1922 South American Championship Explained

Tourney Name:South American Championship
Country:Brazil
Year:1922
Dates:17 September – 6 November
Num Teams:5
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:Brazil
Champion-Flagvar:1889
Count:2
Second:Paraguay
Second-Flagvar:1842
Third:Uruguay
Fourth:Argentina
Matches:11
Goals:22
Top Scorer: Julio Francia (4 goals)
Prevseason:1921
Nextseason:1923

The sixth edition of the South American Championship was scheduled to be held in Chile, but Brazil asked to host it as part of its 100th anniversary independence celebrations. Thus it was held in Rio de Janeiro between 17 September and 6 November 1922.

Overview

All CONMEBOL members (as of 1922) attended: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Squads

For a complete list of participants squads see: 1922 South American Championship squads

Venues

Rio de Janeiro
Estadio das Laranjeiras
Capacity: 20,000

Final round

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.

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The match was abandoned after Paraguay walked off to protest the penalty kick awarded by the referee.

Play-off

See main article: 1922 South American Championship Final.

As Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay finished tied on points, a playoff series was planned for the three teams; however, Uruguay withdrew from the competition to protest the performance of Brazilian referee Pedro Santos in their match against Paraguay.

Therefore, a playoff match was played between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the champion.

Goal scorers

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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