| Tourney Name: | South American Championship |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Year: | 1929 |
| Dates: | 1–17 November |
| Num Teams: | 4 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Champion: | Argentina |
| Count: | 4 |
| Second: | Paraguay |
| Second-Flagvar: | 1842 |
| Third: | Uruguay |
| Fourth: | Peru |
| Fourth-Flagvar: | 1884 |
| Matches: | 6 |
| Goals: | 23 |
| Top Scorer: | Aurelio González (5 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1927 |
| Nextseason: | 1935 |
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.
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]
For a complete list of participants squads see: 1929 South American Championship squads
| Buenos Aires | Avellaneda | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Estadio Gasómetro | Estadio Alvear y Tagle | Estadio Independiente | |
| Capacity: 75,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 57,858 | |
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.
| 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 | 1 | +8 | 6 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
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Linesmen: |
5 goals
3 goals
Manuel Ferreira
Lorenzo Fernández2 goals
1 goal
Roberto Cherro Carlos Peucelle
Agustín Lizarbe Juan Andrade