The tenth edition of the
South American Championship A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
* ATP Buenos Aires, a tennis ...
was held in
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
,
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
, from 12 October to 3 November 1926.
Overview
![Uruguay1926](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Uruguay1926.JPG)
The participating countries were
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
,
Bolivia
, image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg
, flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center
, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
,
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
,
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
, and
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
.
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
withdrew for the second time (being the first time in
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...
), and it also was the first time Bolivia took part in the event.
Squads
For a complete list of participants squads see: ''
1926 South American Championship squads
The following squads were named for the 1926 South American Championship that took place in Chile.
Argentina
* Octavio Díaz
* Ludovico Bidoglio
* Roberto Cochrane
* Ángel Médici
* Ramon Muttis
* Silvestre Conti
* Mario Fortunato
* Gabino Sosa
...
''
Final round
Each team plays one match against each of the other teams. Two points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.
''Chile made the first corner-kick goal in Tournament's History.''
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Result
Goal scorers
![David Arellano con firma - Los Sports](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/David_Arellano_con_firma_-_Los_Sports_.JPG)
7 goals
*
David Arellano
David Alfonso Arellano Moraga (29 July 1901 – 3 May 1927) was a Chilean footballer and founder of the Colo Colo football club. A winger, he scored in the 1926 South American Championship (Copa América) and is considered one of the best Chilea ...
6 goals
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Héctor Castro
Agustín Héctor Castro Rodríguez (29 November 1904 – 15 September 1960) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He scored Uruguay's first ever goal in a World Cup against Peru at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 a tournament they wo ...
*
Héctor Scarone
José Juan Héctor Scarone Berreta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as inside forward. Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time,. being nicknamed ''El Mago'' ("the Magic ...
5 goals
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Gabino Sosa
Gabino Sosa (4 October 1899 – 3 March 1971) was an Argentine football forward who spent all his career for Central Córdoba de Rosario, playing 24 years for the club.[Roberto Cherro
Roberto Eugenio Cerro, named "Cherro" (23 February 1907 – 11 October 1965) was an Argentine football striker. He was born in Barracas in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He played the majority of his career with Boca Juniors, he scor ...]
*
Benjamín Delgado
Benjamín Delgado (1 June 1897 – 4 November 1953) was an Argentine footballer. He played in nine matches for the Argentina national football team from 1923 to 1926. He was also part of Argentina's squad for the 1926 South American Champio ...
*
Pablo Ramírez
Pablo Ramírez is a Mexican Spanish language, Spanish-language sportscaster in the United States. Born in Sinaloa, Ramírez grew up in Jalisco, Jalisco, Mexico. Ramírez primarily provides Spanish-language commentary for football (soccer) matche ...
2 goals
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De Miguel
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Guillermo Subiabre
Guillermo Subiabre Astorga (25 February 1903 – 11 April 1964) was a Chilean association football, footballer. During his career he played for Colo-Colo (1927–1934), Santiago Wanderers, and the Chile national football team. He also participat ...
* Carlos Ramírez
*
Borjas
*
Zoilo Saldombide
1 goal
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Domingo Tarasconi
Domingo Alberto Tarasconi (20 December 1903 – 3 July 1991) was an Argentine football forward. Raising from Club Atlético Atlanta, he played most of his career for Boca Juniors where he won 9 official titles and became the all-time 4th. He was ...
* Teófilo Aguilar
* Carlos Soto
* Humberto Moreno
*
Manuel Fleitas Solich
Manuel Fleitas Solich (30 December 1900 – 24 March 1984) was a Paraguayan football player and coach. He was known as "El Brujo" (the Wizard).
Career as a player
Fleitas Solich played for Club Nacional of Paraguay where he won two Paraguayan ...
* Ildefonso López
*
Luis Vargas Peña
*
Ángel Romano
Alfredo Ángel Romano (2 August 1893 – 22 August 1972) was a Uruguayan professional football (soccer), footballer. A Striker (association football), striker, he played 70 games for Uruguay national football team, his national team between 1911 ...
External links
South American Championship 1926 at RSSSF
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1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...
1926 in South American football
1926 in Chilean football
1926 in Argentine football
1926 in Uruguayan football
1926 in Bolivia
1926 in Paraguayan football
October 1926 sports events
November 1926 sports events
Sports competitions in Santiago
1920s in Santiago, Chile