1937 South American Championship

1937 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	December 27, 1936 - February 1
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (5th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	69 (4.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Raúl Toro (7 goals)
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The fourteenth edition of the South American Championship of football was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from December 27, 1936 to February 1, 1937.

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay thus making this the first edition in which more than five teams took part of the event.

Bolivia, and Colombia (a new CONMEBOL member) withdrew from the tournament.

Final round

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	5	4	0	1	12	5	+7	8
Brazil	5	4	0	1	17	9	+8	8
Uruguay	5	2	0	3	11	14	-3	4
Paraguay	5	2	0	3	8	16	-8	4
Chile	5	1	1	3	12	13	-1	3
Peru	5	1	1	3	7	10	-3	3
Bolivia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As Brazil and Argentina were tied, a playoff was disputed.

• Half-time scores are in brackets

December 27, 1936

Brazil	3 - 2 (2-0)	Peru	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: Alfredo Vargas (Chile)
Roberto 7'		T. Fernández 55'
Afonsinho 30'		Villanueva 58'
Niginho 57'

December 30, 1936

Argentina	2 - 1 (2-0)	Chile	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
Varallo 30'		Toro 73'
Varallo 43'

January 2, 1937

Paraguay	4 - 2 (3-2)	Uruguay	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: Virgílio Antônio Fedrighi (Brazil)
A. Ortega 9'		Varela 16'
A. González 35'		Varela 28'
Erico (p) 38'
A. Ortega 79'

January 3, 1937

Brazil	6 - 4 (5-3)	Chile	Estadio Camilo Cichero, Buenos Aires Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Patesko 2'		Avendaño 19'
Carvalho Leite 6'		Toro 25'
Patesko 26'		Riveros 40'
Luizinho 35'		Toro 73'
Luizinho 40'
Roberto 68'

January 6, 1937

Uruguay	4 - 2 (2-2)	Peru	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
Camaití 16'		T. Fernández 29'
Varela 31'		Magallanes 40'
Varela 56'
Píriz 79'

January 9, 1937

Argentina	6 - 1 (3-0)	Paraguay	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: Alfredo Vargas (Chile)
Scopelli 5'		A. González 86'
García 8'
Zozaya 33'
Scopelli 54'
Zozaya 75'
Zozaya 82'

January 10, 1937

Uruguay	0 - 3 (0-1)	Chile	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
		Toro 17'
		Arancibia 59'
		Toro 83'

January 13, 1937

Brazil	5 - 0 (2-0)	Paraguay	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Patesko 31'
Luizinho 42'
Luizinho 51'
Carvalho Leite 59'
Patesko 67'

January 16, 1937

Argentina	1 - 0 (0-0)	Peru	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
Zozaya 55'

January 17, 1937

Paraguay	3 - 2 (1-2)	Chile	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
Amarilla 5'		Toro 8'
Flor 47'		Toro 32'
Núñez Velloso 78'

January 19, 1937

Brazil	3 - 2 (1-1)	Uruguay	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Carvalho Leite 36'		Villadóniga 1'
Bahia 72'		Píriz 66'
Niginho 77'

January 21, 1937

Peru	2 - 2 (2-1)	Chile	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
J. Alcalde 1'		Torres 16'
J. Alcalde 26'		Carmona 70'

January 23, 1937

Argentina	2 - 3 (0-1)	Uruguay	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: Alfredo Vargas (Chile)
Varallo 63'		Ithurbide 5'
Zozaya 68'		Píriz 51'
		Varela 58'

January 24, 1937

Paraguay	0 - 1 (0-1)	Peru	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires Ref: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
		Lavalle 43'

January 30, 1937

Argentina	1 - 0 (0-0)	Brazil	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
García 48'

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Bolivia withdrew.

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Playoff

February 1, 1937

Argentina	2 - 0 (0-0)	Brazil	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Ref: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
De la Mata 102'
De la Mata 112'
After Extra Time

Results

South American Championship 1937 Champions
Argentina Fifth title

Goal scorers

7 goals

• Raúl Toro

5 goals

Alberto Zozaya

Severino Varela

4 goals

Luizinho

Patesko

3 goals

Francisco Varallo

Carvalho Leite

Juan Píriz

2 goals

Vicente de la Mata Enrique García Alejandro Scopelli

Niginho Roberto Aurelio González

Amadeo Ortega Teodoro Fernández Jorge Alcalde

1 goal

Afonsinho Bahia Manuel Arancibia José Avendaño Arturo Carmona Guillermo Riveros

Guillermo Torres Juan Amarilla Adolfo Erico Martín Flor Raúl Núñez Velloso Alejandro Villanueva

Adolfo Magallanes Jose Maria Lavalle Adelaido Camaiti Eduardo Ithurbide Segundo Villadóniga

External links

• South American Championship 1937 at RSSSF