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1947 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 CONMEBOL
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3 Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (621 mi) west of the mainland. The capital is Quito.More
1947 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
DatesNovember 30 – December 31
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (9th title)
Runners-up  Paraguay
Third place  Uruguay
Fourth place  Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored102 (3.64 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nicolás Falero
(8 goals)
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Argentina won its 9th title

The 1947 South American Championship was the 20th South American Championship for national teams, and was organized by CONMEBOL. It marked the first time Ecuador hosted the tournament, which hosted all the matches in Estadio George Capwell in Guayaquil. Argentina won the tournament to obtain their 9th South American title.

Brazil withdrew from the tournament.

1947 South American Championship Intro articles: 4
1 Estadio George Capwell
Estadio Banco del Pacífico Capwell is a multi-purpose stadium in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Emelec. It was announced right after Emelec won the 2013 Ecuador Serie A title that Stadium George Capwell would be completely remodeled to hold a capacity of 40,000 fans. The remodeling began in June 2014 and ended in December 2016.More
2 Guayaquil
Guayaquil, officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city of Ecuador. It is also the nation's main port. The city is the capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil canton.More
3 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
4 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

Format

Each team played the teams in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of the tournament will be crowned the champions.

Overview of "Round-robin tournament" article
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants are eliminated after a certain number of losses.More

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads see: 1947 South American Championship squads

Overview of "1947 South American Championship squads" article
1947 South American Championship squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1947 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. Brazil withdrew from the tournament. 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

Guayaquil
Estadio George Capwell
Capacity: 10,000

Final round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 7 6 1 0 28 4 +24 13
 Paraguay 7 5 1 1 16 11 +5 11
 Uruguay 7 5 0 2 21 8 +13 10
 Chile 7 4 1 2 14 13 +1 9
 Peru 7 2 2 3 12 9 +3 6
 Ecuador 7 0 3 4 3 17 −14 3
 Bolivia 7 0 2 5 6 21 −15 2
 Colombia 7 0 2 5 2 19 −17 2
Ecuador  2–2  Bolivia
Jiménez  1', 24' Gutiérrez  26', 44'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Luis Alberto Fernández (Uruguay)
Uruguay  2–0  Colombia
Falero  26'
Britos  61'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Juan José Álvarez (Argentina)
Argentina  6–0  Paraguay
Moreno  10'
Loustau  22'
Pontoni  40', 50', 82'
Méndez  87'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Víctor Francisco Rivas (Chile)
Argentina  7–0  Bolivia
Méndez  3', 44'
Pontoni  22'
Loustau  56'
Boyé  58', 76'
Di Stéfano  62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Federico Muñoz Medina (Ecuador)
Colombia  0–0  Ecuador
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mario Rubén Hayn (Paraguay)
Peru  2–2  Paraguay
Castillo  17'
Mosquera  63'		 Villalba  38'
Marín  74'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Luis Alberto Fernández (Uruguay)
Uruguay  6–0  Chile
Sarro  3'
Falero  39', 42'
Gambetta  68'
Magliano  88', 89'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Juan José Álvarez (Argentina)
Chile  2–1  Peru
Varela  25'
Busquets  71'		 López  72'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Juan José Álvarez (Argentina)
Uruguay  3–0  Bolivia
Magliano  9'
Falero  50', 79'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mario Rubén Heyn (Paraguay)
Chile  3–0  Ecuador
Peñaloza  51'
López  62', 72'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Juan José Álvarez (Argentina)
Argentina  3–2  Peru
Moreno  41'
Di Stefano  55'
Boyé  56'		 Gómez Sánchez  25'
López  65'
Torres
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Luis Alberto Fernández (Uruguay)
Colombia  0–0  Bolivia
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Luis Alberto Fernández (Uruguay)
Paraguay  4–2  Uruguay
Genés  52', 79'
Marín  76'
Villalba  89'		 Magliano  3'
Britos  47'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Juan José Álvarez (Argentina)
Uruguay  6–1  Ecuador
Falero  19', 21'
Puente  24', 88'
García  28'
Sarro  35'		 Garnica  51'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Victor Francisco Rivas (Chile)
Argentina  1–1  Chile
Di Stefano  12' Riera  37'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Luis Alberto Fernández (Uruguay)
Paraguay  3–1  Bolivia
Marín  5'
Genés  20'
Ávalos  25'		 González  71'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Juan José Álvarez (Uruguay)
Argentina  6–0  Colombia
Fernández  7'
Di Stefano  30', 62', 75'
Boyé  38'
Loustau  55'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Alfredo Álvarez (Bolivia)
Peru  0–0  Ecuador
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mario Rubén Hayn (Paraguay)
Paraguay  2–0  Colombia
Villalba  22', 68'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Federico Muñoz Medina (Ecuador)
Peru  5–1  Colombia
Mosquera  3'
Guzmán  53', 79'
Gómez Sánchez  67', 81'		 Arango  48'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Federico Muñoz Medina (Ecuador)
Paraguay  1–0  Chile
Villalba  60'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Juan José Álvarez (Argentina)
Argentina  2–0  Ecuador
Moreno  30'
Méndez  72'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alfredo Álvarez (Bolivia)
Uruguay  1–0  Peru
Falero  74' González  67'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Victor Francisco Rojas (Chile)
Bolivia  0–2  Peru
Castillo  73'
Guzmán  82'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mario Rubén Hayn (Paraguay)
Argentina  3–1  Uruguay
Méndez  30', 46'
Loustau  85'		 Britos  74'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mario Rubén Hayn (Paraguay)
Paraguay  4–0  Ecuador
Marín  22', 58', 69'
Genés  31'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Luis Alberto Fernández (Uruguay)
Chile  4–1  Colombia
Prieto  28'
Sáez  75', 88'
Riera  78'		 Granados  90'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Juan José Álvarez (Argentina)
Chile  4–3  Bolivia
Aráoz  30' (o.g.)
Sáez  44'
Infante  50'
López  63'		 Tapia  77'
Tardío  84'
Orgaz  88'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Federico Muñoz Medina (Ecuador)

