1941 South American Championship

1941 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	February 2 – March 4
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (6th title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	32 (3.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Juan Marvezzi (5 goals)

The sixteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Santiago, Chile from February 2 to March 4.

With the purpose of celebrating the fourth centenary of Santiago's foundation by Pedro de Valdivia, Chile requested to host this tournament's edition. Because of that, this edition is considered extra (no trophy was handed to the winners).

The participating countries were Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament.

Venues

Santiago
Estadio Nacional de Chile
Capacity: 70,000

Final round

Each team played against each of the other teams. Two (2) points were 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	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	8
Uruguay	4	3	0	1	10	1	+9	6
Chile	4	2	0	2	6	3	+3	4
Peru	4	1	0	3	5	5	0	2
Ecuador	4	0	0	4	1	21	−20	0

Chile v Ecuador

February 2, 1941

Chile	5–0	Ecuador
Toro  10' Sorrel  18', 78' Pérez  25' Contreras  43'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

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Uruguay v Ecuador

February 9, 1941

Uruguay	6–0	Ecuador
Rivero  9', 23', 87' Gambetta  16' Porta  39' Laurido  75' (o.g.)

Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: Alfredo Vargas (Chile)

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Chile v Peru

February 9, 1941

Chile	1–0	Peru
Pérez  20'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

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Argentina v Peru

February 12, 1941

Argentina	2–1	Peru
Moreno  2', 72'		Socarraz  53'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: Alfredo Vargas (Chile)

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Argentina v Ecuador

February 16, 1941

Argentina	6–1	Ecuador
Marvezzi  3', 17', 28', 39', 59' Moreno  30'		Freire  47'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)

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Uruguay v Chile

February 16, 1941

Uruguay	2–0	Chile
Cruche  35' Chirimini  78'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

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Peru v Ecuador

February 23, 1941

Peru	4–0	Ecuador
T. Fernández  25', 32', 48' Vallejas  36'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: Víctor Francisco Rivas (Chile)

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Argentina v Uruguay

February 23, 1941

Argentina	1–0	Uruguay
Sastre  53'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: Alfredo Vargas (Chile)

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Uruguay v Peru

February 26, 1941

Uruguay	2–0	Peru
Riephoff  37' Varela 70'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)

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Argentina v Chile

March 4, 1941

Argentina	1–0	Chile
García  71'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)

Result

1941 South American Championship Champions
Argentina Sixth title

Goal scorers

5 goals

• Marvezzi

3 goals

• Moreno

• T. Fernández

• Rivero

2 goals

• Pérez

• Sorrel

1 goal

• García
• Sastre
• Contreras
• Toro
• Freire

• Socarraz
• Vallejas
• Chirimini
• Cruche
• Gambetta

• Varela
• Porta
• Riephoff

Own Goal

• Laurido (for Uruguay)

External links

• South American Championship 1941 at RSSSF