1942 South American Championship

Football tournament

1942 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
Dates10 January – 7 February
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (8th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored81 (3.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Herminio Masantonio
Argentina José Manuel Moreno
(7 goals each)
← 1941
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International football competition

The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship, an association football competition, was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 10 January to 7 February.

The Uruguayan squad, champions

For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament.

The tournament featured a match between Argentina and Ecuador in which Argentina's José Manuel Moreno surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals in Copa América history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador. As of 2015[update], the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas. José Manuel Moreno and Herminio Masantonio of Argentina were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.

Squads

Venues

Montevideo
Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 65,235

Final round

Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no (0) points for a defeat.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 6 6 0 0 21 2 +19 12
 Argentina 6 5 0 1 21 6 +15 10
 Brazil 6 3 1 2 15 7 +8 7
 Paraguay 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 6
 Peru 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 4
 Chile 6 1 1 4 4 15 −11 3
 Ecuador 6 0 0 6 4 31 −27 0
Uruguay 6–1 Chile
L. E. Castro 7', 76'
O. Varela 12'
Ciocca 15'
Zapirain 37'
Porta 54'		 Contreras 1'
Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Argentina 4–3 Paraguay
Sandoval 9'
Masantonio 30', 47'
Perucca 88'		 Sánchez 59'
Aveiro 75', 86'
Referee: José Ferreira Lemos (Brazil)
Brazil 6–1 Chile
Patesko 1', 78'
Pirillo 23', 63', 86'
Cláudio 66'		 Domínguez 35'
Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
Argentina 2–1 Brazil
E. García 3'
Masantonio 27'		 Servílio 37'
Referee: Enrique Cuenca (Peru)
Uruguay 7–0 Ecuador
Zapirain 1'
Gambetta 13'
S. Varela 16', 24', 29'
Porta 23', 42'
Referee: Marcos Gerinaldo Rojas (Paraguay)
Paraguay 1–1 Peru
Barrios 35' Magallanes 1'
Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Brazil 2–1 Peru
Amorim 43', 56' Fernández 73'
Referee: Marcos Gerinaldo Rojas (Paraguay)
Paraguay 2–0 Chile
Barrios 33'
Baudo Franco 54'
Referee: José Ferreira Lemos (Brazil)
Argentina 12–0 Ecuador
E. García 2'
Moreno 12', 16', 22', 32', 89'
Pedernera 25'
Masantonio 54', 65', 68', 70'
Perucca 88'
Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)
Uruguay 1–0 Brazil
S. Varela 32'
Referee: Marcos Gerinaldo Rojas (Paraguay)
Paraguay 3–1 Ecuador
Baudo Franco 5'
Mingo 57'
Ibarrola 62'		 Jiménez 46'
Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)
Argentina 3–1 Peru
Heredia 12'
Moreno 65', 72'		 Fernández 17'
Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
Peru 2–1 Ecuador
Quiñónez 32'
Guzmán 62'		 Jiménez 52'
Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
Uruguay 3–1 Paraguay
S. Varela 9'
Porta 26'
Ciocca 65'		 Barrios 58'
Referee: Enrique Cuenca (Peru)
Argentina 0–0 Chile
Referee: Enrique Cuenca (Peru)
Chile left the pitch on the 43rd minute in protest of the dreadful referee performance.
Argentina was awarded a victory but with no goals.
Brazil 5–1 Ecuador
Tim 10'
Pirillo 12', 29', 76'
Zizinho 60'		 Alvarez 19' (pen.)
Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Uruguay 3–0 Peru
Chirimini 47'
L. E. Castro 54'
Porta 77'
Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Chile 2–1 Ecuador
Domínguez 20'
Armingol 42'		 Alcívar 5'
Referee: Marcos Gerinaldo Rojas (Paraguay)
Brazil 1–1 Paraguay
Zizinho 5' Baudo Franco 23'
Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Chile 0–0 Peru
Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Uruguay 1–0 Argentina
Zapirain 57'
Referee: Marcos Gerinaldo Rojas (Paraguay)

Result

 1942 South American Championship champions 

Uruguay
Eighth title

Goal scorers

Herminio Masantonio (left) and José M. Moreno, top scorers with 7 goals each

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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