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The 1916 South American Championship of Nations
Copa América
The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...

was the first continental championship for national teams in south America. It was held in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

from July 2 to July 17 during Argentina's independence centenary commemorations. The tournament was won by Uruguay

Uruguay national football team

The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...

, who drew with Argentina

Argentina national football team

The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...

in the last match of the tournament.

Format

There was no qualifying for the tournament. The participating countries were Argentina

Argentina national football team

, Brazil

Brazil national football team

The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...

, Chile

Chile national football team

The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...

and Uruguay

Uruguay national football team

. The teams plays in a single round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Avellaneda Avellaneda Avellaneda is a port city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 328,980 as per the ....	Estadio Racing Club Estadio Racing Club Estadio Racing Club was a multi-use stadium in Avellaneda, a suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the home ground of Racing Club de Avellaneda before they moved to Estadio Juan Domingo Perón in 1950, and was located in the intersection of Colón and Alsina streets, hence been sometimes...	30,000
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...	Estadio G.E.B.A. Estadio G.E.B.A. Estadio G.E.B.A. was a multi-use stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the home ground of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires. The stadium held 18,000 spectators...	18,000

Standings

EWLINE

5
Team
	3	2	1	0	6	1
5
	3	1	2	0	7	2
4
	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1

Matches

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Goal scorers

3 goals Isabelino Gradín

Isabelino Gradín

Isabelino Gradín was a Uruguayan footballer and athlete. He was one of the greatest footballers in the early era of Uruguayan football and is regarded as one of the greatest Uruguayan players before the Uruguayan win at the 1930 FIFA World Cup...

2 goals

Juan Domingo Brown

Juan Domingo Brown

-Early life:Brown was an Argentine of Scottish origin.Juan Domingo Brown had five cousins who were also Argentine international players – Alfredo, Carlos, Eliseo, Ernesto and Jorge...

Alberto Marcovecchio
Alberto Ohaco

Alberto Ohaco

Alberto Ohaco is a former Argentine footballer who played for Racing Club de Avellaneda. He won seven league titles and is considered to have been one of the greatest Argentine footballers of all time...

José Piendibene

José Miguel Piendibene Ferrari was an Uruguayan footballer.-Club career:Piendibene played for Peñarol between 1908 and 1928. During his time with the Carboneros he won six Primera División Uruguaya championships....

1 goal

José Laguna Alencar Demósthenes
Arthur Friedenreich

Arthur Friedenreich

Arthur Friedenreich was a Brazilian football player. Nicknamed The Tiger, he was arguably the sport's first outstanding black player.-Biography:...

Telésforo Báez Hernando Salazar
José Tognola

External links

1916 South American Championship on RSSSF

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