1949 South American Championship

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1949 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates3 April – 11 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up Paraguay
Third place Peru
Fourth place Bolivia
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored135 (4.66 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Jair
(9 goals)
← 1947
1953 →

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 1922 South American Championship, also played on Brazilian soil. Jair da Rosa Pinto from Brazil was the top scorer of the tournament, with nine goals.

Squads[change | change source]

For a complete list of participating squads, see: 1949 South American Championship squads

Venues[change | change source]

Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo Santos Belo Horizonte
Estádio General Severiano Estádio São Januário Estádio do Pacaembu Estádio Vila Belmiro Estádio Sete de Setembro
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 71,281 Capacity: 16,798 Capacity: 30,000

Final round[change | change source]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
Tesourinha Goal 3', 42'
Octavio Goal 10'
Jair Goal 13', 35'
Simão Goal 16', 25'
Zizinho Goal 67'
Ademir Goal 88'		 Sigifredo Cuchuca Goal 18'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Bolivia 3–2 Chile
Ugarte Goal 59'
Godoy Goal 77'
Gutiérrez Goal 79'		 Riera Goal 30'
Salamanca Goal 71'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Paraguay 3–0 Colombia
López Fretes Goal 21', 72'
Benítez Goal 35'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)
Peru 4–0 Colombia
Pedraza Goal 22', 90'
Drago Goal 47'
Castillo Goal 85'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mario Rubén Heyn (Paraguay)
Paraguay 1–0 Ecuador
Barrios Goal 89'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)
Brazil 10–1 Bolivia
Nininho Goal 16', 39', 86'
Jair Goal 17'
Zizinho Goal 25', 80'
Cláudio Goal 49', 84'
Simão Goal 71', 79'		 Ugarte Goal 75'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Brazil 2–1 Chile
Zizinho Goal 20'
Cláudio Goal 49' (pen.)		 López Goal 89' (pen.)
Flores Red card 40'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)
Uruguay 3–2 Ecuador
Castro Goal 15', 85'
Moreno Goal 30'		 Artega Goal 35'
Vargas Goal 40'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alberto Da Gama Malcher (Brazil)
Paraguay 3–1 Peru
Barrios Goal 38' (pen.)
Arce Goal 56'
López Fretes Goal 67'		 Drago Goal 89'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Brazil 5–0 Colombia
Tesourinha Goal 20'
Canhotinho Goal 24' (pen.)
Orlando Goal 44'
Ademir Goal 47', 87'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alejandro Gálvez (Chile)
Chile 1–0 Ecuador
Rojas Goal 4'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Bolivia 3–2 Uruguay
Ugarte Goal 47' (pen.)
Algañaraz Goal 57'
Gutiérrez Goal 66'		 Moll Goal 49'
Betancourt Goal 70'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alberto Da Gama Malcher (Brazil)
Peru 4–0 Ecuador
Salinas Goal 26'
Bermeo Goal 36' (o.g.) Red card
Castillo Goal 50'
Pedraza Goal 85'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)
Chile 1–1 Colombia
López Goal 8' Berdugo Goal 56'
Attendance: 7,000
Uruguay 2–1 Paraguay
García Goal 22', 69' Arce Goal 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Brazil 7–1 Peru
Arce Goal 11' (o.g.)
Augusto Goal 15'
Jair Goal 17', 20'
Simão Goal 54'
Ademir Goal 82'
Orlando Goal 88'
Zizinho Red card 40'		 Salinas Goal 44'
Calderón Red card 40'
González Red card
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Bolivia 2–0 Ecuador
Sánchez Goal 6' (o.g.)
Ugarte Goal 14' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,000
Uruguay 2–2 Colombia
Martínez Goal 57'
Ayala Goal 86'		 Gastelbondo Goal 27'
A. Pérez Goal 81'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Alberto Da Gama Malcher (Brazil)
Peru 3–0 Bolivia
R. Drago Goal 31', 74'
Heredia Goal 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Alberto Da Gama Malcher (Brazil)
Paraguay 4–2 Chile
Arce Goal 10', 39', 47'
Benítez Goal 23'		 Cremaschi Goal 8'
Ramos Goal 72'
Attendance: 1,000
Paraguay 7–0 Bolivia
Benítez Goal 30', 40', 41', ?'
Arce Goal 38', ?'
Fernández Goal 59'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Brazil 5–1 Uruguay
Jair Goal 15', 40' (pen.)
Zizinho Goal 24'
Danilo Alvim Goal 79'
Tesourinha Goal 89' (pen.)		 Castro Goal 12'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alberto Da Gama Malcher (Brazil)
Peru 3–0 Chile
Mosquera Goal 28', 73'
Castillo Goal 58'
Attendance: 1,000
Ecuador 4–1 Colombia
E. Cantos Goal 23'
Vargas Goal 44'
G. Andrade Goal 49'
Maldonado Goal 74'		 N. Pérez Goal 27'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alfredo Alvarez (Bolivia)
Peru 4–3 Uruguay
Mosquera Goal 19'
Castillo Goal 43'
Gómez Sánchez Goal 57', 60'		 Moll Goal 58'
Castro Goal 60'
Ayala Goal 85'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alfredo Alvarez (Bolivia)
Bolivia 4–0 Colombia
Godoy Goal 10'
B. Gutiérrez Goal 55'
Rojas Goal 77'
Ugarte Goal 81'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)
Chile 3–1 Uruguay
Infante Goal 75', 83' (pen.)
Cremaschi Goal 88'		 Ayala Goal 35'
Attendance: 5,000
Paraguay 2–1 Brazil
Avalos Goal 75'
Benítez Goal 85'		 Tesourinha Goal 33'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Cyril Jack Barrick (England)

