1916 South American Championship

The 1916 South American Championship was the first South American Championship and it took place in Argentina. Uruguay won the tournament.

1916 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	2 July – 17 July
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Isabelino Gradín (3 goals)

Teams

At the time, CONMEBOL only had four members:

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Uruguay

Results

Rkn	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uruguay	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	4
3	Brazil	3	0	2	1	3	4	–1	2
4	Chile	3	0	1	2	2	11	–9	1

2 July 1916
Uruguay	4 – 0	Chile
6 July 1916
Argentina	6 – 1	Chile
8 July 1916
Brazil	1 – 1	Chile
10 July 1916
Argentina	1 – 1	Brazil
12 July 1916
Uruguay	2 – 1	Brazil
17 July 1916
Argentina	0 – 0	Uruguay

Statistics

Top scorers

3 goals

• Isabelino Gradín

2 goals

• Juan Domingo Brown
• Alberto Marcovecchio

• Alberto Ohaco
• José Piendibene

1 goal

• José Laguna
• Alencar
• Demósthenes

• Arthur Friedenreich
• Telésforo Báez
• Hernando Salazar

• José Tognola

Other websites

• South American Championship 1916 at RSSSF