| Tourney Name: | South American Championship |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Year: | 1942 |
| Dates: | 10 January – 7 February |
| Num Teams: | 7 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | Uruguay |
| Count: | 8 |
| Second: | Argentina |
| Third: | Brazil |
| Third-Flagvar: | 1889 |
| Fourth: | Paraguay |
| Fourth-Flagvar: | 1842 |
| Matches: | 21 |
| Goals: | 81 |
| Top Scorer: |  Herminio Masantonio José Manuel Moreno (7 goals each) |
| Prevseason: | 1941 |
| Nextseason: | 1945 |
The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship, an association football competition, was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 10 January to 7 February.
For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament.
The tournament featured a match between Argentina and Ecuador in which Argentina's José Manuel Moreno surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals in Copa América history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador., the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas. José Manuel Moreno and Herminio Masantonio of Argentina were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.
See main article: 1942 South American Championship squads.
| Montevideo | |
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| Estadio Centenario | |
| Capacity: 65,235 | |
Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no (0) 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 12 | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 10 | ||||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 7 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 | |||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0 |
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Chile left the pitch on the 43rd minute in protest of the dreadful referee performance.
Argentina was awarded a victory but with no goals.
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7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
Marcial Barrios Fabio Baudo Franco
Luis Castro Bibiano Zapirain2 goals
Enrique García Ángel Perucca
Pedro Amorim Patesko Zizinho
Alfonso Domínguez
José María Jiménez Ruben Aveiro
Teodoro Fernández Anibal Ciocca1 goal
Juan Carlos Heredia Adolfo Pedernera Sandoval Cláudio Servílio Tim Benito Armingol Armando Contreras Marino Alcívar Gorgonio Ibarrola Eduardo Mingo Vicente Sánchez Luis Guzmán Quiñónez Adelfo Magallanes Chirimini Schubert Gambetta Obdulio Varela