1953 South American Championship
Football tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Peru |
Dates | 22 February – 1 April |
Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
Goals scored | 67 (3.05 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (7 goals) |
← 1949 1955 → |
International football competition
The South American Championship 1953 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Paraguay with Brazil second. Argentina, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament. Francisco Molina from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals.
Squads
Venues
Lima |
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Estadio Nacional de Lima |
Capacity: 50,000 |
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Final round
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 8 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 7 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 |
![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 |
![]() | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 2 |
Peru ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Gómez Sánchez ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
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Julinho ![]() Francisco Rodrigues ![]() Pinga ![]() | Ugarte ![]() |
Peru ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Gómez Sánchez ![]() Terry ![]() | Fernández ![]() Berni ![]() |
Match was awarded to Peru due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Paraguay by making one extra change.[1]
Milner Ayala was banned for three years for kicking the referee.
Milner Ayala was banned for three years for kicking the referee.
Paraguay ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Atilio López ![]() Berni ![]() | Balseiro ![]() |
Paraguay ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Angel Romero ![]() Berni ![]() | Ramon Santos ![]() |
Paraguay ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Atilio López ![]() León ![]() | Nílton Santos ![]() |
Chile ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Meléndez ![]() Díaz Carmona ![]() | Ramón Santos ![]() Alcón ![]() |
Match was suspended after 66th min, and awarded to Chile due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Bolivia.
Play-off
Paraguay ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Atilio López ![]() Gavilán ![]() Fernández ![]() | Baltazar ![]() |
Result
1953 South American Championship champions |
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![]() Paraguay 1st title |
Goal scorers
7 Goals
5 Goals
4 Goals
Berni
Fernández
Balseiro
3 Goals
Baltazar
Atilio López
Carlos Romero
Peláez
2 Goals
Alcón
Ramón Santos
Ugarte
Pinga
Francisco Rodrigues
Gómez Sánchez
Morel
Puente
1 Goal
Ademir
Cláudio
Ipojucan
Nílton Santos
Zizinho
Cremaschi
Díaz Carmona
Meléndez
Guzmán
Angel Romero
León
Gavilán
Navarrete
Terry
Méndez
References
External links
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