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1917 South American Championship

Football tournament

Field	Value
tourney_name	South American Championship of Nations
year	1917
country	Uruguay
dates	30 September – 14 October
num_teams	4
confederations	1
venues	1
cities	1
champion	Uruguay
count	2
second	Argentina
third	Brazil
third-flagvar	1889
fourth	Chile
matches	6
goals	21
attendance	128000
top_scorer	URU Ángel Romano
(4 goals)
prevseason	[1916](1916-south-american-championship)
nextseason	[1919](1919-south-american-championship)

| second-flagvar = | third-flagvar = 1889 (4 goals)

The 1917 South American Championship of Nations was the second edition of the continental tournament now known as the Copa América. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from 30 September to 14 October 1917. Hosts Uruguay retained the title after winning 1–0 over Argentina in the last match of the competition. Ángel Romano from Uruguay finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 4 goals.

Format

The Uruguay team that won the championship

There was no qualifying for the tournament. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Each team played one match against each of the other teams in a single group. The team with the best position after the matches was the champion. Two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a defeat.

Squads

Main article: 1917 South American Championship squads

Venues

All the matches were played at Parque Pereira, a 40,000 seater multi-use stadium in Montevideo.

URU Montevideo
Parque Pereira
Capacity: 40,000
[[File:Parque pereira.jpg	220px]]

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.

Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	3	0	9	0	+9	6
3	2	1	5	3	+2	4
3	1	2	7	8	−1	2
3	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Romano

Ohaco
A. Blanco Lagreca

Romano
C. Scarone

Neco
Haroldo
Amílcar

Result

Goal scorers

Ángel Romano
Carlos Scarone
Alberto Ohaco
Haroldo
Neco
Héctor Scarone
Antonio Blanco
Pedro Calomino
Amílcar
Caetano
Silvio Lagreca

Own goals

CHI Luis García (for Argentina)

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