1942 South American Championship

1942 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host country	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
Dates	10 January – 7 February
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (8th title)
Runner-up	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	81 (3.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Herminio Masantonio ; File:Flag of Argentina.svg José Manuel Moreno ; (7 goals each)
	← 1941 1945 →

The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from 10 January to 7 February.

Teams

The Uruguayan squad, champions

For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament.

Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no (0) points for a defeat.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	6	6	0	0	21	2	+19	12
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	6	5	0	1	21	6	+15	10
Brazil	6	3	1	2	15	7	+8	7
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	6
Peru	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	4
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile	6	1	1	4	4	15	−11	3
[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	6	0	0	6	4	31	−27	0

10 January 1942	Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	6–1	File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
	L. E. Castro 7', 76' O. Varela 12' Ciocca 15' Zapirain 37' Porta 54'		Contreras 1'

11 January 1942	Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg	4–3	File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: José Ferreira Lemos (Brazil)
	Sandoval 9' Masantonio 30', 47' Perucca 88'		Sánchez 59' Aveiro 75', 86'

14 January 1942	Brazil	6–1	File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
	Patesko 1', 78' Pirillo 23', 63', 86' Cláudio 66'		Domínguez 35'

17 January 1942	Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg	2–1	Brazil	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Enrique Cuenca (Peru)
	E. García 3' Masantonio 27'		Servílio 37'

18 January 1942	Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	7–0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Marcos Gerinaldo Rojas (Paraguay)
	Zapirain 1' Gambetta 13' S. Varela 16', 24', 29' Porta 23', 42'

18 January 1942	Paraguay File:Flag of Paraguay.svg	1–1	Peru	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
	Barrios 35'		Magallanes 1'

21 January 1942	Brazil	2–1	Peru	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Marcos Gerinaldo Rojas (Paraguay)
	Amorim 43', 56'		Fernández 73'

22 January 1942	Paraguay File:Flag of Paraguay.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: José Ferreira Lemos (Brazil)
	Barrios 33' Baudo Franco 54'

22 January 1942	Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg	12–0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)
	E. García 2' Moreno 12', 16', 22', 32', 89' Pedernera 25' Masantonio 54', 65', 68', 70' Perucca 88'			Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

24 January 1942	Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	1–0	Brazil	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Marcos Gerinaldo Rojas (Paraguay)
	S. Varela 32'

25 January 1942	Paraguay File:Flag of Paraguay.svg	3–1	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)
	Baudo Franco 5' Mingo 57' Ibarrola 62'		Jiménez 46'	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

25 January 1942	Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg	3–1	Peru	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
	Heredia 12' Moreno 65', 72'		Fernández 17'

28 January 1942	Peru	2–1	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
	Quiñónez 32' Guzmán 62'		Jiménez 52'

28 January 1942	Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Enrique Cuenca (Peru)
	S. Varela 9' Porta 26' Ciocca 65'		Barrios 58'

31 January 1942	Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Enrique Cuenca (Peru)

Chile left the pitch on the 43rd minute in protest of the dreadful referee performance.
Argentina was awarded a victory but with no goals.

31 January 1942	Brazil	5–1	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
	Tim 10' Pirillo 12', 29', 76' Zizinho 60'		Alvarez 19' (pen.)

1 February 1942	Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	3–0	Peru	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
	Chirimini 47' L. E. Castro 54' Porta 77'

5 February 1942	Chile File:Flag of Chile.svg	2–1	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Marcos Gerinaldo Rojas (Paraguay)
	Domínguez 20' Armingol 42'		Alcívar 5'

5 February 1942	Brazil	1–1	File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
	Zizinho 5'		Baudo Franco 23'

7 February 1942	Chile File:Flag of Chile.svg	0–0	Peru	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

7 February 1942	Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Marcos Gerinaldo Rojas (Paraguay)
	Zapirain 57'