1942 South American Championship
Football tournament
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The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship, an association football competition, was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 10 January to 7 February.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Uruguay |
| Dates | 10 January – 7 February |
| Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Uruguay (8th title) |
| Runners-up |  Argentina |
| Third place |  Brazil |
| Fourth place |  Paraguay |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Goals scored | 81 (3.86 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Herminio Masantonio José Manuel Moreno (7 goals each) |
← 1941 1945 → | |
For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament.
The tournament featured a match between Argentina and Ecuador in which Argentina's José Manuel Moreno surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals in Copa América history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador. As of 2015[update], the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas. José Manuel Moreno and Herminio Masantonio of Argentina were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.
Squads
Venues
| Montevideo |
|---|
| Estadio Centenario |
| Capacity: 65,235 |
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Final round
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.
| Argentina | 4–3 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
Sandoval  9' Masantonio 30', 47' Perucca 88' |
Sánchez 59' Aveiro 75', 86' |
| Paraguay | 1–1 |  Peru |
|---|---|---|
| Barrios 35' |
Magallanes 1' |
Argentina was awarded a victory but with no goals.
| Uruguay | 3–0 | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| Chirimini 47' L. E. Castro 54' Porta 77' |
Result
| 1942 South American Championship champions |
|---|
 Uruguay Eighth title |
Goal scorers
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
Marcial Barrios- Fabio Baudo Franco
Luis Castro- Bibiano Zapirain
2 goals
Enrique García- Ángel Perucca
Pedro Amorim- Patesko
- Zizinho
Alfonso Domínguez
José María Jiménez- Ruben Aveiro
Teodoro Fernández- Anibal Ciocca
1 goal
- Juan Carlos Heredia
- Adolfo Pedernera
- Sandoval
- Cláudio
- Servílio
- Tim
- Benito Armingol
- Armando Contreras
- Marino Alcívar
- Enrique Álvarez
- Gorgonio Ibarrola
- Eduardo Mingo
- Vicente Sánchez
- Luis Guzmán
- Quiñónez
- Adelfo Magallanes
- Chirimini
- Schubert Gambetta
- Obdulio Varela
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