1916 South American Championship Information & 1916 South American Championship Links at HealthHaven.com

1916 South American Championship of Nations
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	July 2 - July 17
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (1st title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Isabelino Gradín (3 goals)

The 1916 South American Championship of Nations was the first continental championship for national teams in south America. It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from July 2 to July 17, 1916. It was held during Argentina's independence centenary commemorations. The tournament was won by Uruguay, who drew with Argentina in the last match of the tournament.

[edit] Format

There was no qualifying for the tournament. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The teams plays in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.

[edit] Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Avellaneda	Estadio Racing Club	30,000
Buenos Aires	Estadio G.E.B.A.	18,000

[edit] Final standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5
Argentina	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	4
Brazil	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Chile	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1

[edit] Matches

July 2, 1916	Uruguay	4 – 0	Chile	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: Hugo Gronda (Argentina)
	Piendibene 44', 75' Gradín 55', 70'

July 6, 1916	Argentina	6 – 1	Chile	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: Sidney Pullen (Brazil)
	Ohaco 2', 75' J.D. Brown 60' (pen.), 62' (pen.) Marcovecchio 67', 81'		Báez 44'

July 8, 1916	Brazil	1 – 1	Chile	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: León Peyrou (Uruguay)
	Demósthenes 29'		Salazar 85'

July 10, 1916	Argentina	1 – 1	Brazil	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: Carlos Fanta (Chile)
	Laguna 10'		Alencar 23'

July 12, 1916	Uruguay	2 – 1	Brazil	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Referee: Carlos Fanta (Chile)
	Gradín 58' Tognola 77'		Friedenreich 8'

July 17, 1916	Argentina	0 – 0^[1]	Uruguay	Estadio Racing Club, Avellaneda Referee: Carlos Fanta (Chile)

South American Championship 1916 Champions
Uruguay 1st title

[edit] Goalscorers

3 goals

Isabelino Gradín

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Notes

1.^ The match between Argentina and Uruguay played on July 16th had to be abandoned at 0-0 after only 5 minutes due to a riot within the spectators. The riot spilled over into the field and the clash finished with the wooden tribunes on fire. The match couldn't be reschedule in the Estadio G.E.B.A., and so the match was rescheduled to play at Estadio Racing Club. The partial result of the match in Estadio G.E.B.A. was declared null and overtaken by the one in Avellaneda. ^[1]

[edit] References

^ http://www.servicios.clarin.com/notas/jsp/v7/notas/imprimir.jsp?pagid=1019420

[edit] External links

1916 South American Championship on RSSSF

[0] ttp://www.servicios.clarin.com/notas/jsp/v7/notas/imprimir.jsp?pagid=1019420

[1]

[1]

Contents