1929 South American Championship

1929 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	November 1–17
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (4th title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	23 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aurelio González (5 goals)

The Argentine team, winner of the tournament.

The twelfth edition of the South American Championship was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from November 1 to 17, 1929. The 1928 edition was postponed due to the participation of Chile, Uruguay and Argentina in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where Uruguay and Argentina won gold and silver respectively.

The participating countries were Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile withdrew from the tournament.

Venues

Buenos Aires		Avellaneda
Estadio Gasómetro de Boedo	Estadio Alvear y Tagle	Estadio Independiente
Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 57.858

Final round

Each team plays a single match against each of the other teams. Two (2) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2
Peru	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Uruguay  v  Paraguay

November 1, 1929

Uruguay	0–3	Paraguay
		González  16', 86' Domínguez  55'

Estadio Alvear y Tagle, Buenos Aires Referee: José Galli (Argentina)

Argentina  v  Peru

November 3, 1929

Argentina	3–0	Peru
Peucelle  6' Zumelzú  38', 58'

Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)

Argentina  v  Paraguay

November 10, 1929

Argentina	4–1	Paraguay
M. Evaristo  7' Ferreira  24', 48' Cherro  50'		Domínguez  56'

Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Referee: Julio Borelli (Peru)

Peru  v  Uruguay

November 11, 1929

Peru	1–4	Uruguay
Lizarbe  81'		Fernández  21', 29', 43' Andrade  69'

Estadio Alvear y Tagle, Buenos Aires Referee: Miguel Barba (Paraguay)

Paraguay  v  Peru

November 16, 1929

Paraguay	5–0	Peru
Nessi  10' González  55', 63', 69' Domínguez  82'

Independiente Stadium, Avellaneda Referee: José Galli (Argentina)

Argentina  v  Uruguay

November 17, 1929

Argentina	2–0	Uruguay
Ferreira  14' M. Evaristo  77'

Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Referee: Miguel Barba (Paraguay)

Result

1929 South American Championship Champions
Argentina Fourth title

Goal scorers

5 goals

• González

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

External links

• South American Championship 1929 at RSSSF

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