1921 South American Championship

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1921 South American Championship of Nations
Copa América (since 1975)
Tournament details
Host country  Argentina
Dates October 2 - October 30
Teams (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  Uruguay
Fourth place  Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 14 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina Julio Libonatti
(3 goals)
1920
1922

The 1921 South American Championship of Nations was the fifth continental championship for nations in South America. It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 2 to October 30, 1921.

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Chile was also invited but withdrew due to internal problems in the team.

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[edit] Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 6
 Brazil 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 2
 Uruguay 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 2
 Paraguay 3 1 0 2 2 7 -5 2
 Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Matches

October 2, 1921
Argentina  1 – 0  Brazil Estadio Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires
Referee: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
Libonatti Goal 27'

October 9, 1921
Paraguay  2 – 1  Uruguay Estadio Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires
Referee: Gerónimo Rapossi (Argentina)
Rivas Goal 9'
López Goal 66'
Piendibene Goal 83'

October 12, 1921
Paraguay  0 – 3  Brazil Estadio Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires
Referee: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
Machado Goal 21'44'
Candiota Goal 46'

October 16, 1921
Argentina  3 – 0  Paraguay Estadio Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires
Referee: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
Libonatti Goal 1'
Saruppo Goal 71'
Echeverría Goal 76'

October 23, 1921
Uruguay  2 – 1  Brazil Estadio Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires
Referee: Víctor Cabañas Saguier (Paraguay)
Romano Goal 1'8' Zezé I Goal 53'

October 30, 1921
Argentina  1 – 0  Uruguay Estadio Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires
Referee: Pedro Santos (Brazil)
Libonatti Goal 57'

 1921 South American Championship Champion 

Argentina
First title

[edit] Goal scorers

3 goals
2 goals
  • Brazil Machado
1 goal
  • Argentina Raúl Echeberría
  • Argentina Blas Saruppo
  • Brazil Candiota
  • Brazil Zezé
  • Paraguay Ildefonso López
  • Paraguay Gerardo Ribas

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