 8th and their lowest was 103. Paraguay was awarded second place with Best Move of the Year in 1996 for their rise in the FIFA Rankings.More
7 Uruguay national football team
The Uruguay national football team represents Uruguay in international football, and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez. The Uruguayan team is commonly referred to as La Celeste.More
8 Chile national football team
The Chile national football team represents Chile in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. The team is commonly referred to as La Roja. Chile have appeared in nine World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup where they finished in third place, the highest position the country has ever achieved in the World Cup.More
1921 South American Championship of Nations
Copa América (since 1975)
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
DatesOctober 2 – 30
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  Uruguay
Fourth place  Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored14 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Julio Libonatti
(3 goals)
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The 1921 South American Championship was the fifth continental championship for nations in South America. It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 2 to 30, 1921.

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay (which debuted in this edition)[1] and Uruguay. Chile was also invited but withdrew due to internal problems in the team.[2]

Argentina won the tournament, being also its first official title.[3]

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads see: 1921 South American Championship squads

Overview of "1921 South American Championship squads" article
1921 South American Championship squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1921 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The teams plays in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.More

Venues

Buenos Aires
Sportivo Barracas
Capacity: 30,000

Summary

The Argentina team that beat Uruguay in the last game

There was great expectations for the final match between Argentina and Uruguay. Sebastián García, president of Liga Rosarina de Football, made the arrangements for people to attend the match travelling from Rosario to Buenos Aires, with tickets at low prices. Near 3,000 people from Rosario travelled to support fellow citizens Julio Libonatti, Blas Saruppo, Adolfo Celli and Florindo Bearzotti. The train departed at 6 a.m., returning to Rosario at 6 p.m.[3]

To take pressure off the players, Argentine executives carried them to a training camp in Tigre, Buenos Aires Province. Bocce, fishing and music were some of the activities during their time there.[3]

The Friday before the final, while the Uruguayan players played basketball in their camp in Vicente López, the Argentine executives moved the players from Tigre to a hotel in Buenos Aires downtown, where they were strictly controlled. No one could escape from there, although the duo Carlos Gardel–José Razzano were performing at Teatro Esmeralda, not far from the hotel.[3]

1921 South American Championship Venues articles: 7
1 Liga Rosarina de Football
The Liga Rosarina de Football was the main body that organised the practice of association football in Rosario, Argentina, from 1905 to 1930. Rosario Central, Newell's Old Boys, Rosario A.C. and Atlético Argentino were its founding members.More
2 Tigre, Buenos Aires
Tigre is a city in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the north of Greater Buenos Aires, 28 km (17 mi) north of Buenos Aires city. Tigre lies on the Paraná Delta and is a tourist and weekend destination, reachable by bus and train services, including the scenic Tren de la Costa. It is the main city, seat of the Tigre Partido.More
3 Bocce
Bocce, sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, bocci or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the boules family, closely related to British bowls and French pétanque, with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire. Developed into its present form in Italy, bocce is played around Europe and also in other areas with Italian immigrants, including Australia, North America, and South America, principally Argentina. Initially played only by the Italian immigrants, the game has slowly become more popular with their descendants and more broadly.More
4 Basketball
Basketball, colloquially referred to as hoops, is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.More
5 Vicente López, Buenos Aires
Vicente López is a city in the Partido of Vicente López of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina, it forms part of the Buenos Aires Conurban agglomeration. It currently has about 360,000 inhabitants and is bordered by Paraná Street to the north, Constituyentes Avenue to the west, the General Paz Highway to the south and the Rio de la Plata to the east.More
6 Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel was a French Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential interpreters of world popular music in the first half of the 20th century. Gardel is the most famous popular tango singer of all time and is recognized throughout the world even in the most remote places on the planet. He was notable for his baritone voice and the dramatic phrasing of his lyrics. Together with lyricist and long-time collaborator Alfredo Le Pera, Gardel wrote several classic tangos.More
7 José Razzano
José Francisco Razzano (1887–1960) was an Uruguayan singer and composer. He joined singer Carlos Gardel on a duo until 1925 when Razzano left due to vocal cord problems. Since then, Razzano became Gardel's manager until 1933.More

Final positions

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 6
 Brazil 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 2
 Uruguay 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
 Paraguay 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 2
Argentina  1–0  Brazil
Libonatti  27'
Referee: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
Paraguay  2–1  Uruguay
Rivas  9'
López  66'		 Piendibene  83'
Referee: Gerónimo Rapossi (Argentina)
Paraguay  0–3  Brazil
Machado  21', 44'
Candiota  46'
Referee: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
Argentina  3–0  Paraguay
Libonatti  1'
Saruppo  71'
Echeverría  76'
Referee: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
Uruguay  2–1  Brazil
Romano  1', 8' Zezé I  53'
Referee: Víctor Cabañas Saguier (Paraguay)
Argentina  1–0  Uruguay
Libonatti  57'
Referee: Pedro Santos (Brazil)

Argentina: Tesoriere; Celli, Bearzotti; J. López, Dellavalle, E. Solari; Calomino, Libonatti, Saruppo, Echeverría, González [4]

1921 South American Championship Final positions articles: 3
Américo Tesoriere
Américo Miguel Tesoriere, sometimes nicknamed Mérico, was an Argentine football goalkeeper who spent most of his career in Boca Juniors. He is regarded as one of the first idols of the club, and as one of the best Argentine goalkeepers.More
Pedro Calomino
Bleo Pedro Fournol, mostly known as Pedro Calomino was an Argentine footballer who played as right winger. Calomino spent nearly all of his career in Boca Juniors, having also played 37 games for the Argentina national team where he scored 5 goals. It is claimed that Calomino invented the step over moveMore
Julio Libonatti
Julio Libonatti was a football manager and former footballer who played as a forward for the Argentina national team and Italy national team.More

Result

 1921 South American Championship Champions 

Argentina
First title

Goal scorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1921 South American Championship Result articles: 5
1 Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world; as well as the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country.More
2 Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, with the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Uruguay is home to an estimated 3.51 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. With an area of approximately 176,000 square kilometers (68,000 sq mi), Uruguay is geographically the second-smallest nation in South America, after Suriname.More
3 Ángel Romano
Alfredo Ángel Romano was a Uruguayan football striker who played 70 games for his national team between 1911 and 1927, scoring 28 goals. He played in the Copa América nine times, finishing on the winning side on six occasions, losing one final and finishing third twice. He was also part of the Uruguayan team that won the football tournament in the 1924 Olympics.More
4 Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Although one of only two landlocked countries in South America, the country has coasts, beaches and ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway.More
5 José Piendibene
José Miguel Piendibene Ferrari was a Uruguayan footballer. His position on the field was centre forward, being regarded by many as one of the best Uruguayan football players of all time.More

References

  1. ^ Historia de la Copa América (1921): La primera vez de Paraguay, Goal.com, 20 Feb 2019
  2. ^ South American Championship 1921 by Martín Tabeira at the RSSSF
  3. ^ a b c d Sudamericano 1921. La Primera Copa América que ganó Argentina, from Héroes de Tiento, book by Carlos Aira on Xenen, 25 June 2016
  4. ^ 1921. Los primeros criollos campeones, El Gráfico, 14 Jun 2019