1945 South American Championship

1945 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	14 January – 28 February
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (7th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	89 (4.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Heleno de Freitas Norberto Méndez (6 goals each)
← 1942 1946 →

Argentine player Rinaldo Martino being carried by the fans after the 1–0 win v. Uruguay. He scored the only goal

The eighteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Santiago, Chile from 14 January to 28 February. This tournament was an extra edition, with no trophy handed to the winners, but considered official by CONMEBOL.

The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia (for the first time), Ecuador, and Uruguay. Paraguay and Peru withdrew from the tournament.

Squads[]

For a complete list of participating squads see: 1945 South American Championship squads

Venues[]

Santiago
Estadio Nacional de Chile
Capacity: 70,000

Final round[]

Each team played 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
Argentina	6	5	1	0	22	5	+17	11
Brazil	6	5	0	1	19	5	+14	10
Chile	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	9
Uruguay	6	3	0	3	14	6	+8	6
Colombia	6	1	1	4	7	25	−18	3
Bolivia	6	0	2	4	3	16	−13	2
Ecuador	6	0	1	5	9	27	−18	1

14 January 1945

Chile	6–3	Ecuador
Alcántara 28', 59', 81' Vera 29' Hormazábal 45' Clavero 70'		30' Jiménez 44' 51'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

18 January 1945

Argentina	4–0	Bolivia
Pontoni 10' Martino 43' Loustau 70' De la Mata 75'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Humberto Reginato (Chile)

21 January 1945

Brazil	3–0	Colombia
Jorginho 13' Heleno 15' Jaime 38'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

24 January 1945

Chile	5–0	Bolivia
Clavero 13', 27', 39' Alcántara 75', 79'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

24 January 1945

Uruguay	5–1	Ecuador
A. García 1', 60', 83' Porta 28' Varela 69'		39'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)

28 January 1945

Uruguay	7–0	Colombia
A. García 22', 89' 25' J. García 37', 83' 75' Porta 86'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)

28 January 1945

Brazil	2–0	Bolivia
Ademir 48' Tesourinha 80'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

31 January 1945

Chile	2–0	Colombia
Medina 48' Piñeiro 80'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

31 January 1945

Argentina	4–2	Ecuador
Pontoni 11' De la Mata 50' Martino 69' Pellegrina 83'		53' J. Mendoza 62'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

7 February 1945

Argentina	9–1	Colombia
Pontoni 3', 7' Méndez 15', 39' Martino 27' Boyé 41' Loustau 50' 80', 81'		52'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

7 February 1945

Brazil	3–0	Uruguay
Heleno 8', 32' Rui 20'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

11 February 1945

Bolivia	0–0	Ecuador

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)

11 February 1945

Chile	1–1	Argentina
Medina 3'		Méndez 52'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

15 February 1945

Uruguay	2–0	Bolivia
Falero 26' Porta 75'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)

15 February 1945

Argentina	3–1	Brazil
Méndez 14', 20', 40'		Ademir 32'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

18 February 1945

Colombia	3–1	Ecuador
2' 64' Berdugo 70'		4'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

18 February 1945

Chile	1–0	Uruguay
Medina 8'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

21 February 1945

Bolivia	3–3	Colombia
57' 75' 80'		3' Berdugo 7' 67'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)

21 February 1945

Brazil	9–2	Ecuador
Ademir 3', 10', 75' Heleno 22', 28' Zizinho 40', 65' Jair 67', 68'		42' 49'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

25 February 1945

Argentina	1–0	Uruguay
Martino 50'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Juan Las Heras (Chile)

28 February 1945

Brazil	1–0	Chile
Heleno 20'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

Result[]

1945 South American Championship Champions
Argentina Seventh title

Goal scorers[]

Norberto Méndez (left) and Heleno, top scorers with 6 goals each

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

External links[]

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