1929 South American Championship

The twelfth edition of the South American Championship was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1 to 17 November 1929. The 1928 edition was postponed due to the participation of Chile, Uruguay and Argentina in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where Uruguay and Argentina won gold and silver respectively.

1929 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	1–17 November
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (4th title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	23 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aurelio González (5 goals)
← 1927 1935 →

The Argentine team, winner of the tournament

The participating countries were Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay, while Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile withdrew from the tournament.^[1]

Argentina won its fourth continental title.^[2]

Squads

For a complete list of participants squads see: 1929 South American Championship squads

Venues

Buenos Aires		Avellaneda
Estadio Gasómetro	Estadio Alvear y Tagle	Estadio Independiente
Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 57,858

Final round

Each team plays a single 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
Argentina	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2
Peru	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Uruguay	0–3	Paraguay
		González 16', 86' Domínguez 55'

1 November 1929

Estadio Alvear y Tagle, Buenos Aires

Referee: José Galli (Argentina)

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Argentina	3–0	Peru
Peucelle 6' Zumelzú 38', 58'

3 November 1929

Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires

Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)

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Argentina	4–1	Paraguay
M. Evaristo 7' Ferreira 24', 48' Cherro 50'		Domínguez 56'

10 November 1929

Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires

Referee: Julio Borelli (Peru)

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Peru	1–4	Uruguay
Lizarbe 81'		Fernández 21', 29', 43' Andrade 69'

11 November 1929

Estadio Alvear y Tagle, Buenos Aires

Referee: Miguel Barba (Paraguay)

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Paraguay	5–0	Peru
Nessi 10' González 55', 63', 69' Domínguez 82'

16 November 1929

Independiente Stadium, Avellaneda

Referee: José Galli (Argentina)

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Argentina	2–0	Uruguay
Ferreira 14' M. Evaristo 77'	Report

17 November 1929

Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Miguel Barba (Paraguay)

Argentina

Uruguay

GK Ángel Bossio RB Oscar Tarrío LB Fernando Paternoster RH Juan Evaristo CH Adolfo Zumelzú LH Alberto Chividini OR Carlos Peucelle IR Juan A. Rivarola CF Manuel Ferreira (c) IL Roberto Cherro OL Mario Evaristo Manager: Francisco Olazar

GK Andrés Mazali RB José Nasazzi (c) LB Pedro Arispe RH Gildeón Silva CH Lorenzo Fernández LH Álvaro Gestido OR Conduelo Píriz IR Héctor Scarone CF Héctor Castro IL Pedro Cea OL Antonio Campolo Manager: Alberto Suppici

Linesmen:

Result

1929 South American Championship champions
Argentina Fourth title

Goal scorers

Aurelio González, top scorer

5 goals

• Aurelio González

3 goals

• Manuel Ferreira
• Diógenes Domínguez
• Lorenzo Fernández

2 goals

• Mario Evaristo
• Adolfo Zumelzú

1 goal

• Roberto Cherro
• Carlos Peucelle
• Nessi
• Agustín Lizarbe
• Juan Andrade