South American Championship 1921

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Copa América - Argentina 1921
South American Championship 1921
Participating countries	4
Host	Argentina
Date	October 2, 1921 October 30, 1921
Results - Champion - Runner-up - Third Place	Argentina  Brazil  Uruguay
Top goalscorer	Julio Libonatti
Matches	6

The fifth edition of the South American Championship was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 2 to October 30, 1921.

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Chile was also invited but withdrew due to internal problems in the team.

Paraguay's debut came with a bang: defeated the previous edition's champions Uruguay by two goals to one.

Contents 1 Matches 2 Standings 3 Results 4 Goal Scorers 5 External links

[edit] Matches

Each team plays one match against each of the other teams. Two (2) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.

• Half-time scores are in brackets

October 2, 1921

Argentina	1 - 0 (1-0)	Brazil	Sportivo Barracas Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
Libonatti 27'

October 9, 1921

Paraguay	2 - 1 (1-0)	Uruguay	Sportivo Barracas Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Gerónimo Rapossi (Argentina)
Rivas 9'		Piendibene 83'
López 66'

October 12, 1921

Paraguay	0 - 3 (0-2)	Brazil	Sportivo Barracas Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
		Machado 21'
		Machado 44'
		Candiota 46'

October 16, 1921

Argentina	3 - 0 (1-0)	Paraguay	Sportivo Barracas Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
Libonatti 1'
Saruppo 71'
Echeverría 76'

October 23, 1921

Uruguay	2 - 1 (2-0)	Brazil	Sportivo Barracas Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Víctor Cabañas Saguier (Paraguay)
Romano 1'		Zezé I 53'
Romano 8'

October 30, 1921

Argentina	1 - 0 (0-0)	Uruguay	Sportivo Barracas Stadium, Buenos Aires Ref: Pedro Santos (Brazil)
Libonatti 57'

[edit] Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Eff Argentina 6 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 100.0% Brazil 2 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 33.3% Uruguay 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 33.3% Paraguay 2 3 1 0 2 2 7 -5 33.3%

[edit] Results

South American Championship 1921 Champions
Argentina First title

[edit] Goal Scorers

3 goals

• Libonatti

2 goals

• Machado
• Romano

1 goal

• Echeverría - Saruppo
• Candiota - Zezé
• López - Rivas
• Piendibene

[edit] External links

• South American Championship 1921 at RSSSF

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