1953 South American Championship
Appearance
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Peru |
Dates | 22 February – 1 April |
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 | 22 |
Goals scored | 67 (3.05 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (7 goals) |
The South American Championship 1953 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Paraguay with Brazil second. Argentina, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament. Francisco Molina from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals.
Squads[edit]
Venues[edit]
Lima |
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Estadio Nacional de Lima |
Capacity: 50,000 |
Final round[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 8 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 7 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 2 |
Uruguay | 2–0 | |
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Puente Carlos Romero |
Peru | 1–0 | |
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Gómez Sánchez |
Brazil | 8–1 | |
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Julinho Francisco Rodrigues Pinga |
Ugarte |
Match was awarded to Peru due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Paraguay by making one extra change.[1]
Milner Ayala was banned for three years for kicking the referee.
Milner Ayala was banned for three years for kicking the referee.
Paraguay | 2–2 | |
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Atilio López Berni |
Balseiro |
Paraguay | 2–1 | |
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Angel Romero Berni |
Ramon Santos |
Paraguay | 2–1 | |
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Atilio López León |
Nílton Santos |
Chile | 2–2 | |
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Meléndez Díaz Carmona |
Ramón Santos Alcón |
Match was suspended after 66th min, and awarded to Chile due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Bolivia.
Uruguay | 3–0 | |
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Peláez Carlos Romero |
Play-off[edit]
Result[edit]
1953 South American Championship champions |
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Paraguay 1st title |
Goal scorers[edit]
7 Goals
5 Goals
4 Goals
3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal
References[edit]
- ^ "Aquella protesta del 53" (in Spanish). Diario Hoy. 2 July 2021.
- ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 561. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
External links[edit]
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