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1942 South American Championship

Football tournament

Field	Value
tourney_name	South American Championship
country	Uruguay
year	1942
dates	10 January – 7 February
num_teams	7
confederations	1
venues	1
cities	1
champion	Uruguay
count	8
second	Argentina
third	Brazil
third-flagvar	1889
fourth	Paraguay
fourth-flagvar	1842
matches	21
goals	81
top_scorer	Argentina Herminio Masantonio
Argentina José Manuel Moreno
(7 goals each)
prevseason	[1941](1941-south-american-championship)
nextseason	[1945](1945-south-american-championship)

| second-flagvar = | third-flagvar = 1889 | fourth-flagvar = 1842 Argentina José Manuel Moreno (7 goals each)

The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship, an association football competition, was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 10 January to 7 February.

For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament.

The tournament featured a match between Argentina and Ecuador in which Argentina's José Manuel Moreno surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals in Copa América history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador. , the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas. José Manuel Moreno and Herminio Masantonio of Argentina were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.

Squads

Main article: 1942 South American Championship squads

Venues

Montevideo
Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 65,235
[[File:Stad de centario uruguay1930 montevideo.jpg	150px]]

Final round

Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no (0) points for a defeat.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	6	0	0	21	2	+19	12
6	5	0	1	21	6	+15	10
6	3	1	2	15	7	+8	7
6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	6
6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	4
6	1	1	4	4	15	−11	3
6	0	0	6	4	31	−27	0

O. Varela
Ciocca
Zapirain
Porta

Masantonio
Perucca Aveiro

Pirillo
Cláudio

Masantonio

Gambetta
S. Varela
Porta

Baudo Franco

Moreno
Pedernera
Masantonio
Perucca

Mingo
Ibarrola

Moreno

Guzmán

Porta
Ciocca

Chile left the pitch on the 43rd minute in protest of the dreadful referee performance.

Argentina was awarded a victory but with no goals.

Pirillo
Zizinho

L. E. Castro
Porta

Armingol

Result

Goal scorers

7 goals

ARG Herminio Masantonio
ARG José Manuel Moreno

6 goals

Brazil Sylvio Pirillo

5 goals

Uruguay Roberto Porta
Uruguay Severino Varela

3 goals

Paraguay Marcial Barrios
Paraguay Fabio Baudo Franco
Uruguay Luis Castro
Uruguay Bibiano Zapirain

2 goals

Argentina Enrique García
Argentina Ángel Perucca
Brazil Pedro Amorim
Brazil Patesko
Brazil Zizinho
Chile Alfonso Domínguez
Ecuador José María Jiménez
Paraguay Ruben Aveiro
Peru Teodoro Fernández
Uruguay Anibal Ciocca

1 goal

ARG Juan Carlos Heredia
ARG Adolfo Pedernera
ARG Sandoval
Brazil Cláudio
Brazil Servílio
Brazil Tim
Chile Benito Armingol
Chile Armando Contreras
Ecuador Marino Alcívar
Ecuador
Paraguay Gorgonio Ibarrola
Paraguay Eduardo Mingo
Paraguay Vicente Sánchez
Peru Luis Guzmán
Peru Quiñónez
Peru Adelfo Magallanes
Uruguay Chirimini
Uruguay Schubert Gambetta
Uruguay Obdulio Varela

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