1953 South American Championship

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1953 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Peru
Teams (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Paraguay (1st title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  Uruguay
Fourth place  Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 67 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s) Chile Francisco Molina
(7 goals)
1949
1955

The South American Championship 1953 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Paraguay with Brazil second.

Francisco Molina from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with 8 goals.

Contents

[edit] Final round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Paraguay 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 8
 Brazil 6 4 0 2 15 6 +9 8
 Uruguay 6 3 1 2 15 6 +9 7
 Chile 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 7
 Peru 6 3 1 2 4 6 -2 7
 Bolivia 6 1 1 4 6 15 -9 3
 Ecuador 6 0 2 4 1 13 -12 2

Argentina and Colombia withdrew.


February 22, 1953
Bolivia  1–0  Peru Peru
Attendance: 50,000

February 25, 1953
Paraguay  3–0  Chile Peru
Attendance: 45,000

February 25, 1953
Uruguay  2–0  Bolivia Peru
Attendance: 45,000

February 28, 1953
Peru  1–0  Ecuador Peru
Attendance: 50,000

March 1, 1953
Brazil  8–1  Bolivia Peru
Attendance: 45,000

March 1, 1953
Chile  3–2  Uruguay Peru
Attendance: 45,000

March 4, 1953
Paraguay  0–0  Ecuador Peru
Attendance: 45,000

March 4, 1953
Chile  0–0  Peru Peru
Attendance: 45,000

March 8, 1953
Bolivia  1–1  Ecuador Peru
Attendance: 45,000

March 8, 1953
Peru  2–2  Paraguay Peru
Attendance: 45,000

March 12, 1953
Paraguay  2–2  Uruguay Peru
Attendance: 35,000

March 12, 1953
Brazil  2–0  Ecuador Peru
Attendance: 35,000

March 15, 1953
Brazil  1–0  Uruguay Peru
Attendance: 45,000

March 16, 1953
Paraguay  2–1  Bolivia Peru
Attendance: 15,000

March 19, 1953
Chile  3–0  Ecuador Peru
Attendance: 55,000

March 19, 1953
Peru  1–0  Brazil Peru
Attendance: 55,000

March 23, 1953
Brazil  3–2  Chile Peru
Attendance: 35,000

March 23, 1953
Uruguay  6–0  Ecuador Peru
Attendance: 35,000

March 27, 1953
Paraguay  2–1  Brazil Peru
Attendance: 35,000

March 28, 1953
Chile  2–2  Bolivia Peru
Attendance: 45,000

March 28, 1953
Uruguay  3–0  Peru Peru
Attendance: 45,000

Argentina and Colombia withdrew.


[edit] Playoff

April 1, 1953
Paraguay  3–2  Brazil Peru
Attendance: 35,000
 1953 South American Championship 

Paraguay
1st title

[edit] Goal scorers

7 Goals
  • Chile Molina
5 Goals
  • Brazil Julinho
4 Goals
  • Paraguay Berni
  • Paraguay Fernández
  • Uruguay Balseiro
3 Goals
  • Brazil Baltazar
  • Paraguay López
  • Uruguay C. Romero
  • Uruguay Peláez
2 Goals
  • Brazil Pinga
  • Brazil Rodrigues
  • Peru Gómez Sánchez
  • Uruguay Morel
  • Uruguay Puente
1 Goal
  • Chile Cremaschi
  • Chile Díaz Carmona
  • Chile Meléndez
  • Ecuador Guzmán
  • Paraguay Romero
  • Paraguay León
  • Paraguay Gavilán
  • Peru Navarrete
  • Peru Terry
  • Uruguay Méndez

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