South American Championship 1916

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Copa América - Argentina 1916
South American Championship 1916
Participating countries	4
Host	Argentina
Date	July 2, 1916 July 17, 1916
Results - Champion - Runner-up - Third Place	Uruguay Argentina Brazil
Top goalscorer	Isabelino Gradín
Matches	6

The first edition of the South American Championship was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from July 2 to July 17, 1916. It was held during Argentina's independence centenary commemorations.

This tournament is called Copa América since 1975.

There was no qualifying for the tournament. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

1 Matches
2 Standings
3 Results
4 Goal Scorers
5 External links

[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

July 2, 1916

Uruguay	4 - 0 (1-0)	Chile	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Ref: Hugo Gronda (Argentina)
Piendibene 44'			Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Ref: Hugo Gronda (Argentina)
Gradín 55'
Gradín 70'
Piendibene 75'

July 6, 1916

Argentina	6 - 1 (1-1)	Chile	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Ref: Sidney Pullen (Brazil)
Ohaco 2'		Báez 44'	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Ref: Sidney Pullen (Brazil)
Brown (p) 60'
Brown (p) 62'
Marcovecchio 67'
Ohaco 75'
Marcovecchio 89'

July 8, 1916

Chile	1 - 1 (0-1)	Brazil	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Ref: León Peyrou (Uruguay)
Salazar 85'		Demósthenes 29'	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Ref: León Peyrou (Uruguay)

peru July 10, 1916

Argentina	1 - 1 (1-1)	Brazil	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Ref: Carlos Fanta (Chile)
Laguna 10'		Alencar 23'	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Ref: Carlos Fanta (Chile)

July 12, 1916

Uruguay	2 - 1 (0-1)	Brazil	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Ref: Carlos Fanta (Chile)
Gradín 58'		Friedenreich 8'	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Ref: Carlos Fanta (Chile)
Tognola 77'