1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)

1959 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
Dates	December 5 – 25
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (10th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	40 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Sanfilippo (6 goals)

The 1959 South American Championship held in Ecuador was an extra South American Championship for the year. The tournament was contested between five teams; Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Peru did not participate; Brazil attended with a team from Pernambuco. Uruguay won their 10th South American title.

Format

The format was same as other tournaments; it was a round-robin tournament, awarding two points for a win, one for a draw, and nothing for a defeat. The team with the most points at the end was declared the tournament winner.

Venues

Guayaquil
Estadio Modelo
Capacity: 42,000

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	4	3	1	0	13	1	+12	7
Argentina	4	2	1	1	9	9	0	5
Brazil	4	2	0	2	7	10	−3	4
Ecuador	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	3
Paraguay	4	0	1	3	6	11	−5	1

Matches

Brazil  v  Paraguay

December 5, 1959

Brazil	3–2	Paraguay
Paulo  25', 39' Zé de Mello  55'		Parodi  72' Benítez  90'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carlos Ceballos (Ecuador)

Uruguay  v  Ecuador

December 6, 1959

Uruguay	4–0	Ecuador
Silveira  1' (pen.) Escalada  28' Bergara  46' Pérez  52'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 55,000 Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Argentina  v  Paraguay

December 9, 1959

Argentina	4–2	Paraguay
Sanfilippo  8', 57', 89' (pen.) Pizzuti  81'		Insfrán  30' Cabral  90'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

Uruguay  v  Brazil

December 12, 1959

Uruguay	3–0	Brazil
Escalada  49' Bergara  67' Sasía  75'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 55,000 Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Ecuador  v  Argentina

December 12, 1959

Ecuador	1–1	Argentina
Raffo  20'		Sosa  62'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 55,000 Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (Brazil)

Uruguay  v  Argentina

December 16, 1959

Uruguay	5–0	Argentina
Silveira  9' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Bergara  15', 64' Sasía  25'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 50,000 Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (Brazil)

Brazil  v  Ecuador

December 19, 1959

Brazil	3–1	Ecuador
Paulo  23' Geraldo  42' Zé de Mello  45'		Raffo  12'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

Argentina  v  Brazil

December 22, 1959

Argentina	4–1	Brazil
García  2' Sanfilippo  27', 89', 90'		Geraldo  64'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

Paraguay  v  Uruguay

December 22, 1959

Paraguay	1–1	Uruguay
Parodi  32'		Sasía  88'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 45,000 Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Ecuador  v  Paraguay

December 25, 1959

Ecuador	3–1	Paraguay
Spencer  16' Balseca  25' Cañarte  74'		Gómez  5' (o.g.)

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 55,000 Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (Brazil)

Result

1959 South American Championship Champions
Uruguay 10th title

Goalscorers

With six goals, José Sanfilippo of Argentina is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 40 goals were scored by 21 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

6 goals

• José Sanfilippo

4 goals

• Mario Ludovico Bergara

3 goals

• Paulo Pisaneschi
• Alcides Silveira
• José Sasía

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Rómulo Gómez (playing against Paraguay)

External links

• South American Championship 1959 at RSSSF