1949 South American Championship

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1949 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates3 April – 11 May
Teams8 (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 played29
Goals scored135 (4.66 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil 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[edit]

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

Venues[edit]

Rio de Janeiro Sao 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

Final round[edit]

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'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Bolivia 3–2 Chile
Ugarte 59'
Godoy 77'
Gutiérrez 79'		 Riera 30'
Salamanca 71'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Paraguay 3–0 Colombia
López Fretes 21', 72'
Benítez 35'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)
Peru 4–0 Colombia
Pedraza 22', 90'
Drago 47'
Castillo 85'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mario Rubén Heyn (Paraguay)
Paraguay 1–0 Ecuador
Barrios 89'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)
Brazil 10–1 Bolivia
Nininho 16', 39', 86'
Jair 17'
Zizinho 25', 80'
Cláudio 49', 84'
Simão 71', 79'		 Ugarte 75'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Brazil 2–1 Chile
Zizinho 20'
Cláudio 49' (pen.)		 López 89' (pen.)
Flores Red card 40'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)
Uruguay 3–2 Ecuador
Castro 15', 85'
Moreno 30'		 Artega 35'
Vargas 40'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alberto Da Gama Malcher (Brazil)
Paraguay 3–1 Peru
Barrios 38' (pen.)
Arce 56'
López Fretes 67'		 Drago 89'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Brazil 5–0 Colombia
Tesourinha 20'
Canhotinho 24' (pen.)
Orlando 44'
Ademir 47', 87'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alejandro Gálvez (Chile)
Chile 1–0 Ecuador
Rojas 4'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Bolivia 3–2 Uruguay
Ugarte 47' (pen.)
Algañaraz 57'
Gutiérrez 66'		 Moll 49'
Betancourt 70'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alberto Da Gama Malcher (Brazil)
Peru 4–0 Ecuador
Salinas 26'
Bermeo 36' (o.g.) Red card
Castillo 50'
Pedraza 85'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)
Chile 1–1 Colombia
López 8' Berdugo 56'
Attendance: 7,000
Uruguay 2–1 Paraguay
García 22', 69' Arce 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Brazil 7–1 Peru
Arce 11' (o.g.)
Augusto 15'
Jair 17', 20'
Simão 54'
Ademir 82'
Orlando 88'
Zizinho Red card 40'		 Salinas 44'
Calderón Red card 40'
González Red card
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Bolivia 2–0 Ecuador
Sánchez 6' (o.g.)
Ugarte 14' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,000
Uruguay 2–2 Colombia
Martínez 57'
Ayala 86'		 Gastelbondo 27'
A. Pérez 81'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Alberto Da Gama Malcher (Brazil)
Peru 3–0 Bolivia
R. Drago 31', 74'
Heredia 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Alberto Da Gama Malcher (Brazil)
Paraguay 4–2 Chile
Arce 10', 39', 47'
Benítez 23'		 Cremaschi 8'
Ramos 72'
Attendance: 1,000
Paraguay 7–0 Bolivia
Benítez 30', 40', 41', ?'
Arce 38', ?'
Fernández 59'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Brazil 5–1 Uruguay
Jair 15', 40' (pen.)
Zizinho 24'
Danilo Alvim 79'
Tesourinha 89' (pen.)		 Castro 12'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alberto Da Gama Malcher (Brazil)
Peru 3–0 Chile
Mosquera 28', 73'
Castillo 58'
Attendance: 1,000
Ecuador 4–1 Colombia
E. Cantos 23'
Vargas 44'
G. Andrade 49'
Maldonado 74'		 N. Pérez 27'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alfredo Alvarez (Bolivia)
Peru 4–3 Uruguay
Mosquera 19'
Castillo 43'
Gómez Sánchez 57', 60'		 Moll 58'
Castro 60'
Ayala 85'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alfredo Alvarez (Bolivia)
Bolivia 4–0 Colombia
Godoy 10'
B. Gutiérrez 55'
Rojas 77'
Ugarte 81'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Chile 3–1 Uruguay
Infante 75', 83' (pen.)
Cremaschi 88'		 Ayala 35'
Attendance: 5,000
Paraguay 2–1 Brazil
Avalos 75'
Benítez 85'		 Tesourinha 33'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)

Play-off[edit]

Main article: 1949 South American Championship Final

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
Attendance: 55,000

Result[edit]

 1949 South American Championship champions 

Brazil
3rd title

Goalscorers[edit]

Jair, top scorer

9 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

  • Bolivia Benigno Gutiérrez
  • Brazil Cláudio
  • Brazil Nininho
  • Paraguay López Fretes
  • Peru Alfredo Mosquera
  • Peru Víctor Pedraza
  • Peru Roberto Drago
  • Uruguay Juan Ayala

2 goals

  • Bolivia Benedicto Godoy
  • Brazil Orlando
  • Chile Raimundo Infante
  • Chile Pedro López
  • Ecuador José Vargas
  • Paraguay Marcial Barrios
  • Peru Carlos Gómez Sánchez
  • Peru Juan E. Salinas
  • Uruguay José M. García
  • Uruguay Dagoberto Moll

1 goal

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

Own goals

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

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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