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 t ...

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 List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...

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, 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 * Arce * Benítez 5 goals * Víctor Ugarte * Simão * Zizinho 4 goals * Félix Castillo * Ramón Castro 3 goals * Benigno Gutiérrez * Cláudio * Nininho * López Fretes * Alfredo Mosquera * Víctor Pedraza * Roberto Drago * Juan Ayala 2 goals * Benedicto Godoy * Orlando * Raimundo Infante * Pedro López * José Vargas * Marcial Barrios * Carlos Gómez Sánchez * Juan E. Salinas * José M. García * Dagoberto Moll 1 goal * Víctor Algañaraz * Nemesio Rojas *

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* Canhotinho * Danilo Alvim * 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 * Un ...

* Ulises Ramos *

Fernando Riera Fernando José Riera Bauzá (27 June 1920 – 23 September 2010) was a Chilean professional football player and manager, patriarch of Chilean football. Career Riera was born in Santiago, Chile. As a footballer, he played for Chile in the 19 ...

* 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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