South American Championship 1921

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Copa América - Argentina 1921
South American Championship 1921
Participating countries	4
Host	Argentina
Date	October 2, 1921 October 30, 1921
Results - Champion - Runner-up - Third Place	Argentina Brazil Uruguay
Top goalscorer	Julio Libonatti
Matches	6

The fifth edition of the South American Championship was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 2 to October 30, 1921.

This tournament is called Copa América since 1975.

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Chile was also invited but withdrew due to internal problems in the team.

Paraguay's debut came with a bang: defeated the previous edition's champions Uruguay by two goals to one.

[edit] Matches

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

• Half-time scores are in brackets

October 2, 1921

Argentina	1 - 0 (1-0)	Brazil	--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
Libonatti 27'

October 9, 1921

Paraguay	2 - 1 (1-0)	Uruguay	--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Gerónimo Rapossi (Argentina)
Rivas 9'		Piendibene 83'
López 66'

October 12, 1921

Paraguay	0 - 3 (0-2)	Brazil	--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
		Machado 21'
		Machado 44'
		Candiota 46'

October 16, 1921

Argentina	3 - 0 (1-0)	Paraguay	--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
Libonatti 1'
Saruppo 71'
Echeverría 76'

October 23, 1921

Uruguay	2 - 1 (2-0)	Brazil	--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Víctor Cabañas Saguier (Paraguay)
Romano 1'		Zezé I 53'
Romano 8'

October 30, 1921

Argentina	1 - 0 (0-0)	Uruguay	--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Pedro Santos (Brazil)
Libonatti 57'

[edit] Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Eff Argentina 6 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 100.0% Brazil 2 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 33.3% Uruguay 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 33.3% Paraguay 2 3 1 0 2 2 7 -5 33.3%

South America Championship Winners: ARGENTINA (1st title)

[edit] Goal Scorers

3 goals

• Libonatti

2 goals

• Machado
• Romano

1 goal

• Echeverría, Saruppo
• Candiota, Zezé
• López, Rivas
• Piendibene

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