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1949 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	3 April – 11 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Peru
Fourth place	Bolivia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	135 (4.66 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jair (9 goals)
← 1947 1953 →

The 1949 South American Championship was the 21st edition of the Copa América, the main national team football competition in South America. It was held in, and won by, Brazil. Paraguay finished as runner-up while Argentina withdrew from the tournament.

This achievement ended a 27-year streak without official titles for the Brazilians. The last one had been in the 1922 South American Championship, also played on Brazilian soil. Jair Rosa Pinto from Brazil was the top scorer of the tournament, with nine goals.

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads, see: 1949 South American Championship squads

Venues

Rio de Janeiro		São Paulo	Santos	Belo Horizonte
Estádio General Severiano	Estádio São Januário	Estádio do Pacaembu	Estádio Vila Belmiro	Estádio Sete de Setembro
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 71,281	Capacity: 16,798	Capacity: 30,000
Rio de JaneiroSão PauloBelo HorizonteSantos

Final round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	7	6	0	1	39	7	+32	12
Paraguay	7	6	0	1	21	6	+15	12
Peru	7	5	0	2	20	13	+7	10
Bolivia	7	4	0	3	13	24	−11	8
Chile	7	2	1	4	10	14	−4	5
Uruguay	7	2	1	4	14	20	−6	5
Ecuador	7	1	0	6	7	21	−14	2
Colombia	7	0	2	5	4	23	−19	2

Brazil	9–1	Ecuador
Tesourinha 3', 42' Octavio 10' Jair 13', 35' Simão 16', 25' Zizinho 67' Ademir 88'		Sigifredo Cuchuca 18'

Bolivia	3–2	Chile
Ugarte 59' Godoy 77' Gutiérrez 79'		Riera 30' Salamanca 71'

Paraguay	3–0	Colombia
López Fretes 21', 72' Benítez 35'

Peru	4–0	Colombia
Pedraza 22', 90' Drago 47' Castillo 85'

Paraguay	1–0	Ecuador
Barrios 89'

Brazil	10–1	Bolivia
Nininho 16', 39', 86' Jair 17' Zizinho 25', 80' Cláudio 49', 84' Simão 71', 79'		Ugarte 75'

Brazil	2–1	Chile
Zizinho 20' Cláudio 49' (pen.)		López 89' (pen.) Flores  40'

Uruguay	3–2	Ecuador
Castro 15', 85' Moreno 30'		Artega 35' Vargas 40'

Paraguay	3–1	Peru
Barrios 38' (pen.) Arce 56' López Fretes 67'		Drago 89'

Brazil	5–0	Colombia
Tesourinha 20' Canhotinho 24' (pen.) Orlando 44' Ademir 47', 87'

Chile	1–0	Ecuador
Rojas 4'

Bolivia	3–2	Uruguay
Ugarte 47' (pen.) Algañaraz 57' Gutiérrez 66'		Moll 49' Betancourt 70'

Peru	4–0	Ecuador
Salinas 26' Bermeo 36' (o.g.) Castillo 50' Pedraza 85'

Chile	1–1	Colombia
López 8'		Berdugo 56'

Uruguay	2–1	Paraguay
García 22', 69'		Arce 65' (pen.)

Brazil	7–1	Peru
Arce 11' (o.g.) Augusto 15' Jair 17', 20' Simão 54' Ademir 82' Orlando 88' Zizinho  40'		Salinas 44' Calderón  40' González

Bolivia	2–0	Ecuador
Sánchez 6' (o.g.) Ugarte 14' (pen.)

Uruguay	2–2	Colombia
Martínez 57' Ayala 86'		Gastelbondo 27' A. Pérez 81'

Peru	3–0	Bolivia
R. Drago 31', 74' Heredia 77' (pen.)

Paraguay	4–2	Chile
Arce 10', 39', 47' Benítez 23'		Cremaschi 8' Ramos 72'

Paraguay	7–0	Bolivia
Benítez 30', 40', 41', ?' Arce 38', ?' Fernández 59'

Brazil	5–1	Uruguay
Jair 15', 40' (pen.) Zizinho 24' Danilo Alvim 79' Tesourinha 89' (pen.)		Castro 12'

Peru	3–0	Chile
Mosquera 28', 73' Castillo 58'

Ecuador	4–1	Colombia
E. Cantos 23' Vargas 44' G. Andrade 49' Maldonado 74'		N. Pérez 27'

Peru	4–3	Uruguay
Mosquera 19' Castillo 43' Gómez Sánchez 57', 60'		Moll 58' Castro 60' Ayala 85'

Bolivia	4–0	Colombia
Godoy 10' B. Gutiérrez 55' Rojas 77' Ugarte 81'

Chile	3–1	Uruguay
Infante 75', 83' (pen.) Cremaschi 88'		Ayala 35'

Paraguay	2–1	Brazil
Avalos 75' Benítez 85'		Tesourinha 33'

Play-off

A playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.

Brazil	7–0	Paraguay
Ademir 17', 27', 48' Tesourinha 43', 70' Jair 72', 89'	Report

Result

1949 South American Championship champions
Brazil 3rd title

Goalscorers

9 goals

• Jair

7 goals

• Ademir
• Tesourinha
• Arce
• Benítez

5 goals

• Víctor Ugarte
• Simão
• Zizinho

4 goals

• Félix Castillo
• Ramón Castro

3 goals

• Benigno Gutiérrez
• Cláudio
• Nininho
• López Fretes
• Alfredo Mosquera
• Víctor Pedraza
• Roberto Drago
• Juan Ayala

2 goals

• Benedicto Godoy
• Orlando
• Raimundo Infante
• Pedro López
• José Vargas
• Marcial Barrios
• Carlos Gómez Sánchez
• Juan E. Salinas
• José M. García
• Dagoberto Moll

1 goal

• Víctor Algañaraz
• Nemesio Rojas
• Augusto
• Canhotinho
• Danilo Alvim
• Octavio
• Mario Castro
• Atilio Cremaschi
• Ulises Ramos
• Fernando Riera
• Carlos Rojas
• Manuel Salamanca
• A. Pérez
• Berdugo
• Gastelbondo
• Nelson Pérez
• Víctor Arteaga
• Sigifredo Chuchuca
• Enrique Cantos
• Guido Andrade
• Rafael Maldonado
• Enrique Avalos
• Pedro Fernández
• Cornelio Heredia
• Manuel Drago
• Ernesto Bentancour
• Miguel Martínez
• Nelson Moreno

Own goals

• Bermeo (for Peru)
• Sánchez (for Bolivia)
• Arce (for Brazil)

External links

• South American Championship 1949 at RSSSF

References

1. Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness Publishing. p. 560. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

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