South American Championship 1923
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| Copa América - Uruguay 1923 | |
| South American Championship 1923 | |
| Participating countries |
4 |
| Host | Uruguay |
| Date | October 29, 1923 December 2, 1923 |
| Results - Champion - Runner-up - Third Place |
 Uruguay Argentina Paraguay |
| Top goalscorers | Valdino Aguirre Pedro Petrone |
| Matches | 6 |
The seventh edition of the South American Championship was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from October 29 to December 2, 1923.
This tournament is called Copa América since 1975.
The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Chile withdrew for the second time since the tournament was created.
The tournament was also used as qualifier for Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
[edit] Matches
Each team plays one match against each of the other teams. Two (2) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.
- Half-time scores are in brackets
 Argentina |
4 - 3 (1-1) | Paraguay |
--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Angel Minoli (Uruguay) |
| Saruppo 18' | Rivas | ||
| Aguirre 58' | Zelada | ||
| Aguirre 77' | Fretes | ||
| Aguirre 86' |
| Uruguay |
2 - 0 (1-0) | Paraguay |
--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Servando Pérez (Argentina) |
| Scarone 11' | |||
| Petrone 87' |
 Brazil |
0 - 1 (0-0) | Paraguay |
--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Servando Pérez (Argentina) |
| I. López 56' |
| Argentina |
2 - 1 (1-1) | Brazil |
--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Miguel Barba (Paraguay) |
| Onzari 11' | Nilo 15' | ||
| Saruppo 76' |
| Uruguay |
2 - 1 (0-0) | Brazil |
--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Servando Pérez (Argentina) |
| Petrone 56' | Nilo 59' | ||
| Cea 75' |
| Uruguay |
2 - 0 (1-0) | Argentina |
--:-- - Parque Central, Montevideo Ref: Antônio Carneiro de Campos (Brazil) |
| Petrone 28' | |||
| Somma 88' |
[edit] Standings
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[edit] Goal Scorers
3 goals
- Aguirre
- Petrone
2 goals
- Saruppo
- Nilo
1 goals
