1959 South American Championship (Argentina)

1959 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	7 March – 4 April
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (12th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	86 (4.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pelé (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Pelé
← 1957 1959 (Ecuador) →

The South American Championship 1959 was a football tournament held in Argentina, and won by Argentina with Brazil as runner-up. Colombia and Ecuador withdrew from the tournament. Pelé from Brazil was named best player of the tournament and was the top scorer with 8 goals.^[1]

Venues[]

Buenos Aires
Estadio Monumental
Capacity: 67,664

Squads[]

Final round[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	6	5	1	0	19	5	+14	11
Brazil	6	4	2	0	17	7	+10	10
Paraguay	6	3	0	3	12	12	0	6
Peru	6	1	3	2	10	11	−1	5
Chile	6	2	1	3	9	14	−5	5
Uruguay	6	2	0	4	15	14	+1	4
Bolivia	6	0	1	5	4	23	−19	1

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Result[]

1959 South American Championship Champions
Argentina 12th title

Goalscorers[]

With eight goals, Pelé of Brazil is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 86 goals were scored by 36 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

8 goals

• Pelé

6 goals

• José Aveiro

5 goals

• Paulo Valentim
• Miguel Angel Loayza

4 goals

• Rubén Héctor Sosa

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Víctor Benítez (playing against Argentina)

Team of the Tournament[]

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Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
	Mirto Davoine Víctor Benítez Vladislao Cap	Eliseo Mouriño Alcides Silveira	Garrincha Didi Vladas Douksas Pelé Raúl Belén

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones 1959 (Argentina).

• South American Championship 1959 at RSSSF