South American Championship 1949
Encyclopedia
The South American Championship 1949 in football
was held in Brazil
and won by Brazil
. Paraguay
was the runner-up.
Jair Rosa Pinto from Brazil
was the top scorer of the tournament with 9 goals.
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Argentina withdrew.
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7 Goals
Ademir
Tesourinha
Arce
Benítez
5 Goals
Ugarte
Simão
Zizinho
4 Goals
Castillo
Castro
3 Goals
B. Gutiérrez Cláudio Nininho
López Fretes
Mosquera Pedraza
R. Drago Ayala
2 Goals
Godoy Orlando Infante P. López
Vargas Barrios Gómez Sánchez Salinas
J. M. García Moll
1 Goal
Algañaraz Rojas Augusto
Canhotinho Danilo Alvim
Octavio Castro Cremaschi
Ramos Riera
Rojas Salamanca A. Pérez Berdugo Gastelbondo N. Pérez Arteaga Chuchuca E. Cantos G. Andrade
Maldonado Avalos Fernández Heredia M. Drago Bentancour Martínez Moreno
Own Goals
Bermeo (for Peru)
Sánchez (for Bolivia)
Arce (for Brazil)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
was held in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and won by Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
was the runner-up.
Jair Rosa Pinto from Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
was the top scorer of the tournament with 9 goals.
Final round
| Team | ||||||||
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| 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 7 | |12 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | |12 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 13 | |10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 24 | |||
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| 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| |5 | ||||||||
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 20 | |||
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| 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |||
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| 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 23 | |||
| |2 | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |0 |
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Argentina withdrew.
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Playoff
Goal scorers
9 Goals JairJair da Rosa Pinto
Jair da Rosa Pinto, or simply Jair, was an association footballer who played offensive midfielder – one of the leading Brazilian footballers of the 1940s and 50s, who is best remembered for his performance in Brazil's 1950 FIFA World Cup campaign.-Pre-1950:Born March 21, 1921 in Quatis, Rio...
7 Goals
Ademir
Ademir Marques de Menezes
Ademir Marques de Menezes , best known as Ademir , was a Brazilian footballer, regarded as one of the best centre forwards in the history of the Brazil national team. His prominent jawbone earned him the nickname Queixada, which means "Jaw".He is best known for his exploits in the World Cup 1950...
Tesourinha
Tesourinha
Osmar Fortes Barcellos, best known as Tesourinha was an association footballer famous for his remarkable dribbling skills....
Arce
Dionisio Arce
Dionisio Arce is a former Paraguayan football player.Arce played as a forward and was known for his ability to handle the ball and heading skills. He started playing for Paraguayan side Sportivo Luqueño before moving to Italy to play for several teams until the end of his career...
Benítez
5 Goals
Ugarte
Víctor Ugarte
Víctor Agustín Ugarte Oviedo was a Bolivian footballer. He scored 16 goals in 45 caps for Bolivia, making him their second all-time top goalscorer behind Joaquín Botero...
Simão
Zizinho
Zizinho
Thomaz Soares da Silva, also known as Zizinho , was a Brazilian football player, who played as an attacking midfielder or winger for Brazil's national team. He came to international prominence at the 1950 World Cup, where scored two goals...
4 Goals
Castillo
Félix Castillo
Felix Castillo Tardío was a former Peruvian football right-wing who played for Alianza Lima and the Peruvian national team between 1947 and 1956.-Playing career:...
Castro
3 Goals
B. Gutiérrez Cláudio Nininho
Nininho
Antônio Francisco, usually known by the nickname Nininho , is a former association footballer who played striker...
López Fretes
César López Fretes
César López Fretes was a football striker from Paraguay.López Fretes started his career at Atlántida Sport Club from Barrio Obrero and was later transferred to Olimpia Asunción. He was part of the Paraguay squad at the 1950 World Cup and was one of the goal scorers for Paraguay...
Mosquera Pedraza
R. Drago Ayala
2 Goals
Godoy Orlando Infante P. López
Vargas Barrios Gómez Sánchez Salinas
J. M. García Moll
Dagoberto Moll
Dagoberto Moll Sequeira is a former Uruguayan footballer and manager.He is very known for be part of the "Orquesta Canaro", a legendary attacking line of Deportivo de La Coruña in the 50s formed by Rafael Franco, Tino, Corcuera and Osvaldo too.Moll played for Deportivo, Barcelona, Celta de Vigo...
1 Goal
Algañaraz Rojas Augusto
Augusto da Costa
Augusto da Costa was a Brazilian footballer who played for the Brazil national football team. He captained the Brazil team to the 1950 FIFA World Cup final leading them to become the runners-up of the tournament after losing to Uruguay. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. He started his career in 1936,...
Canhotinho Danilo Alvim
Danilo Alvim
Danilo Alvim Faria was a Brazilian footballer. He was a member of the ill-fated Brazilian 1950 World Cup team.-Career:...
Octavio Castro Cremaschi
Atilio Cremaschi
Atilio Cremaschi Oyarzún , was a Chilean footballer who played for Unión Española, Colo-Colo and Rangers of Chile and in the Chile national football team in the FIFA World Cup Brazil 1950...
Ramos Riera
Fernando Riera
Fernando Riera Bauzá was a Chilean professional football player and manager, patriarch of Chilean football.Riera was born in Santiago, Chile...
Rojas Salamanca A. Pérez Berdugo Gastelbondo N. Pérez Arteaga Chuchuca E. Cantos G. Andrade
Maldonado Avalos Fernández Heredia M. Drago Bentancour Martínez Moreno
Own Goals
Bermeo (for Peru)
Sánchez (for Bolivia)
Arce (for Brazil)