1967 South American Championship

The 1967 South American Football Championship was won by hosts Uruguay, with Argentina finished second. Brazil and Peru withdrew from the tournament. It was the first tournament in which Venezuela participated. It would be the last time the tournament would be known as the South American Football Championship before being rebranded to Copa América, and the last time it would be formatted as a round-robin tournament.

1967 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	17 January – 2 February
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (11th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	49 (3.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luis Artime (5 goals)
← 1963 1975 →

Qualifying round

30 November 1966

Chile	5–2	Colombia
Araya 7' Prieto 23' Castro 40' (pen.), 49' Saavedra 61'		Gamboa 71' Cañón 72'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

11 December 1966

Colombia	0–0	Chile

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Chile won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.

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21 December 1966

Ecuador	2–2	Paraguay
Carrera 56' Muñoz 58'		Rojas 85' (pen.) Apodaca 88'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Goicoechea (Argentina)

28 December 1966

Paraguay	3–1	Ecuador
Mora 7', 10' Del Puerto 60'		Muñoz 81'

Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Orozco (Peru)

Paraguay won 5–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.

Venues

Montevideo
Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 65,235

Squads

Main article: 1967 South American Championship squads

Final round

Uruguay v Argentina, the final match of the round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	5	4	1	0	13	2	+11	9
Argentina	5	4	0	1	12	3	+9	8
Chile	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	6
Paraguay	5	2	0	3	9	13	−4	4
Venezuela	5	1	0	4	7	16	−9	2
Bolivia	5	0	1	4	0	9	−9	1

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17 January 1967

Uruguay	4–0	Bolivia
Rocha 5' Montero Castillo 44' Troncoso 50' (o.g.) Oyarbide 81'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 10,800

Referee: Ramírez (Paraguay)

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18 January 1967

Chile	2–0	Venezuela
Marcos 12', 41'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ramírez (Paraguay)

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18 January 1967

Argentina	4–1	Paraguay
Mas 3' Bernao 71' Artime 73' Albrecht 89' (pen.)		Mora 67'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Gasc (Chile)

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21 January 1967

Uruguay	4–0	Venezuela
Urruzmendi 5', 81' Oyarbide 62', 68'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 6,334

Referee: De Queiroz (Brazil)

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22 January 1967

Chile	4–2	Paraguay
Gallardo 9', 44' Araya 72', 81'		Riveros 5' Apodaca 85'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Goicochea (Argentina)

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22 January 1967

Argentina	1–0	Bolivia
Bernao 67'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: De Queiroz (Brazil)

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25 January 1967

Paraguay	1–0	Bolivia
Del Puerto 14'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Marino (Chile)

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25 January 1967

Argentina	5–1	Venezuela
Artime 18', 65', 88' Carone 31' Marzolini 53'		Santana 72'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Gasc (Chile)

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26 January 1967

Uruguay	2–2	Chile
Rocha 15' (pen.) Oyarbide 68'		Gallardo 2' Marcos 37'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 22,381

Referee: Ramírez (Paraguay)

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28 January 1967

Venezuela	3–0	Bolivia
Ravelo 59', 84' Santana 67'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Gasc (Chile)

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28 January 1967

Argentina	2–0	Chile
Sarnari 36' Artime 80'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Ramírez (Paraguay)

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29 January 1967

Uruguay	2–0	Paraguay
Pérez 32' Urruzmendi 66'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 11,973

Referee: Gasc (Chile)

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1 February 1967

Paraguay	5–3	Venezuela
Mora 11', 22' Rojas 16', 29' Colmán 81'		Mendoza 3' Santana 32' Scovino 89'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Marino (Chile)

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1 February 1967

Chile	0–0	Bolivia

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Goicochea (Argentina)

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2 February 1967

Uruguay	1–0	Argentina
Rocha 74'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Gasc (Chile)

Result

1967 South American Championship champions
Uruguay 11th title

Goalscorers

Luis Artime, top scorer

With five goals, Luis Artime of Argentina was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 49 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.

5 goals

• Luis Artime

4 goals

• Jorge Oyarbide

3 goals

• Julio Gallardo
• Rubén Marcos
• José Urruzmendi
• Pedro Rocha
• Rafael Santana

2 goals

• Raúl Bernao
• Pedro Araya
• Celino Mora
• Juan Carlos Rojas
• Antonio Ravelo

1 goal

• Juan Carlos Carone
• Juan Carlos Sarnari
• Oscar Mas
• Rafael Albrecht
• Silvio Marzolini
• Antonio González
• Arístides Del Puerto
• Benigno Apocada
• Juan Francisco Riveros
• Ramón Colmán
• Domingo Pérez
• Julio Montero Castillo
• Humberto Scovino
• Luis Mendoza

1 own goal

• Roberto Troncoso (against Uruguay)