Result

 1947 South American Championship Champions 

Argentina
Ninth title

Goal scorers

8 Goals

  • Falero

6 Goals

5 Goals

4 Goals

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

Own Goal

  • Aráoz (for Chile)

1947 South American Championship Venues articles: 19
1 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
2 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
3 Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé was an Argentinian-born professional footballer and coach, regarded as one of the best footballers of all time. Nicknamed "Saeta rubia", he was a powerful, quick, skillful, and prolific forward, with great stamina, tactical versatility, creativity, and vision, who could play almost anywhere on the pitch. He is best known for his achievements with Real Madrid, where he was instrumental in the club's domination of the European Cup and La Liga during the 1950s. Along with Francisco Gento and José María Zárraga, he was one of only three players to play a part in all five victories, scoring goals in each of the five finals. Di Stéfano played international football mostly for Spain after moving to Madrid, but he also played for Argentina and Colombia.More
4 Norberto Doroteo Méndez
Norberto Doroteo Méndez, nicknamed Tucho, was an Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder. Internationally, he played 33 games for the Argentina national team and won 3 Copa América titles. He is most famous for being the all-time top scorer in the history of the tournament with 17 goals.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 Juan Bautista Villalba
Juan Bautista Villalba Maldonado was a Paraguayan footballer who played as a striker.More
7 Mario Boyé
Mario Emilio Heriberto Boyé Auterio was an Argentine footballer. A powerful winger or striker, he played for Boca Juniors, Racing Club de Avellaneda and Huracán in Argentina, Genoa in Italy and Millonarios in Colombia.More
8 Félix Loustau
Félix Loustau was an Argentine footballer who was a key player on the River Plate squad known as La Máquina. La Maquina is considered to be one of the greatest team ever assembled in the history of South American football. They dominated Argentine football during the first half of the 1940s, winning eight national titles during his time at the club. The five forwards on the team were Juan Carlos Muñoz, José Manuel Moreno, Adolfo Pedernera, Ángel Labruna and Loustau. He usually played as an outside left and he is considered to be one of Argentina's greatest wingers.More
9 René Pontoni
René Alejandro Pontoni was a footballer. He played club football in Argentina, Colombia and Brazil as well as representing the Argentina national football team on 19 occasions.More
10 José Manuel Moreno
José Manuel Moreno Fernández, nicknamed "El Charro", was an Argentine footballer who played as an inside forward for several clubs in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia; for many who saw him play, he is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, even among Diego Maradona, Pelé and Alfredo Di Stéfano, and was the first footballer ever to have won first division league titles in four countries.More
11 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
12 Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river. At 1.28 million km2, Peru is the 19th largest country in the world, and the third largest in South America.More
13 Julio César Britos
Julio César Britos Vázquez was an Uruguayan footballer, who played for CA Peñarol and Real Madrid.More
14 Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The constitutional capital is Sucre, while the seat of government and executive capital is La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales, a mostly flat region in the east of the country.More
15 Fernando Riera
Fernando Riera Bauzá was a Chilean professional football player and manager, patriarch of Chilean football.More
16 Valeriano López
Valeriano López Mendiola was a football forward from Peru, nicknamed Tanque de Casma. Recognized as one of Peru's most important players, he was an all round forward with great finishing, positioning, and heading skills.More
17 Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a transcontinental country largely in the north of South America, with territories in North America. Colombia is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, the northwest by Panama, the south by Ecuador and Peru, the east by Venezuela, the southeast by Brazil, and the west by the Pacific Ocean. It comprises 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city.More
18 Félix Castillo
Felix Castillo Tardío was a former Peruvian football right-wing who played for Alianza Lima and the Peru national football team between 1947 and 1956.More
19 Schubert Gambetta
Schúbert Gambetta Saint Léon was a Uruguayan footballer. He played as a half-back and was right-footed. Gambetta was a figure in the Maracanazo when he helped keep Zizinho and Ademir out of the game, which helped him to the 1950 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team.More

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