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1924 South American Championship

Football tournament

1924 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
DatesOctober 12 – November 2
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Uruguay (5th title)
Runners-up  Argentina
Third place  Paraguay
Fourth place  Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored15 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Pedro Petrone
(4 goals)
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The eighth edition of the South American Championship was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from October 12 to November 2, 1924.

1924 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 side had previously won the Olympics championship in Paris

CONMEBOL asked the Paraguayan Football Association to organize it, but it refused because they lacked the infrastructure for such an event. However, the association did organize it, but by way of honouring the recent Paris 1924 gold-medallists, Uruguay, it was held there.

The participating countries were Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Brazil withdrew from the tournament.

1924 South American Championship Overview articles: 8
1 CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation is the continental governing body of football in South America, and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay, near Asunción. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. With 10 member football associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA.More
2 Paraguayan Football Association
The Paraguayan Football Association is the governing body of football in Paraguay. It organizes the Paraguayan football league and the Paraguay national football team, and is based in the city of Luque, near the capital city, Asunción. In 1906, the representatives of the five existing football teams in Paraguay at that time met to create the governing body of football in Paraguay, the Paraguayan Football League. In 1998 its name was changed to its current denomination.More
3 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
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 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 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 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

Squads

For a complete list of participants squads see: 1924 South American Championship squads

Overview of "1924 South American Championship squads" article
1924 South American Championship squads
The following are the squad lists for the countries that played in the 1924 South American Championship held in Uruguay. The participating countries were Argentina, Chile, 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 2 1 0 8 1 +7 5
 Argentina 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 4
 Paraguay 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
 Chile 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Argentina  0–0  Paraguay
Referee: Angel Minoli (Uruguay)
Uruguay  5–0  Chile
Petrone  40', 53', 88'
Zingone  73'
Romano  78'
Referee: Eduardo Jara (Paraguay)
Argentina  2–0  Chile
Sosa  5'
Loyarte  78'
Referee: Angel Minoli (Uruguay)
Uruguay  3–1  Paraguay
Petrone  28'
Romano  37'
Cea  53'		 Urbita Sosa  77'
Referee: Alberto Parodi (Chile)
Paraguay  3–1  Chile
López  15', 33'
Rivas  52'		 David Arellano  6'
Referee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)
Uruguay  0–0  Argentina
Referee: Carlos Fanta (Chile)

1924 South American Championship Venues articles: 10
1 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
2 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
3 Pedro Zingone
Pedro Zingone was a Uruguayan footballer.More
4 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
5 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
6 Gabino Sosa
Gabino Sosa was an Argentine football forward who spent all his career for Central Córdoba de Rosario, playing 24 years for the club. He also played in the Argentina national team.More
7 Pedro Cea
José Pedro Cea was a Uruguayan football player and coach.More
8 Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It occupies a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of 756,096 square kilometres (291,930 sq mi) and has a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. The capital and largest city is Santiago and the national language is Spanish.More
9 David Arellano
David Alfonso Arellano Moraga was a Chilean footballer, founder and martyr of the Colo Colo football club. Played as lefty Insider, was scorer of 1926 South American Championship and is considered one of the best Chilean football players in history.More
10 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

Result

 1924 South American Championship Champions 

Uruguay
Fifth title

Goal scorers

4 goals

2 goals

1 goals

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