The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship, an association football competition, was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 10 January to 7 February.
For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament.
The tournament featured a match between Argentina and Ecuador in which Argentina's José Manuel Moreno surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals in Copa América history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador. , the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas. José Manuel Moreno and Herminio Masantonio of Argentina were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.
Squads
Venues Montevideo Estadio Centenario Capacity: 65,235
Final round Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no (0) points for a defeat.
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Chile left the pitch on the 43rd minute in protest of the dreadful referee performance. Argentina was awarded a victory but with no goals.
Result
Goal scorers
7 goals
Herminio Masantonio José Manuel Moreno
6 goals Sylvio Pirillo
5 goals
Roberto Porta Severino Varela
3 goals
Marcial Barrios Fabio Baudo Franco Luis Castro Bibiano Zapirain
2 goals
Enrique García Ángel Perucca Pedro Amorim Patesko Zizinho Alfonso Domínguez José María Jiménez Ruben Aveiro Teodoro Fernández Anibal Ciocca
1 goal
Juan Carlos Heredia Adolfo Pedernera Sandoval Cláudio Servílio Tim Benito Armingol Armando Contreras Marino Alcívar
Gorgonio Ibarrola Eduardo Mingo Vicente Sánchez Luis Guzmán Quiñónez Adelfo Magallanes Chirimini Schubert Gambetta Obdulio Varela
External links
South American Championship 1942 at RSSSF