1949 South American Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
Dates | April 3 – May 11 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 29 |
Goals scored | 135 (4.66 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (9 goals) |
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 | Sao Paulo | Santos | Belo Horizonte | |
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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 |
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Final round[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 7 | +32 | 12 |
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7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 12 |
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7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 10 |
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7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 8 |
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7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 |
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7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 5 |
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7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 2 |
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7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 23 | −19 | 2 |
Brazil ![]() | 9–1 | ![]() |
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Tesourinha ![]() Octavio ![]() Jair ![]() Simão ![]() Zizinho ![]() Ademir ![]() |
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Paraguay ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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López Fretes ![]() Benítez ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 10–1 | ![]() |
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Nininho ![]() Jair ![]() Zizinho ![]() Cláudio ![]() Simão ![]() |
Ugarte ![]() |
Paraguay ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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![]() Arce ![]() López Fretes ![]() |
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Brazil ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Tesourinha ![]() Canhotinho ![]() Orlando ![]() Ademir ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() |
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![]() Augusto ![]() Jair ![]() Simão ![]() Ademir ![]() Orlando ![]() Zizinho ![]() |
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Brazil ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Jair ![]() Zizinho ![]() Danilo Alvim ![]() Tesourinha ![]() |
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Bolivia ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Godoy ![]() B. Gutiérrez ![]() ![]() Ugarte ![]() |
Paraguay ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Avalos ![]() Benítez ![]() |
Tesourinha ![]() |
Play Offs[]
A playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.
Brazil ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Ademir ![]() Tesourinha ![]() Jair ![]() |
Report |
Result[]
1949 South American Championship Champions |
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![]() Brazil 3rd title |
Goalscorers[]
9 goals
7 goals
Ademir
Tesourinha
Arce
Benítez
5 goals
4 goals
Castillo
Castro
3 goals
B. Gutiérrez
Cláudio
Nininho
López Fretes
Mosquera
Pedraza
R. Drago
Ayala
2 goals
1 goal
Algañaraz
Rojas
Augusto
Canhotinho
Danilo Alvim
Octavio
Castro
Cremaschi
Ramos
Riera
Rojas
Salamanca
A. Pérez
Berdugo
Gastelbondo
N. Pérez
Arteaga
Chuchuca
E. Cantos
G. Andrade
Maldonado
Avalos
Fernández
Heredia
M. Drago
Bentancour
Martínez
Moreno
Own goals
External links[]
References[]
- ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness Publishing. p. 560. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
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- Copa América tournaments
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