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1922 South American Championship
Football tournament
Football tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | South American Championship |
| country | Brazil |
| year | 1922 |
| dates | 17 September – 6 November |
| num_teams | 5 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion | Brazil |
| champion-flagvar | 1889 |
| count | 2 |
| second | Paraguay |
| second-flagvar | 1842 |
| third | Uruguay |
| fourth | Argentina |
| matches | 11 |
| goals | 22 |
| top_scorer | Julio Francia (4 goals) |
| prevseason | [1921](1921-south-american-championship) |
| nextseason | [1923](1923-south-american-championship) |
| champion-flagvar = 1889 | second-flagvar = 1842
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 6 November 1922.
Overview
All CONMEBOL members (as of 1922) attended: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Squads
For a complete list of participants squads see: 1922 South American Championship squads
Venues
| Rio de Janeiro | |
|---|---|
| Estadio das Laranjeiras | |
| Capacity: **20,000** | |
| [[File:Das laranjeiras 1922.jpg | 150px]] |
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.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | **5** | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | **5** | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | **5** | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | **4** | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | **1** |
Urdinarán
Francia
Gaslini
López
Fretes
Amílcar
The match was abandoned after Paraguay walked off to protest the penalty kick awarded by the referee.
Play-off
Main article: 1922 South American Championship Final
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.
Formiga
Result
Goal scorers
4 goals
- Juan Francia
2 goals
- Amilcar
- Formiga
- Neco
- Gerardo Rivas
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
References
- Oliver, Guy. (1992). "The Guinness Record of World Soccer". Guinness publishing.
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