1967 South American Championship

Football tournament July 2026 South American Championship 1967 Uruguay 17 January – 2 February 1967 6 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo URU 11 ARG CHI PAR 1954 15 49 Argentina Luis Artime (5 goals) 1963 1975 The 1967 South American Championship (es Campeonato Sudamericano 1967) was the 29th international association football championship for members of the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL). Hosted by Uruguay, the competition ran from 17 January – 2 February 1967 and was contested by the national teams of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. It was the last edition of the competition before it was rebranded as the Copa América from the 1975 edition. For the first time, a qualification tournament was held to reduce the total number of teams competing in the final tournament. Hosts Uruguay were crowned champions for the 11th time after defeating Argentina 1–0 in the final and decisive match of the round-robin tournament. Background In 1910, the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) organised a tournament to mark the 100th anniversary of the May Revolution. The Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo was contested by the national teams of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay and is considered to be a precursor to the South American Championship.Del delantero desertor al goleador "de una noche", los 5 curiosidades de la Copa América https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1905168-cinco-hechos-insolitos-de-la-historia-de-la-copa-america/ La Nación 2 May 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20160604003956/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1905168-cinco-hechos-insolitos-de-la-historia-de-la-copa-america/ 4 June 2016 es 3 June 2016 From the deserter striker to the "one-night" goalscorer, 5 curiosities of the Copa América Six years later, the AFA organised a second tournament, this time to celebrate the centenary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence. Alongside the three who had contested the Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo, Brazil were invited to compete and the South American Championship was born.Martins Barriga Nicolás 2011 Copa América: ¿Creación Argentina? https://perio.unlp.edu.ar/pd/node/439 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190712214022/https://perio.unlp.edu.ar/pd/node/439 12 July 2019 2 May 2026 Periodismo Deportivo es During the competition, the four associations of the competing teams met on 9 July 1916 and founded the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL).Florio Natalia What does CONMEBOL mean? Explaining what the name of governing body organizing Copa America 2024 stands for https://www.sportingnews.com/uk/football/news/conmebol-mean-name-stand-copa-america-2024/23b01bed8950bcdf214d10b5 Sporting News 2 May 2026 20 June 2024 Bolivia were the defending champions having won the 1963 edition after defeating Brazil 5–4 in the final and decisive round of matches.Tabeira Martín Southamerican Championship 1963 https://www.rsssf.org/tables/63safull.html RSSSF 2 May 2026 12 August 2009 Argentina were the most successful team in the history of the competition having won the trophy on 12 occasions.Di Maggio Roberto Mamrud Roberto Stokkermans Karel Copa América https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sachamp.html RSSSF 2 May 2026 24 July 2024 Venezuela would compete in the competition for the first time, bringing the total number of competitors to 10. As a result, a qualifying tournament was organised for the first time to reduce the number contesting the final tournament. However, Brazil and Peru withdrew prior to the start of the competition so only eight of the 10 CONMEBOL members would compete.Tabeira Martín Southamerican Championship 1967 https://www.rsssf.org/tables/67safull.html RSSSF 2 May 2026 15 May 2014 Format In the qualifying round, four teams were drawn to contest two two-legged ties. The team scoring the higher number of goals would qualify for the final tournament. The final tournament was played as a round-robin where each team would play all of the others once. The winner would be decided by the total number of points obtained across all matches played. Should two or more teams be tied with the greatest number of points, a play-off would be organised to decide the winner. Qualifying round The qualifying round began on 30 November 1966 when Chile defeated Colombia 5–2 in the first leg. In the second leg 11 days later, the teams played out a goalless draw and Chile qualified for the final tournament 5–2 on aggregate. On 21 December, Paraguay came from 2–0 down to draw 2–2 with Ecuador in the first leg. In the second leg a week later, Paraguay won 3–1 to qualify for the final tournament 5–3 on aggregate. main n Qualifying round CHI 5–2 COL 5–2 0–0 ECU 1900 3–5 PAR 1954 2–2 1–3 Results 30 November 1966 CHI 5–2 COL Araya 7 Prieto 23 Castro 40 pen. 49 Saavedra 61 Gamboa 71 Cañón 72 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 80,000 Yamasaki (Peru) 11 December 1966 COL 0–0 CHI Estadio El Campín, Bogotá 17,000 Yamasaki (Peru) Chile won 5–2 on aggregate. 