The 1949 South American Championship was the 21st. edition of the

Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

, the main national team

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competition in South America. It was held in, and won by,

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 ...

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 ...

finished as runner-up while

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 ...

withdrew from the tournament. This achievement ended a 27-year streak without official titles for the Brazilians. The last one had been in the

1922 South American Championship The sixth edition of the South American Championship was scheduled to be held in Chile, but Brazil asked to host it as part of its 100th anniversary independence celebrations. Thus it was held in Rio de Janeiro between 17 September and 22 Octob ...

, also played on Brazilian soil. Jair Rosa Pinto from Brazil was the top scorer of the tournament, with nine goals.

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads, see: '' 1949 South American Championship squads''

Venues

Final round

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Play-off

A playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.

Result

Goalscorers

9 goals *

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7 goals * Ademir *

Tesourinha Osmar Fortes Barcellos, best known as ''Tesourinha'' (born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 3 December 1921 – died on 17 June 1979) was an association footballer famous for his remarkable dribbling skills. With Carlitos (footballer, born 1 ...

* Arce * Benítez 5 goals *

Víctor Ugarte Víctor Agustín Ugarte Oviedo (5 May 1926 – 20 March 1995) was a Bolivian footballer. He scored 16 goals in 45 caps for Bolivia, making him their third all-time top goalscorer behind Joaquín Botero and Marcelo Moreno. His national team caree ...

* Simão *

Zizinho Thomaz Soares da Silva, also known as Zizinho (; 14 September 1921 – 8 February 2002), was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the Brazil national football team. He came to international prominence at the 195 ...

4 goals *

Félix Castillo Felix Castillo Tardío (21 February 1928 – 12 October 1978) was a former Peruvian football right-wing who played for Alianza Lima and the Peru national football team between 1947 and 1956. Playing career At club level, he played for Alianza Li ...

* Ramón Castro 3 goals * Benigno Gutiérrez * Cláudio * Nininho * López Fretes * Alfredo Mosquera * Víctor Pedraza * Roberto Drago * Juan Ayala 2 goals *

Benedicto Godoy Benedicto Godoy Véizaga (born 28 July 1924, date of death unknown) was a Bolivian football who played as a forward for Bolivia in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Godoy is deceased. Career Godoy scored two goals at the 1949 South American Champions ...

* Orlando * Raimundo Infante * Pedro López * José Vargas * Marcial Barrios * Carlos Gómez Sánchez * Juan E. Salinas * José M. García *

Dagoberto Moll Dagoberto Moll Sequeira (born 22 July 1927) is a Uruguayan former professional association football, football player and manager. He is remembered for his part in the "Orquesta Canaro", an attacking line of Deportivo de La Coruña in the 1950s f ...

1 goal * Víctor Algañaraz * Nemesio Rojas * Augusto * Canhotinho *

Danilo Alvim Danilo Alvim Faria (3 December 1920 – 16 May 1996) was a Brazilian footballer. He was a member of the ill-fated Brazilian 1950 World Cup team. One of the greatest center-halves in the World during his prime, he was renowned as a very so ...

* Octavio * Mario Castro *

Atilio Cremaschi Atilio Cremaschi Oyarzún (8 March 1923 – 3 September 2007) was a Chilean footballer who played for Unión Española, Colo-Colo and Rangers of Chile and in the Chile national football team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Titles * Uni ...

* Ulises Ramos * Fernando Riera * Carlos Rojas * Manuel Salamanca * A. Pérez * Berdugo * Gastelbondo * Nelson Pérez * Víctor Arteaga * Sigifredo Chuchuca * Enrique Cantos * Guido Andrade * Rafael Maldonado * Enrique Avalos * Pedro Fernández * Cornelio Heredia * Manuel Drago * Ernesto Bentancour * Miguel Martínez * Nelson Moreno Own goals * Bermeo (for Peru) * Sánchez (for Bolivia) * Arce (for Brazil)

External links

South American Championship 1949 at RSSSF

References

{{Copa América Copa América tournaments 1949 in South American football

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