1967 South American Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | 17 January – 2 February |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Uruguay (11th title) |
Runners-up | Argentina |
Third place | Chile |
Fourth place | Paraguay |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 49 (3.27 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Luis Artime (5 goals) |
The 1967 South American Football Championship was won by hosts Uruguay, with Argentina finished second. Brazil and Peru withdrew from the tournament. It was the first tournament in which Venezuela participated.
Qualifying round
Chile won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.
Ecuador | 2–2 | Paraguay |
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Carrera 56' Muñoz 58' |
Rojas 85' (pen.) Apodaca 88' |
Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Goicoechea (Argentina
)Paraguay | 3–1 | Ecuador |
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Mora 7', 10' Del Puerto 60' |
Muñoz 81' |
Paraguay won 5–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.
Venues
Montevideo |
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Estadio Centenario |
Capacity: 65,235 |
Squads
Final round
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Uruguay | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 9 |
Argentina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 8 |
Chile | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 |
Paraguay | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 4 |
Venezuela | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 2 |
Bolivia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 1 |
Uruguay | 4–0 | Venezuela |
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Urruzmendi 5', 81' Oyarbide 62', 68' |
Uruguay | 2–0 | Paraguay |
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Pérez 32' Urruzmendi 66' |
Result
1967 South American Championship champions |
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Uruguay 11th title |
Goal scorers
With five goals, Luis Artime of Argentina was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 49 goals were scored by 27 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Raúl Bernao
- Pedro Araya
- Celino Mora
- Juan Carlos Rojas
- Antonio Ravelo
- 1 goal
- Juan Carlos Carone
- Juan Carlos Sarnari
- Oscar Mas
- Rafael Albrecht
- Silvio Marzolini
- Antonio González
- Arístides Del Puerto
- Benigno Apocada
- Juan Francisco Riveros
- Ramón Colmán
- Domingo Pérez
- Julio Montero Castillo
- Humberto Scovino
- Luis Mendoza
- Own goal
- Roberto Troncoso (playing against Uruguay)