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1916 South American Championship

Football tournament

1916 South American Championship

Football tournament

FieldValue
tourney_nameSouth American Championship
year1916
imageSudamericano de football 1916 brazilian art.jpg
size200
captionBrazilian poster advertising the championship
countryArgentina
dates2–17 July
num_teams4
confederations1
venues2
cities2
championUruguay
count1
secondArgentina
thirdBrazil
third-flagvar1889
fourthChile
matches6
goals18
attendance84200
top_scorerURU Isabelino Gradín
(3 goals)
nextseason[1917](1917-south-american-championship)

| country-flagvar = | second-flagvar = | third-flagvar = 1889 (3 goals)

The 1916 South American Championship () was the first continental championship for national association football teams in South America. It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 2 to 17 July during Argentina's Independence Centenary commemorations. The tournament was won by Uruguay, who drew (0–0) with Argentina in the last match of the tournament at Racing Club Stadium. Uruguay's Isabelino Gradín was the top scorer with three goals.

Venues

The tournament was played in only two venues. All matches, except the last one, were played at Estadio GEBA.

Buenos AiresAvellaneda
Estadio GEBAEstadio Racing Club
Capacity: **18,000**Capacity: **30,000**
[[File:Estadio_geba_tribuna_1910.jpg200px]][[File:Racing tribunas 1922.jpg200px]]

Teams

There was no qualifying for the tournament. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

Squads

Uruguay, the first South American Champion

Main article: 1916 South American Championship squads

Format

The teams played a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.

Final round

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.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
321061+5**5**
312072+5**4**
302134−1**2**
3012211−9**1**

Gradín

J.D. Brown
Marcovecchio

Tognola

Goalscorers

Isabelino Gradín, topscorer

  • Isabelino Gradín

  • Juan Domingo Brown

  • Alberto Marcovecchio

  • Alberto Ohaco

  • José Piendibene

  • José Laguna

  • Alencar

  • Demósthenes

  • Arthur Friedenreich

  • Telésforo Báez

  • Hernando Salazar

  • José Tognola

Notes

References

References

  1. (8 April 2019). "Historia de la selección argentina en la Copa América".
  2. Martins Barriga, Nicolás. (2011). "Copa América: ¿Creación Argentina?".
  3. Balmaceda, Daniel. (27 November 2018). "1916: once policías para 30 mil hinchas en el primer escándalo del fútbol".
  4. (17 July 1916). "Triste epílogo del Campeonato Sudamericano". La Vanguardia.
  5. Ronzano, Gustavo. (23 July 2005). "Chau tablón".
  6. Tabeira, Martín. (10 August 2007). "South American Championship 1916".
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