1920 South American Championship

1920 South American Championship of Nations

Copa América (since 1975)
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	September 11 – October 3
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (3rd title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	16 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Pérez Ángel Romano (3 goals each)

The 1920 South American Championship of Nations was the fourth continental championship for nations in South America. It was held in Valparaíso, Chile from September 11 to October 3, 1920.

The participating countries were the host Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil as the defending champion. Uruguay regained the title lost in the last edition, thus becoming champion for the third time in the first four editions of the tournament. Ángel Romano was the top goalscorer alongside teammate José Pérez, with three goals, repeating his feat of three years earlier.

Brazil's 6–0 loss to Uruguay would not be equaled until the 2014 World Cup, where they lost 7–1 against Germany.^[1]

Final round

Each team played one match against each of the other teams. Two (2) points were 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
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	5
Argentina	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Brazil	3	1	0	2	1	8	−7	2
Chile	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Brazil  v  Chile

September 11, 1920

Brazil	1–0	Chile
Alvariza  53'

Estadio Valparaíso Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Referee: Martín Aphesteguy (Uruguay)

Argentina  v  Uruguay

September 12, 1920

Argentina	1–1	Uruguay
Echeverría  75'		Piendibene  10'

Estadio Valparaíso Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Referee: Francisco Jiménez (Chile)

Uruguay  v  Brazil

September 18, 1920

Uruguay	6–0	Brazil
Romano  23', 60' Urdinarán  26' (pen.) Pérez  29', 65' Campolo  48'

Estadio Valparaíso Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Referee: Carlos Fanta (Chile)

Chile  v  Argentina

September 20, 1920

Chile	1–1	Argentina
Bolados  30'		Dellavalle  13'

Estadio Valparaíso Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Referee: João De María (Brazil)

Argentina  v  Brazil

September 25, 1920

Argentina	2–0	Brazil
Echeverría  40' Libonatti  73'

Estadio Valparaíso Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Referee: Martín Aphesteguy (Uruguay)

Uruguay  v  Chile

October 3, 1920

Uruguay	2–1	Chile
Romano  37' Pérez  65'		Domínguez  60'

Estadio Valparaíso Sporting Club, Viña del Mar Referee: Carlos Fanta (Chile)

Result

Uruguay's winning squad.

1920 South American Championship Champions
Uruguay Third title

Goal scorers

3 goals

2 goals

• Raúl Echeverría

1 goal

References

External links

• South American Championship 1920 at RSSSF

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