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1959 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
Dates	December 5 - December 25
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (10th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	40 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Sanfilippo (6)

The 1959 South American Championship held in Ecuador was an extra South American Championship for the year. The tournament was contested between five teams; Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Peru did not participate and Brazil attended with a team from Pernambuco. Uruguay won their 10th South American title.

[edit] Format

The format is same as other tournaments; it a single round-robin tournament, awarding two points for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. The team with the most points at the end wins the tournament.

[edit] Stadium

All matches were played at Estadio Modelo in Guayaquil.

[edit] Matches

December 5, 1959	Brazil	3 – 2	Paraguay	Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carlos Ceballos (ECU)
	Paulo 25' 39' Zé de Mello 55'		Parodi 72' Benítez 90'

December 6, 1959	Uruguay	4 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 55,000 Referee: José Luis Praddaude (ARG)
	Silveira 1' (pen.) Escalada 28' Bergara 46' Pérez 52'

December 9, 1959	Argentina	4 – 2	Paraguay	Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Esteban Marino (URU)
	Sanfilippo 8' 57' 89' (pen.) Pizzuti 81'		Insfrán 30' Cabral 90'

December 12, 1959	Uruguay	3 – 0	Brazil	Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 55,000 Referee: José Luis Praddaude (ARG)
	Escalada 49' Bergara 67' Sasía 75'

December 12, 1959	Ecuador	1 – 1	Argentina	Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 55,000 Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (BRA)
	Raffo 20'		Sosa 62'

December 16, 1959	Uruguay	5 – 0	Argentina	Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 50,000 Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (BRA)
	Silveira 9' (pen.) 55' (pen.) Bergara 15' 64' Sasía 25'

December 19, 1959	Brazil	3 – 1	Ecuador	Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Esteban Marino (URU)
	Paulo 23' Geraldo 42' Zé de Mello 45'		Raffo 12'

December 22, 1959	Argentina	4 – 1	Brazil	Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Esteban Marino (URU)
	García 2' Sanfilippo 27' 89' 90'		Geraldo 64'

December 22, 1959	Paraguay	1 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 45,000 Referee: José Luis Praddaude (ARG)
	Parodi 32'		Sasía 88'

December 25, 1959	Ecuador	3 – 1	Paraguay	Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil Attendance: 55,000 Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (BRA)
	Spencer 16' Balseca 25' Cañarte 74'		Gómez 5' (o.g.)