The 1919 South American Championship of Nations was the third continental championship for South American national football teams. It was held in

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from 11 to 29 May 1919. The participating countries were

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and

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as the defending champion. After finishing tied in the group standings on points, host Brazil beat Uruguay in the playoff match to win their first title. The playoff was the longest match in the competition's history, and under current rules, will remain so indefinitely: with the scores tied 0-0 after 90 minutes had expired, both captains and the referee agreed to play an

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period of two 30 minute periods, meaning the playoff match lasted 150 minutes.

Format

There was no qualifying for the tournament. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. All teams competed between each other in a single group. Two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a defeat. If there was a tie of points at the top of the standings, a playoff match would be held to determine the champion.

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads see: '' 1919 South American Championship squads''

Venues

Final round

Each team played one match against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat. ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Play-off

Result

Goal scorers

4 goals *

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Neco Manoel Nunes (March 7, 1895 – May 31, 1977), also known as Neco, was an association football midfielder. With great skill and tenacity, he was the first idol of Corinthians, being the first player to get a statue in the team's gardens (in 19 ...

3 goals * Edwin Clarcke * Carlos Izaguirre *

Carlos Scarone Carlos Scarone (10 November 1888 – 12 May 1965) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as forward. Despite he played in several clubs of Argentina and Uruguay, Scarone is mostly known for his tenure on Nacional, where he stayed nine years, sco ...

2 goals * Isabelino Gradín 1 goal * Amílcar * Haroldo * Héitor * Millon * Alfredo France * José Pérez *

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 ...

Own goals * Manuel Varela (for Argentina)

Aftermath

The day after the final, Uruguayan goalkeeper Roberto Chery died of strangulated hernia in a hospital of Río de Janeiro. He had injured after he made a wrong move to stop an attack, during the match v

. Because of substitutions were not allowed by then, Chery had to play severely injured the rest of the match. Brazil and Uruguay teams had scheduled a friendly match ("Copa Rio Branco") for 19 June 1919. Due to the Uruguayan side declined to participate because of Chery's tragic death,

offered to replace the Uruguayan side. After the Brazilian Federation accepted, the match (now named "Copa Roberto Chery" to honor the goalkeeper) was finally played. Argentina entered to the field wearing Uruguay's traditional light-blue jersey while Brazil wore the Peñarol jersey.La más hermosa página de fraternidad
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References

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