1953 South American Championship

Football tournament February 2022 South American Championship 1953 Peru 22 February – 1 April 1953 7 Estadio Nacional, Lima PAR 1842 1 BRA 1889 URU CHI 22 67 CHI Francisco Molina (7 goals) 1949 1955 The 1953 South American Championship (es Campeonato Sudamericano 1953, pt Campeonato Sul-Americano de 1953) was the 22nd international association football championship for members of the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL). Hosted by Peru, the competition ran from 22 February – 1 April 1953 and was contested by the national teams of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. After the completion of the round-robin tournament, Brazil and Paraguay were tied level on points. With no tiebreaking criteria, a play-offs was to be organised to decide the champion. Paraguay won the play-off 3–2 to win the championships for the first time. 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 Brazil were the defending champions having won the 1949 edition after defeating Paraguay 7–0 in the championship play-off.Tabeira Martín Southamerican Championship 1949 https://www.rsssf.org/tables/49safull.html RSSSF 2 May 2026 4 January 2013 Argentina were the most successful team in the history of the competition having won the trophy on nine occasions.Di Maggio Roberto Mamrud Roberto Stokkermans Karel Copa América https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sachamp.html RSSSF 2 May 2026 24 July 2024 Argentina and Colombia withdrew prior to the start of the competition so only seven of the nine CONMEBOL members would compete.Tabeira Martín Southamerican Championship 1945 https://www.rsssf.org/tables/45safull.html RSSSF 2 May 2026 8 April 2021 Originally, the competition was to be held in Paraguay but the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (APF) claimed that they did not have a stadium capable of holding the tournament. As a result, it was moved to be played in Peru. The competition had never previously been held in Paraguay and wouldn't be held in the country until the 1999 edition. Format The 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. Participants BOL BRA 1889 CHI ECU 1900 PAR 1842 PER URU Squads 1953 South American Championship squads Venue All matches were held at the Estadio Nacional in Lima. LimaEstadio NacionalCapacity: 40,000222x222pxPeru 200 center Peru -12.067278 -77.033722 Lima top Summary thumb The competition began on 22 February when Bolivia defeated hosts Peru 1–0. Three days later, Paraguay won 3–0 against Chile and Uruguay defeated Bolivia 2–0. On 28 February, Peru won 1–0 against Ecuador. The following day, four goals from Julinho helped defending champions Brazil to an 8–1 win against Bolivia in their first match of the tournament and a Francisco Molina hat-trick saw Chile defeat Uruguay 3–2. On 4 March, Paraguay and Ecuador played out a goalless draw and Chile also drew 0–0 with Peru. Four days later, Bolivia and Ecuador drew 1–1 and Peru drew 2–2 with Paraguay. However, the match was subsequently awarded to Peru for unsportsmanlike behaviour after Paraguay made one more substitution than allowed. Paraguay's Milner Ayala was also banned for three years after kicking the referee. On 12 March, Paraguay drew 2–2 with Uruguay and Brazil defeated Ecuador 2–0. With just over half the matches played, Peru were top of the table with five points, one ahead of Brazil and Paraguay. Three days later, Brazil won 1–0 against Uruguay to go top of the table. On 16 March, Paraguay defeated Bolivia 2–1 to pull level with Brazil at the top. Three days later, Chile defeated Ecuador 3–0 and Peru won 1–0 against Brazil to go back into first place. On 23 March, Brazil won 3–2 against Chile which saw them leapfrog Peru ahead of the final round of fixtures and Uruguay defeated Ecuador 6–0. Four days later, Paraguay came from behind to defeat Brazil 2–1 and leave both teams level on eight points, one ahead of Peru who had one game left to play. On 28 March, the match between Chile and Bolivia was suspended after 66 minutes with the score tied at 2–2. It was subsequently awarded to Chile due to unsportsmanlike behaviour from Bolivia. In the final match Uruguay defeated Peru 3–0 to end any chance