The eighteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Santiago, Chile from 14 January to 28 February. This tournament was an ''extra'' edition, with no trophy handed to the winners, but considered official by

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

. The participating countries were Argentina,

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, Brazil, Chile,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

(for the first time), Ecuador, and Uruguay. Paraguay and Peru withdrew from the tournament.

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads see: ''

1945 South American Championship squads These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1945 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia (for the first time), Ecuador, and Uruguay. Paraguay and Peru withdrew from th ...

Venues

Final round

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Result

Goal scorers

6 goals * Norberto Méndez * Heleno 5 goals *

Ademir Ademir is a Brazilian common given name. It may refer to these Brazilian footballers: * Ademir Marques de Menezes (1922–1996), who participated at 1950 FIFA World Cup; *Ademir da Silva Santos Júnior (born 1995), forward * Ademir da Guia ( ...

* Juan Alcántara *

Atilio García Atilio Ceferino García Pérez (26 August 1914 – 12 December 1973) was an Argentine born Uruguayan naturalized footballer who played as a forward. Gaecía is the top goal scorer in the history of Uruguayan football with 465 goals scored in ...

4 goals * Rinaldo Martino *

René Pontoni René Alejandro Pontoni (born May 18, 1920, in Santa Fe, Argentina, died May 14, 1983) was a footballer. He played club football in Argentina, Colombia and Brazil as well as representing the Argentina national football team on 19 occasions. Bi ...

* Guillermo Clavero * Víctor Aguayo 3 goals * Desiderio Medina *

Roberto Porta Roberto Porta (; 7 June 1913 – 2 January 1984) was a Uruguayan–Italian footballer who played as a forward. During his club career he played for Nacional (Uruguay), Inter (Italy) and Independiente (Argentina). He earned 33 caps and scored 13 ...

2 goals * Vicente de la Mata * Ferraro * Loustau * Jair * Zizinho * Roberto Gámez * González Rubio * Fulgencio Berdugo * José García 1 goal *

Mario Boyé Mario Emilio Heriberto Boyé Auterio (30 July 1922 – 21 July 1992) was an Argentine footballer. A powerful winger or striker, he played for Boca Juniors, Racing Club de Avellaneda and Huracán in Argentina, Genoa in Italy and Millonarios in Co ...

Manuel Pelegrina Manuel Gregorio Pelegrina 1920 – November 23, 1992) was an Argentine football forward that played most of his career for Estudiantes de La Plata. He is not only the highest scoring player in the history of the club with 227 goals but also the m ...

* Raúl Fernández * Zenón González * Severo Orgaz * Jaime * Jorginho * Rui * Tesourinha * Francisco Hormazábal * Manuel Piñeiro * Erasmo Vera * Arturo Mendoza * Guillermo Albornoz * José L. Mendoza * José M. Jiménez * Luis A. Mendoza * Enrique Raymondi * Nicolás Falero * José M. Ortiz * Juan P. Riephoff * Varela

External links

South American Championship 1945 at RSSSF
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