1946 South American Championship

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1946 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	12 January – 10 February
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (8th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	61 (4.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José María Medina (7 goals)
← 1945 1947 →

The nineteenth edition of the South American Championship in football was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 12 January to 10 February. This tournament, an extra edition with no trophy handed to the winners, is considered official by CONMEBOL.

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru withdrew from the tournament.

Venues

Buenos Aires		Avellaneda
Estadio Monumental	Estadio Gasómetro de Boedo	Estadio Independiente
Capacity: 67,664	Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 57.858

Squads

Final round

Each team played 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
Argentina	5	5	0	0	17	3	+14	10
Brazil	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6	7
Paraguay	5	2	1	2	8	8	0	5
Uruguay	5	2	0	3	11	9	+2	4
Chile	5	2	0	3	8	11	−3	4
Bolivia	5	0	0	5	4	23	−19	0

12 January 1946

Argentina	2–0	Paraguay
De la Mata 6' Martino 43'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)

16 January 1946

Brazil	3–0	Bolivia
Heleno 47', 78' Zizinho 65'

Gasómetro de Boedo, Buenos Aires

Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

16 January 1946

Uruguay	1–0	Chile
Medina 34'

Gasómetro de Boedo, Buenos Aires

Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)

19 January 1946

Chile	2–1	Paraguay
Araya 48' Cremaschi 68'		Rolón 14'

Gasómetro de Boedo, Buenos Aires

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

19 January 1946

Argentina	7–1	Bolivia
Labruna 34', 89' Méndez 39', 60' Salvini 75', 84' Loustau 79'		Peredo 67'

Gasómetro de Boedo, Buenos Aires

Referee: Higinio Madrid (Chile)

23 January 1946

Brazil	4–3	Uruguay
Jair 1', 16' Heleno 39' Chico 44'		Medina 25', 70' Vázquez 37'

Gasómetro de Boedo, Buenos Aires

Referee: Cayetano de Nicola (Paraguay)

26 January 1946

Paraguay	4–2	Bolivia
Genés 30' Benítez Cáceres 44' Villalba 67', 88'		Coronel 20' (o.g.) González 42'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

26 January 1946

Argentina	3–1	Chile
Labruna 39', 60' Pedernera 65'		Alcántara 85'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

29 January 1946

Uruguay	5–0	Bolivia
Medina 1', 25', 30', 78' García 75'

Estadio Independiente, Avellaneda

Referee: Higinio Madrid (Chile)

29 January 1946

Brazil	1–1	Paraguay
Norival 63'		Villalba 31'

Estadio Independiente, Avellaneda

Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

2 February 1946

Argentina	3–1	Uruguay
Pedernera 8' Labruna 46' Méndez 72'		Riephoff 59'

Gasómetro de Boedo, Buenos Aires

Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)

3 February 1946

Brazil	5–1	Chile
Zizinho 4', 41', 46', 71' Chico 89'		Salfate 84' (pen.)

Gasómetro de Boedo, Buenos Aires

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

8 February 1946

Chile	4–1	Bolivia
Araya 9', 39' Cremaschi 49', 78'		Peredo 50'

Gasómetro de Boedo, Buenos Aires

Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

8 February 1946

Paraguay	2–1	Uruguay
Villalba 37' Rodríguez 75'		Schiaffino 57'

Gasómetro de Boedo, Buenos Aires

Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)

10 February 1946

Argentina	2–0	Brazil
Méndez 14', 20'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Referee: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)

Result

1946 South American Championship champions
Argentina Eighth title

Goal scorers

7 Goals

José M. Medina

5 goals

4 goals

Juan Villalba

3 goals

2 goals

Adolfo Pedernera
Juan C. Salvini
Miguel Peredo
Chico
Jair

1 goal

Vicente De la Mata
Félix Loustau
Rinaldo Martino
Zenón González
Norival
Juan Alcántara
Santiago Salfate
Delfín Benítez Cáceres
Alejandrino Genés
Albino Rodríguez
Porfirio Rolón
José García
José A. Vázquez
Juan P. Riephoff
Raúl Schiaffino

Own goal

Doroteo Coronel (for Bolivia)

External links

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South American Championship 1946 at RSSSF

Copa América

Editions

South American Championship	Argentina 1916 Uruguay 1917 Brazil 1919 Chile 1920 Argentina 1921 Brazil 1922 Uruguay 1923 Uruguay 1924 Argentina 1925 Chile 1926 Peru 1927 Argentina 1929 Peru 1935 Argentina 1937 Peru 1939 Chile 1941 Uruguay 1942 Chile 1945 Argentina 1946 Ecuador 1947 Brazil 1949 Peru 1953 Chile 1955 Uruguay 1956 Peru 1957 Argentina 1959 Ecuador 1959 Bolivia 1963 Uruguay 1967
Copa América	1975 (no fixed host) 1979 (no fixed host) 1983 (no fixed host) Argentina 1987 Brazil 1989 Chile 1991 Ecuador 1993 Uruguay 1995 Bolivia 1997 Paraguay 1999 Colombia 2001 Peru 2004 Venezuela 2007 Argentina 2011 Chile 2015 United States 2016 (Centenario) Brazil 2019 Brazil 2021 United States 2024 2028

Finals

Squads

Qualification