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1939 South American Championship
Football tournament
Football tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | South American Championship |
| country | Peru |
| year | 1939 |
| dates | 15 January – 12 February |
| num_teams | 5 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion | Peru |
| champion-flagvar | 1884 |
| count | 1 |
| second | Uruguay |
| third | Paraguay |
| third-flagvar | 1842 |
| fourth | Chile |
| matches | 10 |
| goals | 47 |
| top_scorer | Peru Teodoro Fernández |
| (7 goals) | |
| player | Peru Teodoro Fernández |
| prevseason | [1937](1937-south-american-championship) |
| nextseason | [1941](1941-south-american-championship) |
| champion-flagvar = 1884 | third-flagvar = 1842 (7 goals)
The fifteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Lima, Peru from 15 January to 12 February.
Overview
The participating countries were Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Although CONMEBOL members since 1927, this tournament was the first time the Ecuadorian side participated. Colombia –member since 1936– withdrew again from the tournament, as well as Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Peru won for the first time.
Venues
| Lima | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Nacional | |
| Capacity: **40,000** | |
| [[File:Estadio ingles lima.jpg | 200px]] |
Squads
Main article: 1939 South American Championship 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | **8** | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | **6** | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | **4** | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | **2** | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | −14 | **0** |
Barrios
Aquino
J. Alcalde
S. Varela
Lago
J. Alcalde
Camaití
Chirimini
Luco
J. Alcalde
Avendaño
Sorrel
S. Varela
Porta
Godoy
Barreiro
Bielich
Result
Goal scorers
7 goals
- Peru Teodoro Fernández
5 goals
- Peru Jorge Alcalde
- Uruguay Severino Varela
3 goals
- Paraguay Tiberio Godoy
- Paraguay Marcial Barrios
- Uruguay Pedro Lago
- Uruguay Roberto Porta
2 goals
- Chile José Avendaño
- Chile Enrique Sorrel
- Ecuador Marino Alcívar
- Ecuador Manuel Arenas
1 goal
- Chile Alfonso Domínguez
- Chile Roberto Luco
- Chile Raúl Muñoz
- Chile Raúl Toro
- Paraguay Ricardo Aquino
- Paraguay Eustaquio Barreiro
- Paraguay Eduardo Mingo
- Peru Víctor Bielich
- Uruguay Adelaido Camaití
- Uruguay Oscar Chirimini
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