The 1963 South American Championship was held in Bolivia between 10 and 31 March 1963. It was won by Bolivia with Paraguay second. This is, so far, Bolivia's only Copa America title.
Squads
For a complete list of participating squads see: 1963 South American Championship squads
Venues La Paz Cochabamba Estadio Hernando Siles Estadio Félix Capriles Capacity: 51,000 Capacity: 36,000
Final round Team 65101913+611 6411137+69 63121510+57 62131213−15 6213811−35 61231418−44 60151019−91 was not invited due to the Lauca River conflict with Bolivia.
withdrew due to the designation of La Paz as a tournament site.
did not enter.
Result
Goal scorers With six goals, Carlos Alberto Raffo of Ecuador is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 91 goals were scored by 40 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
6 goals Carlos Alberto Raffo 5 goals Mario Rodríguez Máximo Alcócer Flávio Minuano 4 goals Raúl Savoy Wilfredo Camacho Eladio Zárate Alberto Gallardo 3 goals
Roberto Héctor Zárate Ausberto García Fortunato Castillo Oswaldo Taurisano Enrique Raymondi Cecilio Martinez César Cabrera
2 goals
Víctor Ugarte Marco Antônio Alonso Botero Carlos Campillo Delio Gamboa Herman Aceros Jorge Bolaños Pedro Pablo León
1 goal
Ernesto Humberto Juárez Jorge Hugo Fernández Juan Carlos Lallana Ramiro Blacut Renán López Almir Da Silva Fernando Consul Francisco González Héctor González Carlos Pineda Leonardo Palacios Néstor Azón Félix Arambulo Oppe Quiñónez Pelayo Ayala Enrique Tenemás Nemesio Mosquera
External links South American Championship 1963 at RSSSF