1949 South American Championship

The 1949 South American Championship was the 21st. edition of the Copa América, the main national team football competition in South America. It was held in, and won by, Brazil. Paraguay finished as runner-up while Argentina withdrew from the tournament.

This achievement ended a 27-year streak without official titles for the Brazilians. The last one had been in the 1922 South American Championship, also played on Brazilian soil. Jair da Rosa Pinto from Brazil was the top scorer of the tournament, with nine goals.

Squads
For a complete list of participating squads, see: 1949 South American Championship squads

Venues
 Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo Santos Belo Horizonte Estádio General Severiano Estádio São Januário Estádio do Pacaembu Estádio Vila Belmiro Estádio Sete de Setembro Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 71,281 Capacity: 16,798 Capacity: 30,000  150px 150px 150px 150px

Final round
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Play-off

A playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.

Result

Goalscorers
9 goals
  Jair

7 goals

  Ademir
  Tesourinha
  Arce
  Benítez

5 goals

  Víctor Ugarte
  Simão
  Zizinho

4 goals

  Félix Castillo
  Ramón Castro

3 goals

  Benigno Gutiérrez
  Cláudio
  Nininho
  López Fretes
  Alfredo Mosquera
  Víctor Pedraza
  Roberto Drago
  Juan Ayala

2 goals

  Benedicto Godoy
  Orlando
  Raimundo Infante
  Pedro López
  José Vargas
  Marcial Barrios
  Carlos Gómez Sánchez
  Juan E. Salinas
  José M. García
  Dagoberto Moll

1 goal

  Víctor Algañaraz
  Nemesio Rojas
  Augusto
  Canhotinho
  Danilo Alvim
  Octavio
  Mario Castro
  Atilio Cremaschi
  Ulises Ramos
  Fernando Riera
  Carlos Rojas
  Manuel Salamanca
  A. Pérez
  Berdugo
  Gastelbondo
  Nelson Pérez
  Víctor Arteaga
  Sigifredo Chuchuca
  Enrique Cantos
  Guido Andrade
  Rafael Maldonado
  Enrique Avalos
  Pedro Fernández
  Cornelio Heredia
  Manuel Drago
  Ernesto Bentancour
  Miguel Martínez
  Nelson Moreno

Own goals
  Bermeo (for Peru)
  Sánchez (for Bolivia)
  Arce (for Brazil)

References

Other websites
 South American Championship 1949 at RSSSF

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