1919 South American Championship

1919 South American Championship of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Dates May 11 – May 29
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up  Uruguay
Third place  Argentina
Fourth place  Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played 7
Goals scored 27 (3.86 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Arthur Friedenreich
Brazil Neco
(4 goals each)
The Brazilian team that won its first championship.

The 1919 South American Championship of Nations was the third continental championship for South American national football teams. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 11 to May 29, 1919.

The participating countries were Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay as the defending champion.

After finishing tied in the group positions, host Brazil beat Uruguay in the playoff match and obtained their first title. This was the longest match in the competition, since it was needed an extra time, which oddly consisted of four periods of 15 minutes each, and not two of 15 as is still usual nowadays.

Format

There was no qualifying for the tournament. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. All teams competed between each other in a single group. Two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a defeat. If there was a tie of points at the top of the standings, a playoff match would be held to determine the champion.

Venues

Rio de Janeiro
Estadio das Laranjeiras
Capacity: 20,000

Final round

Each team played one match against each of the other teams. Two (2) points were 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
 Brazil 3210113+85
 Uruguay 321074+35
 Argentina 31027702
 Chile 3003112−110

May 11, 1919
Brazil  6–0  Chile
Friedenreich  19', 38', 76'
Neco  21', 83'
Haroldo  79'
Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Juan Pedro Barbera (Argentina)

May 13, 1919
Argentina  2–3  Uruguay
Izaguirre  34'
Varela  79' (o.g.)
C. Scarone  19'
H. Scarone  23'
Gradín  85'

May 17, 1919
Uruguay  2–0  Chile
C. Scarone  31'
J. Pérez  43'
Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Adilton Ponteado (Brazil)

May 18, 1919
Brazil  3–1  Argentina
Héitor  22'
Amílcar  57'
Millón  77'
Izaguirre  65'

May 22, 1919
Argentina  4–1  Chile
Clarcke  10', 23', 62'
Izaguirre  13'
France  33'
Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Joaquim de Castro (Brazil)

May 26, 1919
Uruguay  2–2  Brazil
Gradín  13'
C. Scarone  17'
Neco  29', 63'

Playoff

May 29, 1919
Brazil  1–0 (a.e.t.)*  Uruguay
Friedenreich  122'
Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Juan Pedro Barbera (Argentina)

(*) Four extra times of 15 minutes each were played. This made the match last 150 minutes, the longest in the tournament's history.

Result

 1919 South American Championship Champions 

Brazil
First title

Goal scorers

4 goals

3 goals

  • Argentina Edwin Clarcke

  • Argentina Carlos Izaguirre

  • Uruguay Carlos Scarone

2 goals

1 goal

  • Brazil Millon
  • Chile Alfredo France
  • Uruguay José Pérez

Own goals

External links

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