1942 South American Championship
The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from January 10 to February 7.

Tournament details | |
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Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | January 10 – February 7 |
Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 21 |
Goals scored | 81 (3.86 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (7 goals each) |
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, 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.
Venues
Montevideo |
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Estadio Centenario |
Capacity: 65,235 |
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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 no (0) points for a defeat.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 12 |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 10 |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 7 |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0 |
Uruguay ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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L. E. Castro ![]() O. Varela ![]() Ciocca ![]() Zapirain ![]() Porta ![]() |
Contreras ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Sandoval ![]() Masantonio ![]() Perucca ![]() |
Sánchez ![]() Aveiro ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Patesko ![]() Pirillo ![]() Cláudio ![]() |
Domínguez ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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E. García ![]() Masantonio ![]() |
Servílio ![]() |
Uruguay ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Zapirain ![]() Gambetta ![]() S. Varela ![]() Porta ![]() |
Paraguay ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Barrios ![]() |
Magallanes ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 12–0 | ![]() |
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E. García ![]() Moreno ![]() Pedernera ![]() Masantonio ![]() Perucca ![]() |
Paraguay ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Baudo Franco ![]() Mingo ![]() Ibarrola ![]() |
Jiménez ![]() |
Argentina was awarded a victory but with no goals.
Brazil ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Tim ![]() Pirillo ![]() Zizinho ![]() |
Alvarez ![]() |
Uruguay ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Chirimini ![]() L. E. Castro ![]() Porta ![]() |
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