1927 South American Championship

1927 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Dates	October 30 – November 27
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (3rd title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Peru
Fourth place	Bolivia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	37 (6.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alfredo Carricaberry Segundo Luna Roberto Figueroa Pedro Petrone Héctor Scarone (3 goals each)

The eleventh edition of the South American Championship was held in Lima, Peru from October 30 to November 27, 1927. The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Uruguay. Brazil, Chile and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament. This was the first South American Championship in which Peru participated. The tournament was also used as a qualifier for the 1928 Summer Olympics and both Argentina and Uruguay were subsequently invited to enter that competition.

Venues

Final round

Each team played a single 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
Argentina	3	3	0	0	15	4	+11	6
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	15	3	+12	4
Peru	3	1	0	2	4	11	−7	2
Bolivia	3	0	0	3	3	19	−16	0

Argentina  v  Bolivia

October 30, 1927

Argentina	7–1	Bolivia
Luna  18', 56' Carricaberry  20', 36' Recanatini  24' (pen.) Seoane  29', 79'		Alborta  42'

Estadio Nacional, Lima Referee: Benjamín Fuentes (Peru)

Uruguay  v  Peru

November 1, 1927

Uruguay	4–0	Peru
Ulloa  49' (o.g.) Sacco  52', 71' Castro  75'

Estadio Nacional, Lima Referee: Consolato Nay Foino (Argentina)

Uruguay  v  Bolivia

November 6, 1927

Uruguay	9–0	Bolivia
Petrone  18', 65', 81' Figueroa  19', 67', 69' Arremón  43' Castro  68' Scarone  86'

Estadio Nacional, Lima Referee: Benjamín Fuentes (Peru)

Peru  v  Bolivia

November 13, 1927

Peru	3–2	Bolivia
Neyra  31' Sarmiento  41' Montellanos  43'		Bustamante  13', 14'

Estadio Nacional, Lima Referee: Alberto Parodi (Chile)

Argentina  v  Uruguay

November 20, 1927

Argentina	3–2	Uruguay
Recanatini  56' (pen.) Luna  70' Canavessi  85' (o.g.)		Scarone  33', 79'

Estadio Nacional, Lima Referee: David Thurner (England)

Argentina  v  Peru

November 27, 1927

Argentina	5–1	Peru
Ferreira  1', 30' Maglio  22', 25' Carricaberry  38'		Villanueva  3'

Estadio Nacional, Lima Referee: Victorio Gariboni (Bolivia)

Result

1927 South American Championship Champions
Argentina Third title

Goal scorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones 1927.

• South American Championship 1927 at RSSSF

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