| Tourney Name: | South American Championship |
| Year: | 1947 |
| Country: | Ecuador |
| Dates: | 30 November – 31 December |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | Argentina |
| Count: | 9 |
| Second: | Paraguay |
| Second-Flagvar: | 1842 |
| Third: | Uruguay |
| Fourth: | Chile |
| Matches: | 28 |
| Goals: | 102 |
| Top Scorer: | Nicolás Falero (8 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1946 |
| Nextseason: | 1949 |
The 1947 South American Championship was the 20th South American Championship for national teams, and was organized by CONMEBOL. It marked the first time Ecuador hosted the tournament, which hosted all the matches in Estadio George Capwell in Guayaquil. Argentina won the tournament to obtain their ninth South American title.
Brazil withdrew from the tournament.
Each team played the teams in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of the tournament will be crowned the champions.
For a complete list of participating squads see: 1947 South American Championship squads
| Guayaquil | |
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| Estadio George Capwell | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | |
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| align=left | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | |||||||||
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| align=left | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 2 |
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8 Goals
6 Goals
Alfredo Di Stéfano Norberto Méndez
Leocardio Marín5 Goals
4 Goals
Mario Boyé Félix Loustau René Pontoni Alejandrino Genés
Héctor Magliano3 Goals
Moreno
Pedro H. López Osvaldo Sáez
Carlos Gómez Sánchez Luis Guzmán Julio César Britos2 Goals
Fernando Riera
José M. Jiménez Valeriano López Máximo Mosquera Washington Puente Raúl Sarro1 Goal
Mario Fernández Miguel Busquets Raimundo Infante Jorge Peñaloza Andrés Prieto Carlos Varela
Carlos Arango Rafael Granados César Garnica Enrique Ávalos Félix Castillo Juan Castillo Schubert Gambetta José GarcíaOwn Goal