South American Championship 1920 - Definition and Overview

The fourth edition of the South American Championship was held in Valparaíso, Chile from September 11 to October 3, 1920. However, the Sporting Club had its stadium located at Viña del Mar, hence the location of the disputed matches.

This tournament is called Copa América since 1975.

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

Matches

Each team plays one match against each of the other teams. Two (2) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.

• Half-time scores are in brackets

September 11, 1920

Brazil	1 - 0 (0-0)	Chile	--:-- - Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Ref: Martín Aphesteguy (Uruguay)
Alvariza 53'

September 12, 1920

Argentina	1 - 1 (0-1)	Uruguay	--:-- - Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Ref: Francisco Jiménez (Chile)
Echeverría 75'		Piendibene 10'
		Legnazzi saved a penalty by Calomino 61'

September 18, 1920

Uruguay	6 - 0 (3-0)	Brazil	--:-- - Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Ref: Carlos Fanta (Chile)
Romano 23'
Urdinarán (p) 26'
Pérez 29'
Cámpolo 48'
Romano 60'
Pérez 65'

September 20, 1920

Chile	1 - 1 (1-1)	Argentina	--:-- - Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Ref: João De María (Brazil)
Bolados 30'		Dellavalle 13'

September 25, 1920

Argentina	2 - 0 (1-0)	Brazil	--:-- - Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Ref: Martín Aphesteguy (Uruguay)
Echeverría 40'
Libonatti 73'

October 3, 1920

Uruguay	2 - 1 (1-0)	Chile	--:-- - Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Ref: Carlos Fanta (Chile)
Romano 37'		Domínguez 60'
Pérez 65'

Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Eff Uruguay 5 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 83.3% Argentina 4 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 66.7% Brazil 2 3 1 0 2 1 8 -7 33.3% Chile 0 3 0 0 3 2 4 -2 0.0%

South America Championship Winners: URUGUAY (3rd title)

Goal Scorers

3 goals

• Pérez Romano

2 goals

• Echeverría

1 goal

• Dellavalle Libonatti
• Alvariza
• Bolados Domínguez
• Cámpolo Piendibene Urdinarán