The 1947 South American Championship was the 20th

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 tenni ...

for national teams, and was organized by

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. It marked the first time

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

hosted the tournament, which hosted all the matches in

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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 ...

won the tournament to obtain their ninth South American title.

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withdrew from the tournament.

Format

Each team played the teams in a single

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, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of the tournament will be crowned the champions.

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads see: ''

1947 South American Championship squads These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1947 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina national football team, Argentina, Bolivia national football team, Bolivia, Chile national football team, Chile, ...

Venues

Final round

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Result

Goal scorers

8 Goals *

Nicolás Falero Nicolás Falero (11 January 1921 – 1986) was a Uruguayan footballer. He played in twelve matches for the Uruguay national football team from 1945 to 1948. He was part of Uruguay's squad for the 1945 South American Championship The eighteen ...

6 Goals *

Alfredo Di Stéfano Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: *Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Filho ...

* Norberto Méndez * Leocardio Marín 5 Goals * Juan B. Villalba 4 Goals * Mario Boyé *

Félix Loustau Félix Loustau () (25 December 1922 – 5 January 2003) was an Argentine footballer who was a key player on the River Plate squad known as La Máquina. La Maquina is considered to be one of the greatest team ever assembled in the history of Sout ...

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. Bio ...

* Alejandrino Genés * Héctor Magliano 3 Goals *

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* Pedro H. López * Osvaldo Sáez * Carlos Gómez Sánchez * Luis Guzmán *

Julio César Britos Julio César Britos Vázquez (18 May 1926 – 27 March 1998) was an Uruguayan footballer, who played for CA Peñarol and Real Madrid. Britos was born in Montevideo. He was part of the Uruguay national football team that won the 1950 FIFA World C ...

2 Goals * Benigno Gutiérrez * Fernando Riera * José M. Jiménez *

Valeriano López Valeriano López Mendiola (born 4 May 1926 in Casma — died 7 May 1993 in Callao) was a football forward from Peru, nicknamed ''Tanque de Casma''. Recognized as one of Peru's most important players, he was an all round forward with great fin ...

* Máximo Mosquera * Washington Puente * Raúl Sarro 1 Goal * Mario Fernández * Zenón González * Severo Orgaz * Armando Tapia * Arturo Tardío * Miguel Busquets * Raimundo Infante * Jorge Peñaloza * Andrés Prieto * Carlos Varela * Carlos Arango * Rafael Granados * César Garnica * Enrique Ávalos *

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 ...

* Juan Castillo *

Schubert Gambetta Schúbert Gambetta Saint Léon (14 April 1920 – 9 August 1991) was a Uruguayan footballer. He played as a half-back and was right-footed. Gambetta was a figure in the Maracanazo when he helped keep Zizinho and Ademir out of the game, which h ...

* José García Own Goal * Duberty Aráoz (for Chile)

External links

South American Championship 1947 at RSSSF
{{Copa América

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International association football competitions hosted by Ecuador

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