21 December 1966 ECU 1900 2–2 PAR 1954 Carrera 56 Muñoz 58 Rojas 85 pen. Apodaca 88 Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil 47,000 Goicoechea (Argentina) 28 December 1966 PAR 1954 3–1 ECU 1900 Mora 7 10 Del Puerto 60 Muñoz 81 Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción 25,000 Orozco (Peru) Paraguay won 5–3 on aggregate. Squads 1967 South American Championship squads Venue All matches were held at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. MontevideoEstadio CentenarioCapacity: 65,235200pxUruguay 200 center Uruguay -34.894661 -56.152839 Montevideo top Summary thumb|300px|Uruguay v Argentina, the final match of the round The competition began on 13 January when Uruguay defeated defending champions Bolivia 4–0. Five days later, Chile defeated Venezuela 2–0 and Argentina won 4–1 against Paraguay. On 21 January, Uruguay again won 4–0, this time against Venezuela. The following day, Argentina defeated Bolivia 1–0 and Chile defeated Paraguay 4–2. On 25 January, Paraguay defeated Bolivia 1–0 and Argentina won 5–1 against Venezuela. The following day, Uruguay and Chile drew 2–2. At the half way stage, three teams remained unbeaten. Argentina led the way with six points from six, one clear of Chile and Uruguay. On 28 January, Venezuela recorded their first win of the competition by defeating Bolivia 3–0 and Chile's unbeaten start was ended by Argentina who won 2–0 and extended their lead at the top. The following day, Uruguay defeated Paraguay 2–0 which set up a winner-takes-all final match between Uruguay and Argentina. On 1 February, Chile and Bolivia played out a goalless draw and Paraguay defeated Venezuela 5–3. In the last match, the following day, Pedro Rocha scored the only goal of the match as Uruguay won 1–0 to win the competition for the 11th time. Table main WDL Q 2 URU URU ARG ARG CHI CHI PAR PAR 1954 VEN VEN 1930 BOL BOL 4 1 0 13 2 4 0 1 12 3 2 2 1 8 6 2 0 3 9 13 1 0 4 7 16 0 1 4 0 9 green1 A complete Results 17 January 1967 URU 4–0 BOL Rocha 5 Montero Castillo 44 Troncoso 50 o.g. Oyarbide 81 Centenario, Montevideo 10,800 Ramírez (Paraguay) 18 January 1967 CHI 2–0 VEN 1930 Marcos 12 41 Centenario, Montevideo 7,000 Ramírez (Paraguay) 18 January 1967 ARG 4–1 PAR 1954 Mas 3 Bernao 71 Artime 73 Albrecht 89 pen. Mora 67 Centenario, Montevideo 12,000 Gasc (Chile) 21 January 1967 URU 4–0 VEN 1930 Urruzmendi 5 81 Oyarbide 62 68 Centenario, Montevideo 6,334 De Queiroz (Brazil) 22 January 1967 CHI 4–2 PAR 1954 Gallardo 9 44 Araya 72 81 Riveros 5 Apodaca 85 Centenario, Montevideo 6,000 Goicochea (Argentina) 22 January 1967 ARG 1–0 BOL Bernao 67 Centenario, Montevideo 6,000 De Queiroz (Brazil) 25 January 1967 PAR 1954 1–0 BOL Del Puerto 14 Centenario, Montevideo 5,000 Marino (Chile) 25 January 1967 ARG 5–1 VEN 1930 Artime 18 65 88 Carone 31 Marzolini 53 Santana 72 Centenario, Montevideo 2,500 Gasc (Chile) 26 January 1967 URU 2–2 CHI Rocha 15 pen. Oyarbide 68 Gallardo 2 Marcos 37 Centenario, Montevideo 22,381 Ramírez (Paraguay) 28 January 1967 VEN 1930 3–0 BOL Ravelo 59 84 Santana 67 Centenario, Montevideo 11,000 Gasc (Chile) 28 January 1967 ARG 2–0 CHI Sarnari 36 Artime 80 Centenario, Montevideo 14,000 Ramírez (Paraguay) 29 January 1967 URU 2–0 PAR 1954 Pérez 32 Urruzmendi 66 Centenario, Montevideo 11,973 Gasc (Chile) 1 February 1967 PAR 1954 5–3 VEN 1930 Mora 11 22 Rojas 16 29 Colmán 81 Mendoza 3 Santana 32 Scovino 89 Centenario, Montevideo 1,500 Marino (Chile) 1 February 1967 CHI 0–0 BOL Centenario, Montevideo 1,500 Goicochea (Argentina) 2 February 1967 URU 1–0 ARG Rocha 74 Centenario, Montevideo 65,000 Gasc (Chile) Goalscorers thumb|150px|Luis Artime, top scorer 49 15 ARG Luis Artime URU Jorge Oyarbide CHI Julio Gallardo CHI Rubén Marcos URU José Urruzmendi URU Pedro Rocha VEN 1930 Rafael Santana ARG Raúl Bernao CHI Pedro Araya PAR 1954 Celino Mora PAR 1954 Juan Carlos Rojas VEN 1930 Antonio Ravelo ARG Juan Carlos Carone ARG Juan Carlos Sarnari ARG Oscar Mas ARG Rafael Albrecht ARG Silvio Marzolini PAR 1954 Antonio González PAR 1954 Arístides Del Puerto PAR 1954 Benigno Apocada PAR 1954 Juan Francisco Riveros PAR 1954 Ramón Colmán URU Domingo Pérez URU Julio Montero Castillo VEN 1930 Humberto Scovino VEN 1930 Luis Mendoza BOL Roberto Troncoso (against Uruguay) References 1967 South American Championship 1967 Championship Championship Category:1967 in Uruguayan football 1967 Category:1960s in Montevideo 1967 Category:January 1967 sports events in South America Category:February 1967 sports events in South America