1945 South American Championship

1945 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Chile
Dates January 14 - February 28
Teams (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (7th title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  Chile
Fourth place  Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played 21
Goals scored 89 (4.24 per match)
Top scorer(s) Norberto Méndez
Heleno de Freitas
(6 goals each)
1942
1946

The eighteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Santiago, Chile from January 14, 1945 to February 28, 1945. This tournament an extra edition, with no trophy handed to the winners, but considered official by CONMEBOL.

The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Uruguay.Paraguay, and Peru, withdrew from the tournament.

Contents

Final round

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 6 5 1 0 22 5 +17 11
 Brazil 6 5 0 1 19 5 +14 10
 Chile 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9
 Uruguay 6 3 0 3 14 6 +8 6
 Colombia 6 1 1 4 7 25 -18 3
 Bolivia 6 0 2 4 3 16 -13 2
 Ecuador 6 0 1 5 9 27 -18 1

January 14, 1945

Chile 6 - 3 (3-2) Ecuador Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Alcántara 28' Raymondi Chávez 30'
Vera 29' Jiménez 44
Hormazábal 45' Luis Mendoza 51'
Alcántara 59'
Clavero 70'
Alcántara 81'

January 18, 1945

Argentina 4 - 0 (2-0) Bolivia Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Humberto Reginatto (Chile)
Pontoni 10'
Martino 43'
Loustau 70'
De la Mata 75'

January 18, 1945

Brazil 3 - 0 (3-0) Colombia Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Jorginho 13'
Heleno 15'
de Almeida 38'

January 21, 1945

Chile 5 - 0 (3-0) Bolivia Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Clavero 13'
Clavero 27'
Clavero 39'
Alcántara 75'
Alcántara 79'

January 24, 1945

Uruguay 5 - 1 (2-1) Ecuador Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Mário Silveira Vianna (Brazil)
A. García 1' Aguayo 39'
Porta 28'
A. García 60'
Varela 69'
A. García 83'

January 28, 1945

Uruguay 7 - 0 (3-0) Colombia Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Mário Silveira Vianna (Brazil)
A. García 22'
Riephoff 25'
J. García 37'
Ortiz 75'
J. García 83'
Porta 86'
A. García 89'
Brazil 2 - 0 (0-0) Bolivia Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Ademir 48'
Tesourinha 80'

January 31, 1945

Chile 2 - 0 (1-0) Colombia Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Medina 48'
Piñeiro 80'
Argentina 4 - 2 (1-0) Ecuador Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Pontoni 11' Aguayo 53'
De la Mata 50' J. Mendoza 62'
Martino 69'
Pellegrina 83'

February 7, 1945

Argentina 9 - 1 (6-0) Colombia Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Pontoni 3' Mendoza 52'
Pontoni 7'
Méndez 15'
Martino 27'
Méndez 39'
Boyé 41'
Loustau 50'
Ferraro 80'
Ferraro 81'
Brazil 3 - 0 (3-0) Uruguay Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Heleno 8'
Rui 20'
Heleno 32'

February 11, 1945

Bolivia 0 - 0 (0-0) Ecuador Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Mário Silveira Vianna (Brazil)
Chile 1 - 1 (1-0) Argentina Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Medina 3' Méndez 52'

February 15, 1945

Uruguay 2 - 0 (1-0) Bolivia Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Mário Silveira Vianna (Brazil)
Falero 26'
Porta 75'
Argentina 3 - 1 (3-1) Brazil Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Méndez 14' Ademir 32'
Méndez 20'
Méndez 40'

February 18, 1945

Colombia 3 - 1 (1-1) Ecuador Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
González Rubio 2' Aguayo 4'
Gámez 64'
Berdugo 70'
Chile 1 - 0 (1-0) Uruguay Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Medina 8'

February 21, 1945

Bolivia 3 - 3 (0-2) Colombia Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Mário Silveira Vianna (Brazil)
Fernández 57' González Rubio 3'
Zenón González 75' Berdugo 7'
Orgaz 80' Gámez 67'
Brazil 9 - 2 (5-1) Ecuador Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Ademir 3' Aguayo 42'
Ademir 10' Albornoz 49'
Heleno 22'
Heleno 28'
Zizinho 40'
Zizinho 65'
Jair 67'
Jair 68'
Ademir 75'

February 25, 1945

Argentina 1 - 0 (0-0) Uruguay Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Juan Las Heras (Chile)
Martino 50'

February 28, 1945

Brazil 1 - 0 (1-0) Chile Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Heleno 20'

Paraguay and Peru withdrew.


Results

 South American Championship 1945 Champions 

Argentina
Seventh title

Goal scorers

6 goals

5 goals

  • Alcántara

4 goals

  • Clavero
  • Aguayo

3 goals

  • Medina

2 goals

  • González Rubio
  • Berdugo
  • J. García

1 goal

  • Tesourinha
  • Hormazábal
  • Piñeiro
  • Vera
  • Mendoza
  • Albornoz
  • J. Mendoza
  • Jiménez
  • L. Mendoza
  • Raymondi Chávez
  • Falero
  • Ortiz
  • Riephoff
  • Varela

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