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1923 South American Championship

1923 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
DatesOctober 29 – December 2
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Uruguay (4th title)
Runners-up  Argentina
Third place  Paraguay
Fourth place  Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored18 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Vicente Aguirre
Pedro Petrone
(3 goals each)
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The seventh edition of the South American Championship was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from October 29 to December 2, 1923.

1923 South American Championship Intro articles: 2
Montevideo
Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 in an area of 201 square kilometres (78 sq mi). The southernmost capital city in the Americas, Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata.More
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

Overview

The Uruguayan squad won its 4th. title

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Chile withdrew for the second time since the tournament was created.

The tournament was also used as a qualifier for the 1924 Summer Olympics.

1923 South American Championship Overview articles: 6
1 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
2 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
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics was the sixth edition of the football tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris.More

Squads

For a complete list of participants squads see: 1923 South American Championship squads

Overview of "1923 South American Championship squads" article
1923 South American Championship squads
The following are the squad lists for the countries that played in the 1923 South American Championship held in Uruguay. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay 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

Montevideo
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Capacity: 20,000

Final round

Each team played one match against each of the other teams. Two (2) points were awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 6
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 4
 Paraguay 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 2
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Argentina  4–3  Paraguay
Saruppo  18'
Aguirre  58', 77', 86'		 Rivas  10'
Zelada  49'
Fretes  65'
Referee: Angel Minoli (Uruguay)
Uruguay  2–0  Paraguay
Scarone  11'
Petrone  87'
Referee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)
Brazil  0–1  Paraguay
I. López  56'
Referee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)
Argentina  2–1  Brazil
Onzari  11'
Saruppo  76'		 Nilo  15'
Referee: Miguel Barba (Paraguay)
Uruguay  2–1  Brazil
Petrone  56'
Cea  75'		 Nilo  59'
Referee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)
Uruguay  2–0  Argentina
Petrone  28'
Somma  88'
Referee: Antônio Carneiro de Campos (Brazil)

1923 South American Championship Venues articles: 11
1 Vicente Aguirre
Vicente Aguirre was Argentine footballer,, prominent in the history of Club Atlético Central Córdoba and Newell's Old Boys who also made four appearances for the Argentine national team in 1923-24.More
2 Estadio Gran Parque Central
The Estadio Gran Parque Central, usually just Parque Central, is the stadium of Club Nacional de Football. It is located in Montevideo, Uruguay, near Nacional headquarters, in the La Blanqueada neighbourhood. In this stadium, Nacional plays most of its home games.More
3 Héctor Scarone
Héctor Pedro Scarone Beretta was a Uruguayan footballer who was considered as one of the best players in the world during his time.More
4 Pedro Petrone
Pedro Petrone Schiavone was a Uruguayan footballer who played in the role of striker. His nickname was Artillero, meaning artilleryman or gunner, in reference to his amazing goalscoring prowess.More
5 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
6 Cesáreo Onzari
Cesáreo Onzari was an Argentine footballer who played as a left winger. He made his entire career in Huracán, playing from 1921 until his retirement in 1933. He was the first footballer known to have scored directly on a corner kick without an assist in professional play.More
7 Nilo Murtinho Braga
Nilo Murtinho Braga, best known as Nilo was an association footballer in forward striker role. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.More
8 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
9 Pedro Cea
José Pedro Cea was a Uruguayan football player and coach.More
10 Pascual Somma
Pascual Somma was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward.More
11 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

Result

 1923 South American Championship Champions 

Uruguay
Fourth title

Goal scorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goals

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