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1963 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Bolivia
Dates	March 10 - March 31
Final positions
Champions	Bolivia
Runner-up	Paraguay
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Alberto Raffo

The South American Championship 1963 was held in Bolivia between 10 March and 31 March 1963. It was won by Bolivia with Paraguay second. This is so far, the only Copa America which was won by Bolivia.

Carlos Alberto Raffo from Ecuador became top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals.

[edit] Stadium

Two stadium were used during this tournament: Félix Capriles in Cochabamba and Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz.

[edit] Matches

Chile and Uruguay withdrew, while Venezuela did not enter.

March 10, 1963	Bolivia	4–4	Ecuador	Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (PER)
	López 16' Castillo 27' Alcóser 55' Camacho 80'		Raffo 30' Raymondi 44' Bolaños 47' Raymondi 50'

March 10, 1963	Argentina	4–2	Colombia	Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 18.000 Referee: João Etzel Filho (BRA)
	Zárate 3' Fernández 11' Rodríguez 87' Zárate 90'		Campillo 4' Aceros 37'

March 10, 1963	Brazil	1–0	Peru	Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 18.000 Referee: José Dimas Larrosa (PAR)
	Flávio 16'

March 13, 1963	Peru	2–1	Argentina	Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 10.000 Referee: José Dimas Larrosa (PAR)
	Tenemás 62' Gallardo 76'		Zárate 57'

March 14, 1963	Paraguay	3–1	Ecuador	Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Luis Ventre (ARG)
	Zárate 11' Cabrera 57' Quiñónez 82'		Raffo 32'

March 14, 1963	Brazil	5–1	Colombia	Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Tomás Antruejo (BOL)
	Flávio 7' Marco Antônio 31' Oswaldo 56' Flávio 82' Fernando 83'		Gamboa 85'

March 17, 1963	Bolivia	2–1	Colombia	Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (PER)
	Alcócer 22' Alcócer 40'		Botero 4'

March 17, 1963	Peru	2–1	Ecuador	Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Ovidio Orrego (COL)
	León 34' Mosquera 43'		Raffo 20'

March 17, 1963	Paraguay	2–0	Brazil	Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Tomás Antruejo (BOL)
	Zárate 17' Ayala 83'

March 20, 1963	Paraguay	3–2	Colombia	Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Luis Ventre (ARG)
	Cabrera 14' Cabrera 22' Valdez 77'		Campillo 27' Gamboa 82'

March 20, 1963	Argentina	4–2	Ecuador	Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (PER)
	Savoy 34' Savoy 53' Rodríguez 58' Savoy 90'		Pineda 32' Palacios 49'

March 21, 1963	Bolivia	3–2	Peru	Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 20.000 Referee: João Etzel Filho (BRA)
	Camacho 14' Alcócer 49' García 57'		Gallardo 40' León 80'

March 24, 1963	Peru	1–1	Colombia	Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Luis Ventre (ARG)
	Gallardo 25'		González 33'

March 24, 1963	Argentina	3–0	Brazil	Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (PER)
	Rodríguez 3' Savoy 33' Juárez 86'

March 24, 1963	Bolivia	2–0	Paraguay	Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 18.000 Referee: José Dimas Larrosa (PAR)
	Castillo 17' García 88'

March 27, 1963	Brazil	2–2	Ecuador	Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 20.000 Referee: José Dimas Larrosa (PAR)
	Oswaldo 5' Oswaldo 60'		Azón 84' Raffo 90'

March 27, 1963	Paraguay	4–1	Peru	Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Luis Ventre (ARG)
	Martínez 5' Martínez 25' Cabrera 45' Zárate 77'		Gallardo 70'

March 28, 1963	Bolivia	3–2	Argentina	Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (PER)
	Castillo 12' Blacutt 32' Camacho 88'		Rodríguez 27' Rodríguez 34'

March 31, 1963	Ecuador	4–3	Colombia	Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 15.000 Referee: José Dimas Larrosa (PAR)
	Raymondi Contreras 30' Raffo 37' Bolaños 53' Raffo 88'		Aceros 46' Botero 68' González 75'

March 31, 1963	Argentina	1–1	Paraguay	Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (PER)
	Lallana 58'		Cabrera 33'

March 31, 1963	Bolivia	5–4	Brazil	Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Ovidio Orrego (COL)
	Ugarte 15' Camacho 25' Ugarte 58' García 62' Alcócer 86'		Marco Antônio 26' Almir 28' Flávio 63' Flávio 66'