1917 South American Championship

1917 South American Championship of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	September 30 – October 14
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (2nd title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	21 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ángel Romano (4 goals)
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The 1917 South American Championship of Nations was the second edition of the continental tournament now known as the Copa América. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from September 30 to October 14, 1917. Hosts Uruguay retained the title after winning 1–0 over Argentina in the last match of the competition. Ángel Romano from Uruguay finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 4 goals.

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. The one with the best position after the matches was the champion. Two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a defeat.

Squads[]

Venues[]

All the matches were played at Parque Pereira, a 40,000 seater multi-use stadium in Montevideo.

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
Uruguay	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	6
Argentina	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
Brazil	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	2
Chile	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

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Result[]

1917 South American Championship Champions
Uruguay Second title

Goal scorers[]

There were 21 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: RSSSF

Own goals

• Luis García (for Argentina)

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1917 South American Championship.

• South American Championship 1917 at RSSSF