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1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
Football tournament
Football tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | South American Championship |
| country | Argentina |
| city | Buenos Aires |
| year | 1959 |
| num_teams | 7 |
| dates | 7 March – 4 April |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | Monumental Stadium |
| champion | Argentina |
| count | 12 |
| second | Brazil |
| second-flagvar | 1889 |
| third | Paraguay |
| third-flagvar | 1954 |
| fourth | Peru |
| matches | 21 |
| goals | 86 |
| top_scorer | BRA Pelé (8 goals) |
| player | BRA Pelé |
| prevseason | [1957](1957-south-american-championship) |
| nextseason | [1959 (Ecuador)](1959-south-american-championship-ecuador) |
| second-flagvar = 1889 | third-flagvar = 1954
The South American Championship 1959 was a football tournament held in Argentina, and won by Argentina with Brazil as runner-up. Colombia and Ecuador withdrew from the tournament. Pelé from Brazil was named best player of the tournament and was the top scorer with 8 goals.
Venues
| Buenos Aires | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Monumental | |
| Capacity: **67,664** | |
| [[File:Viejo Monumental.jpg | 273x273px]] |
Squads
Main article: 1959 South American Championship (Argentina) squads
Final round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | **11** | |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | +10 | **10** | |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | **6** | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | **5** | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | **5** | |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | **4** | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 23 | −19 | **1** |
Pedro Callá
Juan José Pizzuti
Raúl Belén
Guillermo Escalada
Víctor Guaglianone
Carlos Borges
Vladas Douksas
Domingo Pérez
Pelé
Pedro Callá
Juan Joya
Vladas Douksas
José Sasía
Ildefonso Sanabria
José Aveiro
Didi
Vladas Douksas
José Sasía
Rubén Sosa
Víctor Benítez
Paulo Valentim
Didi
Ausberto García
Rubén Sosa
Vladislao Cap
Juan Soto Mura
Leonel Sánchez
Chinesinho
Rubén Sosa
Result
Goalscorers
With eight goals, Pelé of Brazil is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 86 goals were scored by 36 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
;8 goals
- BRA Pelé ;6 goals
- PAR José Aveiro ;5 goals
- BRA Paulo Valentim
- PER Miguel Angel Loayza ;4 goals
- ARG Rubén Héctor Sosa ;3 goals
- ARG Juan José Pizzuti
- ARG Oreste Corbatta
- ARG Raúl Belén
- BRA Didi
- PAR Cayetano Ré
- URU Héctor Demarco
- URU José Sasía
- URU Vladas Douksas
;2 goals
- ARG Pedro Eugenio Callá
- ARG Pedro Waldemar Manfredini
- BOL Máximo Alcócer
- CHI Juan Soto Mura
- CHI Leonel Sánchez
- CHI Mario Soto
- PAR Silvio Parodi
- PER Juan Joya
- PER Juan Seminario
- URU Carlos Borges
- URU Guillermo Escalada
;1 goal
- ARG Vladislao Cap
- BOL Ausberto García
- BOL Ricardo Alcón
- BRA Chinesinho
- CHI Luis Hernán Álvarez
- CHI Mario Moreno
- CHI Tovar
- PAR Ildefonso Sanabria
- PER Óscar Gómez Sánchez
- URU Domingo Pérez
- URU Víctor Guaglianone ;Own goal
- PER Víctor Benítez (playing against Argentina)
Controversy
Originally, the 1959 Copa America was scheduled to be hosted by Ecuador. However, due to financial difficulties and infrastructure challenges, Ecuador withdrew as the host nation just a few months before the tournament was set to begin. This sudden withdrawal left CONMEBOL in a difficult situation to find a replacement host at such short notice.
In response to Ecuador's withdrawal, Argentina volunteered to step in as the new host for the tournament. The Argentine Football Association (AFA) had the necessary resources and infrastructure to organize the event. Consequently, Argentina was granted the hosting rights, and the tournament was scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires.
However, a disagreement arose among some South American nations regarding the legitimacy of Argentina being granted the hosting rights without a proper bidding process. A group of countries, including Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile, refused to participate in the tournament hosted by Argentina and organized their own competition called the "Copa del Atlántico", in response.
Meanwhile, Argentina went ahead with its plans and organized the Copa America as scheduled, inviting other CONMEBOL member nations to participate. The tournament took place from March 7 to April 4, 1959, and was won by Argentina.
After the initial Copa America tournament held in Argentina from March to April 1959, there was indeed a second Copa America held in Ecuador later that year. The second tournament took place in Guayaquil and Quito, Ecuador, from December 5 to 25, 1959.
The decision to hold a second Copa America in Ecuador was made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Eloy Alfaro, a prominent Ecuadorian political figure. The tournament was officially named the "Copa del Centenario de la Batalla de Quito" (Centenary Cup of the Battle of Quito) to honor this occasion. Uruguay emerged as champions, securing their 10th title in the tournament's history.
Team of the Tournament
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|
References
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