Peru had of winning the competition. As a result, with Brazil and Paraguay tied on points, a play-off was arranged to decide the winner. On 1 April, in a replay of the play-off from the previous edition, Paraguay gained revenge on Brazil by winning 3–2 to win the competition for the first time. Table main WDL Q 2 BRA BRA 1889 PAR PAR 1842 1 CHI CHI PER PER 3 URU URU 3 BOL BOL ECU ECU 1900 4 0 2 15 6 3 2 1 11 6 3 1 2 15 6 3 1 2 10 10 3 1 2 4 6 1 1 4 6 15 0 2 4 1 13 blue1 Qualification for play-off A A complete Results 22 February 1953 BOL 1–0 PER Ugarte 53 Estadio Nacional, Lima 50,000 George Rhoden (England) 25 February 1953 PAR 1842 3–0 CHI Fernández 54 75 Berni 78 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Richard Maddison (England) 25 February 1953 URU 2–0 BOL Puente 11 Carlos Romero 88 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Charles Dean (England) 28 February 1953 PER 1–0 ECU 1900 Gómez Sánchez 78 Estadio Nacional, Lima 50,000 George Rhoden (England) 1 March 1953 BRA 1889 8–1 BOL Julinho 18 20 42 52 Francisco Rodrigues 25 44 Pinga 39 60 Ugarte 73 pen. Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Richard Maddison (England) 1 March 1953 CHI 3–2 URU Molina 5 55 67 Morel 70 Balseiro 81 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Charles Dean (England) 4 March 1953 PAR 1842 0–0 ECU 1900 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Mário Vianna (Brazil) 4 March 1953 CHI 0–0 PER Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Richard Maddison (England) 8 March 1953 BOL 1–1 ECU 1900 Alcón 25 Guzmán 6 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Charles McKenna (England) 8 March 1953 PER 2–2(awarded) PAR 1842 Gómez Sánchez 47 Terry 53 Fernández 36 Berni 77 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Richard Maddison (England) 12 March 1953 PAR 1842 2–2 URU Atilio López 5 Berni 52 Balseiro 36 55 Estadio Nacional, Lima 35,000 David Gregory (England) 12 March 1953 BRA 1889 2–0 ECU 1900 Ademir 18 Cláudio 55 Estadio Nacional, Lima 35,000 Richard Maddison (England) 15 March 1953 BRA 1889 1–0 URU Ipojucan 87 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Charles McKenna (England) 16 March 1953 PAR 1842 2–1 BOL Angel Romero 17 Berni 22 Ramon Santos 76 Estadio Nacional, Lima 15,000 David Gregory (England) 19 March 1953 CHI 3–0 ECU 1900 Molina 33 47 Cremaschi 70 Estadio Nacional, Lima 55,000 Richard Maddison (England) 19 March 1953 PER 1–0 BRA 1889 Navarrete 51 Estadio Nacional, Lima 55,000 Charles McKenna (England) 23 March 1953 BRA 1889 3–2 CHI Julinho 1 Zizinho 53 Baltazar 70 Molina 62 76 Estadio Nacional, Lima 35,000 Richard Maddison (England) 23 March 1953 URU 6–0 ECU 1900 Méndez 12 Puente 51 Peláez 58 Morel 60 Carlos Romero 86 Balseiro 88 Estadio Nacional, Lima 35,000 David Gregory (England) 27 March 1953 PAR 1842 2–1 BRA 1889 Atilio López 49 León 89 Nílton Santos 12 Estadio Nacional, Lima 35,000 Charles Dean (England) 28 March 1953 CHI 2–2(awarded) BOL Meléndez 28 Díaz Carmona 52 Ramón Santos 15 Alcón 49 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Richard Maddison (England) 28 March 1953 URU 3–0 PER Peláez 23 67 Carlos Romero 71 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Mário Vianna (Brazil) Play-off 1953 South American Championship play-off 1 April 1953 PAR 1842 3–2 BRA 1889 Atilio López 14 Gavilán 17 Fernández 41 Baltazar 56 65 Estadio Nacional, Lima 35,000 Charles Dean (England) Goalscorers 67 22 CHI Molina BRA 1889 Julinho PAR 1842 Berni PAR 1842 Fernández URU Balseiro BRA 1889 Baltazar PAR 1842 Atilio López URU Carlos Romero URU Peláez BOL Alcón BOL Ramón Santos BOL Ugarte BRA 1889 Pinga BRA 1889 Francisco Rodrigues PER Gómez Sánchez URU Morel URU Puente BRA 1889 Ademir BRA 1889 Cláudio BRA 1889 Ipojucan BRA 1889 Nílton Santos BRA 1889 Zizinho CHI Cremaschi CHI Díaz Carmona CHI Meléndez ECU 1900 Guzmán PAR 1842 Angel Romero PAR 1842 León PAR 1842 Gavilán PER Navarrete PER Terry URU Méndez References 1953 South American Championship 1953 Championship Championship Category:1953 in Peruvian football 1953 Category:1950s in Lima 1953 Category:February 1953 sports events in South America Category:March 1953 sports events in South America Category:April 1953 sports events in South America