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1946 South American Championship
Football tournament
Football tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | South American Championship |
| country | Argentina |
| year | 1946 |
| dates | 12 January – 10 February |
| num_teams | 6 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 3 |
| cities | 2 |
| champion | Argentina |
| count | 8 |
| second | Brazil |
| second-flagvar | 1889 |
| third | Paraguay |
| third-flagvar | 1842 |
| fourth | Uruguay |
| matches | 15 |
| goals | 61 |
| top_scorer | Uruguay José María Medina |
| (7 goals) | |
| prevseason | [1945](1945-south-american-championship) |
| nextseason | [1947](1947-south-american-championship) |
|champion-flagvar = |second-flagvar = 1889 | third-flagvar = 1842 (7 goals)
The nineteenth edition of the South American Championship in football was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 12 January to 10 February. This tournament, an extra edition with no trophy handed to the winners, is considered official by CONMEBOL.
The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru withdrew from the tournament.
Venues
| Buenos Aires | Avellaneda | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Estadio Monumental | Estadio Gasómetro | ||
| Capacity: **67,664** | Capacity: **75,000** | ||
| [[File:Estadio monumental antes 78.jpg | 150x150px]] | [[File:El Gasometro.JPG | 150px]] |
Squads
Main article: 1946 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | **10** | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | **7** | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | **5** | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | **4** | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | **4** | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 23 | −19 | **0** |
Martino
Zizinho
Cremaschi
Méndez
Salvini
Loustau
Heleno
Chico
Vázquez
Benítez Cáceres
Villalba
González
Pedernera
García
Labruna
Méndez
Chico
Cremaschi
Rodríguez
Result
Goal scorers
7 Goals
- Uruguay José M. Medina
5 goals
- Argentina Ángel Labruna
- Argentina Norberto Méndez
- Brazil Zizinho
4 goals
- Paraguay Juan Villalba
3 goals
- Brazil Heleno
- Chile Araya
- Chile Atilio Cremaschi
2 goals
- Argentina Adolfo Pedernera
- Argentina Juan C. Salvini
- Bolivia Miguel Peredo
- Brazil Chico
- Brazil Jair
1 goal
- Argentina Vicente De la Mata
- Argentina Félix Loustau
- Argentina Rinaldo Martino
- Bolivia Zenón González
- Brazil Norival
- Chile Juan Alcántara
- Chile Santiago Salfate
- Paraguay Delfín Benítez Cáceres
- Paraguay Alejandrino Genés
- Paraguay Albino Rodríguez
- Paraguay Porfirio Rolón
- Uruguay José García
- Uruguay José A. Vázquez
- Uruguay Juan P. Riephoff
- Uruguay Raúl Schiaffino
Own goal
- Paraguay Doroteo Coronel (for Bolivia)
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