1926 South American Championship

Football tournament

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1926 South American ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| Chile
Dates| 12 October – 3 November
Teams| 5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Uruguay (6th title)
Runners-up|  Argentina
Third place|  Chile
Fourth place|  Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 10
Goals scored| 55 (5.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  David Arellano
(7 goals)

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1927 →

International football competition

The tenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Santiago, Chile, from 12 October to 3 November 1926.

## Overview

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Uruguay squad, winners

The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Brazil withdrew for the second time (being the first time in 1924), and it also was the first time Bolivia took part in the event.

## Squads

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For a complete list of participants squads see: 1926 South American Championship squads

## Final round

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Each team plays one match against each of the other teams. Two points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Uruguay | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 8
Argentina | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 5
Chile | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 5
Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 2
Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 0

12 October 1926

Chile | 7–1|  Bolivia

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Ramírez 10'
Subiabre 14'
Arellano 15', 41', 80', 84'
Moreno 47' |  | Aguilar 89'

Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago

Referee: Norberto Luis Gallieri (Argentina)

Chile made the first corner-kick goal in Tournament's History.

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16 October 1926

Argentina | 5–0|  Bolivia

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Cherro 9', 19'
Sosa 31'
Delgado 43'
De Miguel 74' |  |

Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago

Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)

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17 October 1926

Uruguay | 3–1|  Chile

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Borjas 22'
Castro 32'
Scarone 55' |  | Subiabre 65' (pen.)

Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago

Referee: Pedro José Malbrán (Chile)

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20 October 1926

Argentina | 8–0|  Paraguay

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Sosa 11', 32', 59', 87'
Cherro 16'
Delgado 40', 42'
De Miguel 52' |  |

Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago

Referee: Francisco Jiménez (Chile)

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23 October 1926

Bolivia | 1–6|  Paraguay

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C. Soto 88' |  | C. Ramírez 16', 24'
J. Ramírez 45', 58', 63'
I. López 88'

Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago

Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)

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24 October 1926

Argentina | 0–2|  Uruguay

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|  | Borjas 22'
Castro 73'

Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago

Referee: Miguel Barba (Paraguay)

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28 October 1926

Uruguay | 6–0|  Bolivia

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Scarone 9', 12', 28', 39', 81'
Romano 67' |  |

Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago

Referee: Juan Pedro Barbera (Argentina)

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31 October 1926

Chile | 1–1|  Argentina

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Guillermo Saavedra 25' |  | Tarasconi 87'

Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago

Referee: Miguel Barba (Paraguay)

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1 November 1926

Uruguay | 6–1|  Paraguay

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Castro 16', 23', 32', 72'
Saldombide 47' (pen.), 82' |  | Fleitas Solich 58' (pen.)

Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago

Referee: Francisco Jiménez (Chile)

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3 November 1926

Chile | 5–1|  Paraguay

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Arellano 21', 64', 71'
Ramírez 42', 82' |  | Vargas Peña 85'

Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago

Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)

## Result

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1926 South American Championship champions

Uruguay
Sixth title

## Goal scorers

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David Arellano, top scorer

7 goals

* David Arellano

6 goals

* Héctor Castro
* Héctor Scarone

5 goals

* Gabino Sosa

4 goals

* Manuel Ramírez

3 goals

* Roberto Cherro
* Benjamín Delgado
* Pablo Ramírez

2 goals

* De Miguel
* Guillermo Subiabre
* Carlos Ramírez
* Borjas
* Zoilo Saldombide

1 goal

* Domingo Tarasconi
* Teófilo Aguilar
* Carlos Soto
* Humberto Moreno
* Manuel Fleitas Solich
* Ildefonso López
* Luis Vargas Peña
* Ángel Romano

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Campeonato Sudamericano 1926.

* South American Championship 1926 at RSSSF

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