Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
Dates | 3 April – 11 May |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 29 |
Goals scored | 135 (4.66 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (9 goals) |
The 1949 South American Championship was the 21st edition of the Copa América, the main national team football competition in South America. It was held in, and won by, Brazil. Paraguay finished as runner-up while Argentina 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
[edit]For a complete list of participating squads, see: 1949 South American Championship squads
Venues
[edit]Rio de Janeiro | Sao Paulo | Santos | Belo Horizonte | |
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Estádio General Severiano | Estádio São Januário | Estádio do Pacaembu | Estádio Vila Belmiro | Estádio Sete de Setembro |
Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 71,281 | Capacity: 16,798 | Capacity: 30,000 |
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Final round
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 7 | +32 | 12 |
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7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 12 |
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7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 10 |
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7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 8 |
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7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 |
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7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 5 |
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7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 2 |
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7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 23 | −19 | 2 |
Brazil ![]() | 9–1 | ![]() |
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Tesourinha ![]() Octavio ![]() Jair ![]() Simão ![]() Zizinho ![]() Ademir ![]() |
Sigifredo Cuchuca ![]() |
Paraguay ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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López Fretes ![]() Benítez ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 10–1 | ![]() |
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Nininho ![]() Jair ![]() Zizinho ![]() Cláudio ![]() Simão ![]() |
Ugarte ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Tesourinha ![]() Canhotinho ![]() Orlando ![]() Ademir ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() |
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Arce ![]() Augusto ![]() Jair ![]() Simão ![]() Ademir ![]() Orlando ![]() Zizinho ![]() |
Salinas ![]() Calderón ![]() González ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Jair ![]() Zizinho ![]() Danilo Alvim ![]() Tesourinha ![]() |
Castro ![]() |
Paraguay ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Avalos ![]() Benítez ![]() |
Tesourinha ![]() |
Play-off
[edit]A playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.
Result
[edit]1949 South American Championship champions |
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![]() Brazil 3rd title |
Goalscorers
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Jair_Rosa_Pinto_%28CRVG%29.jpg/150px-Jair_Rosa_Pinto_%28CRVG%29.jpg)
9 goals
7 goals
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
Augusto
Canhotinho
Danilo Alvim
Octavio
Mario Castro
Atilio Cremaschi
Ulises Ramos
Fernando Riera
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