The sixth edition of the South American Championship was scheduled to be held in Chile, but Brazil asked to host it as part of its 100th anniversary independence celebrations. Thus it was held in Rio de Janeiro between 17 September and 22 October 1922.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
Dates | 17 September – 22 October |
Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Brazil (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Paraguay |
Third place | Uruguay |
Fourth place | Argentina |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 11 |
Goals scored | 22 (2 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Julio Francia (4 goals) |
Overview edit
All CONMEBOL members (as of 1922) attended: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Squads edit
For a complete list of participants squads see: 1922 South American Championship squads
Venues edit
Rio de Janeiro |
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Estadio das Laranjeiras |
Capacity: 20,000 |
Final round edit
Each team played one match against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Brazil | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
Argentina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
Chile | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 |
The match was abandoned after Paraguay walked off to protest the penalty kick awarded by the referee.
Play-off edit
As Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay finished tied on points, a playoff series was planned for the three teams; however, Uruguay withdrew from the competition to protest the performance of Brazilian referee Pedro Santos in their match against Paraguay.
Therefore, a playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.
Result edit
1922 South American Championship champions |
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Brazil Second title |
Goal scorers edit
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Ángel Chiessa
- José Gaslini
- Tatú
- Manuel Bravo
- Carlos Elizeche
- Luis Fretes
- Ildefonso López
- Julio Ramírez
- Felipe Buffoni
- Juan C. Heguy
- Antonio Urdinarán
References edit
- ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 552. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.