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 | Brazil (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Paraguay |
Third place | Peru |
Fourth place | Bolivia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 29 |
Goals scored | 135 (4.66 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Jair (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 |
Final round[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Tesourinha 3', 42' Octavio 10' Jair 13', 35' Simão 16', 25' Zizinho 67' Ademir 88' |
18' |
Paraguay | 3–0 | Colombia |
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López Fretes 21', 72' Benítez 35' |
Brazil | 10–1 | Bolivia |
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Nininho 16', 39', 86' Jair 17' Zizinho 25', 80' Cláudio 49', 84' Simão 71', 79' |
Ugarte 75' |
Paraguay | 3–1 | Peru |
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38' (pen.) Arce 56' López Fretes 67' |
89' |
Brazil | 5–0 | Colombia |
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Tesourinha 20' Canhotinho 24' (pen.) Orlando 44' Ademir 47', 87' |
Brazil | 7–1 | Peru |
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11' (o.g.) Augusto 15' Jair 17', 20' Simão 54' Ademir 82' Orlando 88' Zizinho 40' |
44' 40' |
Brazil | 5–1 | Uruguay |
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Jair 15', 40' (pen.) Zizinho 24' Danilo Alvim 79' Tesourinha 89' (pen.) |
12' |
Bolivia | 4–0 | Colombia |
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Godoy 10' B. Gutiérrez 55' 77' Ugarte 81' |
Paraguay | 2–1 | Brazil |
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Avalos 75' Benítez 85' |
Tesourinha 33' |
Play Offs[]
A playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.
Brazil | 7–0 | Paraguay |
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Ademir 17', 27', 48' Tesourinha 43', 70' Jair 72', 89' |
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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