| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Uruguay |
| Dates | 10 January – 7 February |
| Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 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) | Herminio MasantonioJosé Manuel Moreno (7 goals each) |
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The seventeenth edition of theSouth American Championship, anassociation football competition, was held inMontevideo,Uruguay, from 10 January to 7 February.
For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries wereArgentina,Brazil,Chile,Ecuador,Paraguay,Peru, andUruguay.
Bolivia, andColombia withdrew from the tournament.
The tournament featured a match betweenArgentina andEcuador in whichArgentina'sJosé Manuel Moreno surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals inCopa América history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador. As of 2015[update], the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas.José Manuel Moreno andHerminio Masantonio ofArgentina were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.
| Montevideo |
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| Estadio Centenario |
| Capacity:65,235 |
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Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no (0) points for a defeat.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 12 |
| Argentina | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 10 |
| Brazil | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 7 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 |
 Peru | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 |
 Chile | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 |
 Ecuador | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0 |
| Uruguay | 6–1 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
L. E. Castro 7',76'O. Varela 12'Ciocca 15'Zapirain 37'Porta 54' | Contreras 1' |
| Argentina | 4–3 | Paraguay |
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| Sandoval 9' Masantonio 30',47'Perucca 88' | Sánchez 59' Aveiro 75',86' |
| Brazil | 6–1 | Chile |
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| Patesko 1',78' Pirillo 23',63',86'Cláudio 66' | Domínguez 35' |
| Uruguay | 7–0 | Ecuador |
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| Zapirain 1' Gambetta 13'S. Varela 16',24',29'Porta 23',42' |
| Paraguay | 1–1 | Peru |
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| Barrios 35' | Magallanes 1' |
| Paraguay | 2–0 | Chile |
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| Barrios 33' Baudo Franco 54' |
| Argentina | 12–0 | Ecuador |
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| E. García 2' Moreno 12',16',22',32',89'Pedernera 25'Masantonio 54',65',68',70'Perucca 88' |
| Brazil | 5–1 | Ecuador |
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| Tim 10' Pirillo 12',29',76'Zizinho 60' | Álvarez [es] 19' (pen.) |
| Brazil | 1–1 | Paraguay |
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| Zizinho 5' | Baudo Franco 23' |
| 1942 South American Championship champions |
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 Uruguay Eighth title |
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
Marcial Barrios Fabio Baudo FrancoLuis CastroBibiano Zapirain2 goals
Enrique García Ángel PeruccaPedro AmorimPateskoZizinhoAlfonso DomínguezJosé María Jiménez Ruben AveiroTeodoro Fernández Anibal Ciocca1 goal
Juan Carlos HerediaAdolfo Pedernera SandovalCláudioServílioTim Benito Armingol Armando Contreras Marino AlcívarEnrique Álvarez [es] Gorgonio Ibarrola Eduardo MingoVicente SánchezLuis Guzmán QuiñónezAdelfo Magallanes ChiriminiSchubert GambettaObdulio Varela
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