1942 South American Championship

The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship, an association football competition, was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 10 January to 7 February.

For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament.

The tournament featured a match between Argentina and Ecuador in which Argentina's José Manuel Moreno surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals in Copa América history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador. , the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas. José Manuel Moreno and Herminio Masantonio of Argentina were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.

Final round
Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no (0) points for a defeat.

Chile left the pitch on the 43rd minute in protest of the dreadful referee performance. Argentina was awarded a victory but with no goals.

Goal scorers
7 goals


 * 🇦🇷 Herminio Masantonio
 * 🇦🇷 José Manuel Moreno

6 goals
 * 🇧🇷 Sylvio Pirillo

5 goals


 * 🇺🇾 Roberto Porta
 * 🇺🇾 Severino Varela

3 goals


 * 🇵🇾 Marcial Barrios
 * 🇵🇾 Fabio Baudo Franco
 * 🇺🇾 Luis Castro
 * 🇺🇾 Bibiano Zapirain

2 goals


 * 🇦🇷 Enrique García
 * 🇦🇷 Ángel Perucca
 * 🇧🇷 Pedro Amorim
 * 🇧🇷 Patesko
 * 🇧🇷 Zizinho
 * 🇨🇱 Alfonso Domínguez
 * 🇪🇨 José María Jiménez
 * 🇵🇾 Ruben Aveiro
 * 🇵🇪 Teodoro Fernández
 * 🇺🇾 Anibal Ciocca

1 goal


 * 🇦🇷 Juan Carlos Heredia
 * 🇦🇷 Adolfo Pedernera
 * 🇦🇷 Sandoval
 * 🇧🇷 Cláudio
 * 🇧🇷 Servílio
 * 🇧🇷 Tim
 * 🇨🇱 Benito Armingol
 * 🇨🇱 Armando Contreras
 * 🇪🇨 Marino Alcívar
 * 🇪🇨 Enrique Álvarez Castillo
 * 🇵🇾 Gorgonio Ibarrola
 * 🇵🇾 Eduardo Mingo
 * 🇵🇾 Vicente Sánchez
 * 🇵🇪 Luis Guzmán
 * 🇵🇪 Quiñónez
 * 🇵🇪 Adelfo Magallanes
 * 🇺🇾 Chirimini
 * 🇺🇾 Schubert Gambetta
 * 🇺🇾 Obdulio Varela