Play-off[change | change source]

See the main article: 1949 South American Championship Final

A playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.

Brazil 7–0 Paraguay
Ademir Goal 17', 27', 48'
Tesourinha Goal 43', 70'
Jair Goal 72', 89'		 Report
Attendance: 55,000

Result[change | change source]

 1949 South American Championship Champions 

Brazil
3rd title

Goalscorers[change | change source]

Jair, top scorer

9 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

  • Bolivia Benigno Gutiérrez
  • Brazil Cláudio
  • Brazil Nininho
  • Paraguay López Fretes
  • Peru Alfredo Mosquera
  • Peru Víctor Pedraza
  • Peru Roberto Drago
  • Uruguay Juan Ayala

2 goals

  • Bolivia Benedicto Godoy
  • Brazil Orlando
  • Chile Raimundo Infante
  • Chile Pedro López
  • Ecuador José Vargas
  • Paraguay Marcial Barrios
  • Peru Carlos Gómez Sánchez
  • Peru Juan E. Salinas
  • Uruguay José M. García
  • Uruguay Dagoberto Moll

1 goal

  • Bolivia Víctor Algañaraz
  • Bolivia Nemesio Rojas
  • Brazil Augusto
  • Brazil Canhotinho
  • Brazil Danilo Alvim
  • Brazil Octavio
  • Chile Mario Castro
  • Chile Atilio Cremaschi
  • Chile Ulises Ramos
  • Chile Fernando Riera
  • Chile Carlos Rojas
  • Chile Manuel Salamanca
  • Colombia A. Pérez
  • Colombia Berdugo
  • Colombia Gastelbondo
  • Colombia Nelson Pérez
  • Ecuador Víctor Arteaga
  • Ecuador Sigifredo Chuchuca
  • Ecuador Enrique Cantos
  • Ecuador Guido Andrade
  • Ecuador Rafael Maldonado
  • Paraguay Enrique Avalos
  • Paraguay Pedro Fernández
  • Peru Cornelio Heredia
  • Peru Manuel Drago
  • Uruguay Ernesto Bentancour
  • Uruguay Miguel Martínez
  • Uruguay Nelson Moreno

Own goals

  • Ecuador Bermeo (for Peru)
  • Ecuador Sánchez (for Bolivia)
  • Peru Arce (for Brazil)

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness Publishing. p. 560. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

Other websites[change | change source]

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