1945 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	January 14 - February 28
Final positions
Champions	Argentina
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Top scorer(s)	Norberto Méndez Heleno de Freitas

The eighteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Santiago, Chile from January 14, 1945 to February 28, 1945. This tournament an extra edition, with no trophy handed to the winners, but considered official by CONMEBOL.

The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Uruguay.

Paraguay, and Peru, withdrew from the tournament.

Contents 1 Matches 2 Standings 3 Results 4 Goal Scorers 5 External links

[edit] Matches

Each team played against each of the other teams. Two (2) points where awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.

• Half-time scores are in brackets

January 14, 1945

Chile	6 - 3 (3-2)	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Alcántara 28'		Raymondi Chávez 30'
Vera 29'		Jiménez 44
Hormazábal 45'		Luis Mendoza 51'
Alcántara 59'
Clavero 70'
Alcántara 81'

January 18, 1945

Argentina	4 - 0 (2-0)	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Humberto Reginatto (Chile)
Pontoni 10'
Martino 43'
Loustau 70'
De la Mata 75'

January 18, 1945

Brazil	3 - 0 (3-0)	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Jorginho 13'
Heleno 15'
de Almeida 38'

January 21, 1945

Chile	5 - 0 (3-0)	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Clavero 13'
Clavero 27'
Clavero 39'
Alcántara 75'
Alcántara 79'

January 24, 1945

Uruguay	5 - 1 (2-1)	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Mário Silveira Vianna (Brazil)
A. García 1'		Aguayo 39'
Porta 28'
A. García 60'
Varela 69'
A. García 83'

January 28, 1945

Uruguay	7 - 0 (3-0)	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Mário Silveira Vianna (Brazil)
A. García 22'
Riephoff 25'
J. García 37'
Ortiz 75'
J. García 83'
Porta 86'
A. García 89'

Brazil	2 - 0 (0-0)	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Ademir 48'
Tesourinha 80'

January 31, 1945

Chile	2 - 0 (1-0)	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Medina 48'
Piñeiro 80'

Argentina	4 - 2 (1-0)	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Pontoni 11'		Aguayo 53'
De la Mata 50'		J. Mendoza 62'
Martino 69'
Pellegrina 83'

February 7, 1945

Argentina	9 - 1 (6-0)	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Pontoni 3'		Mendoza 52'
Pontoni 7'
Méndez 15'
Martino 27'
Méndez 39'
Boyé 41'
Loustau 50'
Ferraro 80'
Ferraro 81'

Brazil	3 - 0 (3-0)	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Heleno 8'
Rui 20'
Heleno 32'

February 11, 1945

Bolivia

0 - 0 (0-0)

Ecuador

Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Mário Silveira Vianna (Brazil)

Chile	1 - 1 (1-0)	Argentina	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Medina 3'		Méndez 52'

February 15, 1945

Uruguay	2 - 0 (1-0)	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Mário Silveira Vianna (Brazil)
Falero 26'
Porta 75'

Argentina	3 - 1 (3-1)	Brazil	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Méndez 14'		Ademir 32'
Méndez 20'
Méndez 40'

February 18, 1945

Colombia	3 - 1 (1-1)	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
González Rubio 2'		Aguayo 4'
Gámez 64'
Berdugo 70'

Chile	1 - 0 (1-0)	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Medina 8'

February 21, 1945

Bolivia	3 - 3 (0-2)	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Mário Silveira Vianna (Brazil)
Fernández 57'		González Rubio 3'
Zenón González 75'		Berdugo 7'
Orgaz 80'		Gámez 67'

Brazil	9 - 2 (5-1)	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: José Bartolomé Macías (Argentina)
Ademir 3'		Aguayo 42'
Ademir 10'		Albornoz 49'
Heleno 22'
Heleno 28'
Zizinho 40'
Zizinho 65'
Jair 67'
Jair 68'
Ademir 75'

February 25, 1945

Argentina	1 - 0 (0-0)	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Juan Las Heras (Chile)
Martino 50'

February 28, 1945

Brazil	1 - 0 (1-0)	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Ref: Nobel Valentini (Uruguay)
Heleno 20'

[edit] Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Eff  Argentina 11 6 5 1 0 22 5 +17 91.7%  Brazil 10 6 5 0 1 19 5 +14 83.3%  Chile 9 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 75.0%  Uruguay 6 6 3 0 3 14 6 +8 50.0%  Colombia 3 6 1 1 4 7 25 −18 25%  Bolivia 2 6 0 2 4 3 16 −13 16.7%  Ecuador 1 6 0 1 5 9 27 −18 8.3%

[edit] Results

South American Championship 1945 Champions
Argentina Eighth title

[edit] Goal Scorers

6 goals

• Méndez
• Heleno

5 goals

• Ademir
• Alcántara
• A. García

4 goals

• Martino - Pontoni
• Clavero
• Aguayo

3 goals

• Medina
• Porta

[edit] External links

• South American Championship 1945 at RSSSF

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