1922 South American Championship

The sixth edition of the South American Championship was scheduled to be held in Chile, but Brazil asked to host it as part of its 100th anniversary independence celebrations. Thus it was held in Rio de Janeiro between 17 September and 6 November 1922.

1922 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	17 September – 6 November
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	22 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Julio Francia (4 goals)
← 1921 1923 →

Overview

The Brazilian squad, champions

All CONMEBOL members (as of 1922) attended: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Squads

For a complete list of participants squads see: 1922 South American Championship squads

Venues

Rio de Janeiro
Estadio das Laranjeiras
Capacity: 20,000

Final round

Each team played one match against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	1	3	0	4	2	+2	5
Paraguay	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	5
Uruguay	4	2	1	1	3	1	+2	5
Argentina	4	2	0	2	6	3	+3	4
Chile	4	0	1	3	1	10	−9	1

17 September 1922

Brazil	1–1	Chile
Tatú 9'		Bravo 41'

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)

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23 September 1922

Chile	0–2	Uruguay
		Heguy 10' Urdinarán 19' (pen.)

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Francisco Andreu (Paraguay)

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24 September 1922

Brazil	1–1	Paraguay
Amílcar 14'		Rivas 71'

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Norberto Ladrón de Guevara (Chile)

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28 September 1922

Argentina	4–0	Chile
Chiessa 10' Francia 36', 41' Gaslini 75'

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)

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1 October 1922

Brazil	0–0	Uruguay

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)

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5 October 1922

Paraguay	3–0	Chile
Ramírez 5' López 78' Fretes 86'

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)

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8 October 1922

Uruguay	1–0	Argentina
Buffoni 43'

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Pedro Santos (Brazil)

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12 October 1922

Uruguay	0–1	Paraguay
		Elizeche 7'

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Pedro Santos (Brazil)

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15 October 1922

Brazil	2–0	Argentina
Neco 42' Amílcar 86' (pen.)

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Francisco Andreu (Paraguay)

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18 October 1922

Paraguay	0–2	Argentina
		Francia 63', 79' (pen.)

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Enrique Vignal (Brazil)

The match was abandoned after Paraguay walked off to protest the penalty kick awarded by the referee.

Play-off

Main article: 1922 South American Championship Final

As Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay finished tied on points, a playoff series was planned for the three teams; however, Uruguay withdrew from the competition to protest the performance of Brazilian referee Pedro Santos in their match against Paraguay.

Therefore, a playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.

6 November 1922 ^[1]

Brazil	3–0	Paraguay
Neco 11' Formiga 48', 89'

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)

Result

1922 South American Championship champions
Brazil Second title

Goal scorers

Juan Francia, top scorer

4 goals

• Juan Francia

2 goals

• Amilcar
• Formiga
• Neco
• Gerardo Rivas

1 goal

• Ángel Chiessa
• José Gaslini
• Tatú
• Manuel Bravo
• Carlos Elizeche
• Luis Fretes
• Ildefonso López
• Julio Ramírez
• Felipe Buffoni
• Juan C. Heguy
• Antonio Urdinarán