South American Championship 1937


South American Championship 1937 - Definition

The fourteenth edition of the South American Championship (currently named Copa Am�rica) was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from December 27, 1936 to February 1, 1937.

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay thus making this the first edition in which more than five teams took part of the event.

Bolivia, and CONMEBOL new member since 1936 Colombia withdrew from the tournament.

Contents

Matches

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

Half-time scores are in brackets

December 27, 1936

Brazil	3 - 2 (2-0)	Peru	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Alfredo Vargas (Chile)
Roberto 7'		T. Fern�ndez 55'
Afonsinho 30'		Villanueva 58'
Niginho 57'

December 30, 1936

Argentina	2 - 1 (2-0)	Chile	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: An�bal Tejada (Uruguay)
Varallo 30'		Toro 43'
Varallo 43'

January 2, 1937

Paraguay	4 - 2 (3-2)	Uruguay	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Virg�lio Ant�nio Fedrighi (Brazil)
A. Ortega 9'		Varela 16'
A. Gonz�lez 35'		Varela 28'
Erico (p) 38'
A. Ortega 79'

January 3, 1937

Brazil	6 - 4 (5-3)	Chile	--:-- - Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires Ref: Jos� Bartolom� Mac�as (Argentina)
Patesko 2'		Avenda�o 19'
Carvalho Leite 6'		Toro 25'
Patesko 26'		Riveros 40'
Luizinho 35'		Toro 73'
Luizinho 40'
Roberto 68'

January 6, 1937

Uruguay	4 - 2 (2-2)	Peru	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: An�bal Tejada (Uruguay)
Camait� 16'		T. Fern�ndez 29'
Varela 31'		Magallanes 40'
Varela 56'
P�riz 79'

January 9, 1937

Argentina	6 - 1 (3-0)	Paraguay	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Alfredo Vargas (Chile)
Scopelli 5'		A. Gonz�lez 86'
Garc�a 8'
Zozaya 33'
Scopelli 54'
Zozaya 75'
Zozaya 82'

January 10, 1937

Uruguay	0 - 3 (0-1)	Chile	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Jos� Bartolom� Mac�as (Argentina)
s/o: P�riz 85'		Toro 17'
		Arancibia 59'
		Toto 83'

January 13, 1937

Brazil	5 - 0 (2-0)	Chile	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Jos� Bartolom� Mac�as (Argentina)
Patesko 31'
Luizinho 42'
Luizinho 51'
Carvalho Leite 59'
Patesko 67'

January 16, 1937

Argentina	1 - 0 (0-0)	Peru	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: An�bal Tejada (Uruguay)
Zozaya 55'
s/o Sastre 84'

January 17, 1937

Paraguay	3 - 2	Chile	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: An�bal Tejada (Uruguay)
Amarilla		Toro 8'
Flor		Toro 32'
N��ez Velloso

January 19, 1937

Brazil	3 - 2 (1-1)	Uruguay	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Jos� Bartolom� Mac�as (Argentina)
Carvalho Leite 36'		Villad�niga 1'
Bahia 72'		P�riz 66'
Niginho 77'

January 21, 1937

Peru	2 - 2 (2-1)	Chile	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Jos� Bartolom� Mac�as (Argentina)
J. Alcalde 1'		Torres 16'
J. Alcalde 26'		Carmona 70'

January 23, 1937

Argentina	2 - 3 (0-1)	Uruguay	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Alfredo Vargas (Chile)
Varallo 63'		Ithurbide 5'
Zozaya 68'		P�riz 51'
		Varela 58'

January 24, 1937

Paraguay	0 - 1 (0-1)	Peru	--:-- - Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires Ref: An�bal Tejada (Uruguay)
		Lavalle 43'

January 30, 1937

Argentina	1 - 0 (0-0)	Brazil	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: An�bal Tejada (Uruguay)
Garc�a 48'

Standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	8	5	4	0	1	17	9	+8
Argentina	8	5	4	0	1	12	5	+7
Uruguay	4	5	2	0	3	11	14	-3
Paraguay	4	3	2	0	3	8	16	-8
Chile	3	5	1	1	3	12	13	-1
Peru	3	5	1	1	3	7	10	-3

As Brazil and Argentina were tied, a playoff was disputed.

Playoff

February 1, 1937

Argentina	2 - 0 (0-0)	Brazil	--:-- - San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: An�bal Tejada (Uruguay)
De la Mata 102'
De la Mata 112'
After Extra Time