| Tourney Name: | South American Championship |
| Country: | Chile |
| Year: | 1941 |
| Teams: | 5 |
| Dates: | 2 February – 4 March |
| Num Teams: | 5 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | Argentina |
| Count: | 6 |
| Second: | Uruguay |
| Third: | Chile |
| Fourth: | Peru |
| Fourth-Flagvar: | 1884 |
| Matches: | 10 |
| Goals: | 32 |
| Top Scorer: |  Juan Marvezzi (5 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1939 |
| Nextseason: | 1942 |
The sixteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Santiago, Chile from 2 February to 4 March.
With the purpose of celebrating the fourth centenary of Santiago's foundation by Pedro de Valdivia, Chile requested to host this tournament's edition. Because of that, this edition is considered extra (no trophy was handed to the winners).
The participating countries were Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay.
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament.
See main article: 1941 South American Championship squads.
| Santiago | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Nacional de Chile | |
| Capacity: 70,000 | |
Each team played 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 8 | |||||||||
| align=left | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | |||||||||
| align=left | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| align=left | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 0 |
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5 goals
3 goals
José Manuel Moreno
Teodoro Fernández
Ismael Rivero2 goals
Raúl Pérez Enrique Sorrel1 goal
Enrique García Antonio Sastre Armando Contreras Raúl Toro
César Freire César Socarraz Manuel Vallejas Oscar Chirimini Ubaldo Cruche Schubert Gambetta Obdulio Varela Roberto Porta Juan P. RiephoffOwn Goal
Jorge Laurido (for Uruguay)