South American Championship 1923 - Definition and Overview

The seventh edition of the South American Championship was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from October 29 to December 2, 1923.

This tournament is called Copa América since 1975.

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Chile withdrew for the second time since the tournament was created.

The tournament was also used as qualifier for Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

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

October 29, 1923

Argentina	4 - 3 (1-1)	Paraguay	--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Angel Minoli (Uruguay)
Saruppo 18'		Rivas
Aguirre 58'		Zelada
Aguirre 77'		Fretes
Aguirre 86'

November 4, 1923

Uruguay	2 - 0 (1-0)	Paraguay	--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Servando Pérez (Argentina)
Scarone 11'
Petrone 87'

November 11, 1923

Brazil	0 - 1 (0-0)	Paraguay	--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Servando Pérez (Argentina)
		I. López 56'

November 18, 1923

Argentina	2 - 1 (1-1)	Brazil	--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Miguel Barba (Paraguay)
Onzari 11'		Nilo 15'
Saruppo 76'

November 25, 1923

Uruguay	2 - 1 (0-0)	Brazil	--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Servando Pérez (Argentina)
Petrone 56'		Nilo 59'
Cea 75'

December 2, 1923

Uruguay	2 - 0 (1-0)	Argentina	--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Antônio Carneiro de Campos (Brazil)
Petrone 28'
Somma 88'

Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Eff Uruguay 6 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 100.0% Argentina 4 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 66.7% Paraguay 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 33.3% Brazil 0 3 0 0 3 2 5 -3 0.0%

South America Championship Winners: URUGUAY (4th title)

Goal Scorers

3 goals

• Aguirre
• Petrone

2 goals

• Saruppo
• Nilo

1 goals

• Onzari
• Fretes I. López Rivas Zelada
• Cea Scarone Somma