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South American Championship 1942

1942 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host country Uruguay
Dates January 10 – February 7
Teams 7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Uruguay (8th title)
Runners-up  Argentina
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played 21
Goals scored 81 (3.86 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina Herminio Masantonio
Argentina José Manuel Moreno
(7 goals each)
1941
1945

The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from January 10 to February 7.

For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament.

The tournament was perhaps most notable for the match between Argentina and Ecuador where Argentina's José Manuel Moreno surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals in Copa América history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador. As of 2015, the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas. José Manuel Moreno and Herminio Masantonio of Argentina were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.

Each team played against each of the other teams. Two (2) points where awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and no (0) points for a defeat.


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