1949 South American Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
Dates | 3 April – 11 May |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | 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
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
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Santos | Belo Horizonte | |
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Estádio General Severiano | Estádio São Januário | Estádio do Pacaembu
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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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Ademir 88' |
Sigifredo Cuchuca 18' |
Bolivia | 3–2 | Uruguay |
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66' | Moll 49' Betancourt 70' |
Bolivia | 2–0 | Ecuador |
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Sánchez 6' (o.g.) Ugarte 14' (pen.) |
Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mário Gardelli (Brazil
)Paraguay | 4–2 | Chile |
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Benítez 23' |
Cremaschi 8' Ramos 72' |
Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mário Gardelli (Brazil
)Peru | 3–0 | Chile |
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Mosquera 28', 73' Castillo 58' |
Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mário Gardelli (Brazil
)Paraguay | 2–1 | Brazil |
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Benítez 85' |
Tesourinha 33' |
Play-off
A playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.
Result
1949 South American Championship champions |
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Brazil 3rd title |
Goalscorers
9 goals
7 goals
- Ademir
- Tesourinha
- Arce
- Benítez
5 goals
- Víctor Ugarte
- Simão
- Zizinho
4 goals
- Félix Castillo
- Ramón Castro
3 goals
- Benigno Gutiérrez
- Cláudio
- Nininho
- López Fretes
- Alfredo Mosquera
- Víctor Pedraza
- Roberto Drago
- Juan Ayala
2 goals
- Benedicto Godoy
- Orlando
- Raimundo Infante
- Pedro López
- José Vargas
- Marcial Barrios
- Carlos Gómez Sánchez
- Juan E. Salinas
- José M. García
- Dagoberto Moll
1 goal
- Víctor Algañaraz
- Nemesio Rojas
- Augusto
- Canhotinho
- Danilo Alvim
- Octavio
- Mario Castro
- Atilio Cremaschi
- Ulises Ramos
- Fernando Riera
- Carlos Rojas
- Manuel Salamanca
- A. Pérez
- Berdugo
- Gastelbondo
- Nelson Pérez
- Víctor Arteaga
- Sigifredo Chuchuca
- Enrique Cantos
- Guido Andrade
- Rafael Maldonado
- Enrique Avalos
- Pedro Fernández
- Cornelio Heredia
- Manuel Drago
- Ernesto Bentancour
- Miguel Martínez
- Nelson Moreno
Own goals
External links
References
- ISBN 0-85112-954-4.