1922 South American Championship

1922 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates17 September – 22 October
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Paraguay
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored22 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Julio Francia (4 goals)

The sixth edition of the South American Championship was scheduled to be held in Chile, but Brazil asked to host it as part of its 100th anniversary independence celebrations. Thus it was held in Rio de Janeiro between 17 September and 22 October 1922.

Overview

The Brazilian squad, champions

All CONMEBOL members (as of 1922) attended: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Squads

For a complete list of participants squads see: 1922 South American Championship squads

Venues

Rio de Janeiro
Estadio das Laranjeiras
Capacity: 20,000

Final round

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 4 1 3 0 4 2 +2 5
 Paraguay 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 5
 Uruguay 4 2 1 1 3 1 +2 5
 Argentina 4 2 0 2 6 3 +3 4
 Chile 4 0 1 3 1 10 −9 1
17 September 1922
Brazil 1–1 Chile
Tatú 9' Bravo 41'
Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de JaneiroReferee: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay) 23 September 1922
Chile 0–2 Uruguay
Heguy 10'
Urdinarán 19' (pen.)
Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de JaneiroReferee: Francisco Andreu (Paraguay) 24 September 1922
Brazil 1–1 Paraguay
Amílcar 14' Rivas 71'
Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de JaneiroReferee: Norberto Ladrón de Guevara (Chile) 28 September 1922
Argentina 4–0 Chile
Chiessa 10'
Francia 36', 41'
Gaslini 75'
Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de JaneiroReferee: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay) 1 October 1922
Brazil 0–0 Uruguay
Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de JaneiroReferee: Servando Pérez (Argentina) 5 October 1922
Paraguay 3–0 Chile
Ramírez 5'
López 78'
Fretes 86'
Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de JaneiroReferee: Servando Pérez (Argentina) 8 October 1922
Uruguay 1–0 Argentina
Buffoni 43'
Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de JaneiroReferee: Pedro Santos (Brazil) 12 October 1922
Uruguay 0–1 Paraguay
Elizeche 7'
Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de JaneiroReferee: Pedro Santos (Brazil) 15 October 1922
Brazil 2–0 Argentina
Neco 42'
Amílcar 86' (pen.)
Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de JaneiroReferee: Francisco Andreu (Paraguay) 18 October 1922
Paraguay 0–2 Argentina
Francia 63', 79' (pen.)
Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de JaneiroReferee: Enrique Vignal (Brazil)

The match was abandoned after Paraguay walked off to protest the penalty kick awarded by the referee.

Play-off

As Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay finished tied on points, a playoff series was planned for the three teams; however, Uruguay withdrew from the competition to protest the performance of Brazilian referee Pedro Santos in their match against Paraguay.

Therefore, a playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.

22 October 1922
Brazil 3–0 Paraguay
Neco 11'
Formiga 48', 89'
Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de JaneiroReferee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)

Result

 1922 South American Championship champions 

Brazil
Second title

Goal scorers

Juan Francia, top scorer

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 552. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

External links

Copa América
Editions
South American
Championship
Copa América
Finals
Squads
Qualification
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