1967 South American Championship

1967 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	January 17 - February 2
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Top scorer(s)	Luis Artime
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The South American Football Championship 1967 was held in Uruguay and won by Uruguay with Argentina as a second.

Luis Artime from Argentina and Mora from Paraguay were the top scorers of the tournament with 5 goals each. It was the first tournament in which Venezuela participated.

Qualifying round

November 30, 1966	Chile	5–2	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 80.000 Referee: Yamasaki (PER)
	Araya 7' Campos 23' Prieto 40' (pen) Prieto 49' Saavedra 61'		Gamboa 71' Cañón 72'

December 11, 1966	Colombia	0–0	Chile	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Yamasaki (PER)

Chile won 5-2 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967

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December 21, 1966	Ecuador	2–2	Paraguay	Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 47.000 Referee: Goicoechea (ARG)
	Carrera 56' Muñoz 58'		Rojas 85' (pen) Apocada 88'

December 28, 1966	Paraguay	3–1	Ecuador	Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Oroczo (PER)
	Mora 7' Mora 10' Del Puerto 60'		Muñoz 81'

Paraguay won 5-3 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967

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Final round

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Uruguay 9 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 Argentina 8 5 4 0 1 12 3 +9 Chile 6 5 2 2 1 8 6 +2 Paraguay 4 5 2 0 3 9 13 -4 Venezuela 2 5 1 0 4 7 16 -9 Bolivia 1 5 0 1 4 0 9 -9 January 17, 1967 Uruguay 4–0 Bolivia Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Isidro Ramírez (PAR) Rocha 5' Montero Castillo 44' Troncoso 55' (og) Oyarbide 81' January 18, 1967 Chile 2–0 Venezuela Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Isidro Ramírez (PAR) Marcos  12', 41' January 18, 1967 Argentina 4–1 Paraguay Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Mario Gasc (CHI) Mas  23' Bernao  71' Artime  73' Albrecht  89' (pen.) Mora 67' January 21, 1967 Uruguay 4–0 Venezuela Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Eunápio de Queiroz (BRA) Urruzmendi  5', 34' Oyarbide  62', 68' January 22, 1967 Argentina 1–0 Bolivia Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Eunápio de Queiroz (BRA) Bernao  67' January 22, 1967 Chile 4–2 Paraguay Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Roberto Goicochea (ARG) Gallardo  9', 44' Araya  72', 81' Riveros  62' Apocada  85' January 25, 1967 Paraguay 1–0 Bolivia Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Enrique Marino (CHI) Arístides Del Puerto  14' January 25, 1967 Argentina 5–1 Venezuela Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 2.500 Referee: Mario Gasc (CHI) Artime  18', 65', 88' Carone  26' Marzolini  50' Santana  72' January 26, 1967 Uruguay 2–2 Chile Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Isidro Ramírez (PAR) Rocha  15' Oyarbide  68' Gallardo  2' Marcos  37' January 28, 1967 Venezuela 3–0 Bolivia Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Mario Gasc (CHI) Scovino  59' Santana  67' Ravelo  84' January 28, 1967 Argentina 2–0 Chile Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Isidro Ramírez (PAR) Sarnari  36' Artime  80' January 29, 1967 Uruguay 2–0 Paraguay Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Mario Gasc (CHI) Pérez  32' Urruzmendi  66' February 1, 1967 Chile 0–0 Bolivia Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 1.500 Referee: Roberto Goicochea (ARG) February 1, 1967 Paraguay 5–3 Venezuela Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 1.500 Referee: Enrique Marino (CHI) González  11' Rojas  16', 29' Mora  22' Colmán  81' Mendoza  3' Santana  77' Ravelo  89' February 2, 1967 Uruguay 1–0 Argentina Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 65.000 Referee: Mario Gasc (CHI) Rocha  74' Brazil and Peru withdrew. Result  South American Championship 1967 Champions  Uruguay 11th title Goal scorers 5 goals Artime 4 goals Oyarbide 3 goals Gallardo, Marcos Rocha, Urruzmendi Santana References RSSSF Archive