1967 South American Championship

Football tournament

1967 South American ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| Uruguay
Dates| 17 January – 2 February
Teams| 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Uruguay (11th title)
Runners-up|  Argentina
Third place|  Chile
Fourth place|  Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 15
Goals scored| 49 (3.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Luis Artime (5 goals)

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The 1967 South American Football Championship was won by hosts Uruguay, with Argentina finished second. Brazil and Peru withdrew from the tournament. It was the first tournament in which Venezuela participated. It would be the last time the tournament would be known as the South American Football Championship before being rebranded to Copa América, and the last time it would be formatted as a round-robin tournament.

## Qualifying round

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30 November 1966

Chile | 5–2|  Colombia

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Araya 7'
Prieto 23'
Castro 40' (pen.), 49'
Saavedra 61' |  | Gamboa 71'
Cañón 72'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

11 December 1966

Colombia | 0–0|  Chile

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Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Chile won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.

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21 December 1966

Ecuador | 2–2|  Paraguay

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Carrera 56'
Muñoz 58' |  | Rojas 85' (pen.)
Apodaca 88'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Goicoechea (Argentina)

28 December 1966

Paraguay | 3–1|  Ecuador

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Mora 7', 10'
Del Puerto 60' |  | Muñoz 81'

Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Orozco (Peru)

Paraguay won 5–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.

## Venues

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Montevideo

Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 65,235

## Squads

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Main article: 1967 South American Championship squads

## Final round

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Uruguay v Argentina, the final match of the round Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Uruguay | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 9
Argentina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 8
Chile | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6
Paraguay | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 4
Venezuela | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 2
Bolivia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 1

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17 January 1967

Uruguay | 4–0|  Bolivia

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Rocha 5'
Montero Castillo 44'
Troncoso 50' (o.g.)
Oyarbide 81' |  |

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 10,800

Referee: Ramírez (Paraguay)

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18 January 1967

Chile | 2–0|  Venezuela

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Marcos 12', 41' |  |

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ramírez (Paraguay)

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18 January 1967

Argentina | 4–1|  Paraguay

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Mas 3'
Bernao 71'
Artime 73'
Albrecht 89' (pen.) |  | Mora 67'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Gasc (Chile)

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21 January 1967

Uruguay | 4–0|  Venezuela

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Urruzmendi 5', 81'
Oyarbide 62', 68' |  |

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 6,334

Referee: De Queiroz (Brazil)

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22 January 1967

Chile | 4–2|  Paraguay

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Gallardo 9', 44'
Araya 72', 81' |  | Riveros 5'
Apodaca 85'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Goicochea (Argentina)

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22 January 1967

Argentina | 1–0|  Bolivia

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Bernao 67' |  |

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: De Queiroz (Brazil)

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25 January 1967

Paraguay | 1–0|  Bolivia

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Del Puerto 14' |  |

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Marino (Chile)

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25 January 1967

Argentina | 5–1|  Venezuela

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Artime 18', 65', 88'
Carone 31'
Marzolini 53' |  | Santana 72'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Gasc (Chile)

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26 January 1967

Uruguay | 2–2|  Chile

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Rocha 15' (pen.)
Oyarbide 68' |  | Gallardo 2'
Marcos 37'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 22,381

Referee: Ramírez (Paraguay)

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28 January 1967

Venezuela | 3–0|  Bolivia

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Ravelo 59', 84'
Santana 67' |  |

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Gasc (Chile)

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28 January 1967

Argentina | 2–0|  Chile

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Sarnari 36'
Artime 80' |  |

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Ramírez (Paraguay)

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29 January 1967

Uruguay | 2–0|  Paraguay

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Pérez 32'
Urruzmendi 66' |  |

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 11,973

Referee: Gasc (Chile)

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1 February 1967

Paraguay | 5–3|  Venezuela

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Mora 11', 22'
Rojas 16', 29'
Colmán 81' |  | Mendoza 3'
Santana 32'
Scovino 89'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Marino (Chile)

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1 February 1967

Chile | 0–0|  Bolivia

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Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Goicochea (Argentina)

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2 February 1967

Uruguay | 1–0|  Argentina

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Rocha 74' |  |

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Gasc (Chile)

## Result

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1967 South American Championship champions

Uruguay
11th title

## Goalscorers

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Luis Artime, top scorer

With five goals, Luis Artime of Argentina was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 49 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.

5 goals

* Luis Artime

4 goals

* Jorge Oyarbide

3 goals

* Julio Gallardo
* Rubén Marcos
* José Urruzmendi
* Pedro Rocha
* Rafael Santana

2 goals

* Raúl Bernao
* Pedro Araya
* Celino Mora
* Juan Carlos Rojas
* Antonio Ravelo

1 goal

* Juan Carlos Carone
* Juan Carlos Sarnari
* Oscar Mas
* Rafael Albrecht
* Silvio Marzolini
* Antonio González
* Arístides Del Puerto
* Benigno Apocada
* Juan Francisco Riveros
* Ramón Colmán
* Domingo Pérez
* Julio Montero Castillo
* Humberto Scovino
* Luis Mendoza

1 own goal

* Roberto Troncoso (against Uruguay)

## References

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1. ^ RSSSF - Southamerican Championship 1967
2. ^ AUF - Copa América 1967
3. ^ Partidos de la Roja
4. ^ Selección Argentina
5. ^ Federacion Venezolana de Futbol
6. ^ Eliezerperez - La Vinotinto en la Copa América de Uruguay en 1967

## External links

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* South American Championship 1967 at RSSSF

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