1967 South American Championship Explained

Tourney Name:South American Championship
Country:Uruguay
Year:1967
Teams:6
Dates:17 January – 2 February
Num Teams:6
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:Uruguay
Count:11
Second:Argentina
Third:Chile
Fourth:Paraguay
Fourth-Flagvar:1954
Matches:15
Goals:49
Top Scorer: Luis Artime (5 goals)
Prevseason:1963
Nextseason:1975

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.

Qualifying round

Chile won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.----Paraguay won 5–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.

Venues

Montevideo
Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 65,235

Squads

See main article: 1967 South American Championship squads.

Final round

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source:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Goalscorers

With five goals, Luis Artime of Argentina was the top scorer in the tournament.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/67safull.html RSSSF - Southamerican Championship 1967
  2. https://www.auf.org.uy/copa-america-uruguay-1967/ AUF - Copa América 1967
  3. https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/partidos-clase-a.html Partidos de la Roja
  4. https://selecciondefutbolargentino.blogspot.com/2016/06/1967-sudamericano_4.html Selección Argentina
  5. http://www.federacionvenezolanadefutbol.org/recuerdo-vinotinto-venezuela-gano-su-primer-partido-de-copa-america-en-1967/ Federacion Venezolana de Futbol
  6. https://eliezerperez.wordpress.com/2016/05/26/la-vinotinto-aquel-equipo-benjamin-en-la-copa-america-de-1967/ Eliezerperez - La Vinotinto en la Copa América de Uruguay en 1967