| Tourney Name: | South American Championship of Nations |
| Year: | 1917 |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Dates: | 30 September – 14 October |
| Num Teams: | 4 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | Uruguay |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second: | Argentina |
| Third: | Brazil |
| Third-Flagvar: | 1889 |
| Fourth: | Chile |
| Matches: | 6 |
| Goals: | 21 |
| Top Scorer: | Ángel Romano (4 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1916 |
| Nextseason: | 1919 |
The 1917 South American Championship of Nations was the second edition of the continental tournament now known as the Copa América. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from 30 September to 14 October 1917. Hosts Uruguay retained the title after winning 1–0 over Argentina in the last match of the competition. Ángel Romano from Uruguay finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 4 goals.
There was no qualifying for the tournament. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Each team played one match against each of the other teams in a single group. The team with the best position after the matches was the champion. Two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a defeat.
See main article: 1917 South American Championship squads.
All the matches were played at Parque Pereira, a 40,000 seater multi-use stadium in Montevideo.
| Montevideo | |
|---|---|
| Parque Pereira | |
| Capacity: 40,000 | |
Each team played one match against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
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| align=left | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
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