1953 South American Championship

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Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Dates	22 February – 1 April
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Paraguay (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	67 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Francisco Molina (7 goals)

The South American Championship 1953 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Paraguay with Brazil second. Argentina, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament. Francisco Molina from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals.

Squads

Venues

Lima
Estadio Nacional de Lima
Capacity: 50,000

Final round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	6	4	0	2	15	6	+9	8
Paraguay	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	8
Uruguay	6	3	1	2	15	6	+9	7
Chile	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	7
Peru	6	3	1	2	4	6	−2	7
Bolivia	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9	3
Ecuador	6	0	2	4	1	13	−12	2

22 February 1953

Bolivia	1–0	Peru
Ugarte 53'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 50,000Referee: George Rhoden (England) 25 February 1953

Paraguay	3–0	Chile
Fernández 54', 75' Berni 78'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Richard Maddison (England) 25 February 1953

Uruguay	2–0	Bolivia
Puente 11' Carlos Romero 88'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Charles Dean (England) 28 February 1953

Peru	1–0	Ecuador
Gómez Sánchez 78'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 50,000Referee: George Rhoden (England) 1 March 1953

Brazil	8–1	Bolivia
Julinho 18', 20', 42', 52' Francisco Rodrigues 25', 44' Pinga 39', 60'		Ugarte 73' (pen.)

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Richard Maddison (England) 1 March 1953

Chile	3–2	Uruguay
Molina 5', 55', 67'		Morel 70' Balseiro 81'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Charles Dean (England) 4 March 1953

Paraguay	0–0	Ecuador

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil) 4 March 1953

Chile	0–0	Peru

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Richard Maddison (England) 8 March 1953

Bolivia	1–1	Ecuador
Alcón 25'		Guzmán 6'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Charles McKenna (England) 8 March 1953

Peru	2–2	Paraguay
Gómez Sánchez 47' Terry 53'		Fernández 36' Berni 77'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Richard Maddison (England) Match was awarded to Peru due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Paraguay by making one extra change.
Milner Ayala was banned for three years for kicking the referee. 12 March 1953

Paraguay	2–2	Uruguay
Atilio López 5' Berni 52'		Balseiro 36', 55'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 35,000Referee: David Gregory (England) 12 March 1953

Brazil	2–0	Ecuador
Ademir 18' Cláudio 55'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 35,000Referee: Richard Maddison (England) 15 March 1953

Brazil	1–0	Uruguay
Ipojucan 87'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Charles McKenna (England) 16 March 1953

Paraguay	2–1	Bolivia
Angel Romero 17' Berni 22'		Ramon Santos 76'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 15,000Referee: David Gregory (England) 19 March 1953

Chile	3–0	Ecuador
Molina 33', 47' Cremaschi 70'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 55,000Referee: Richard Maddison (England) 19 March 1953

Peru	1–0	Brazil
Navarrete 51'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 55,000Referee: Charles McKenna (England) 23 March 1953

Brazil	3–2	Chile
Julinho 1' Zizinho 53' Baltazar 70'		Molina 62', 76'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 35,000Referee: Richard Maddison (England) 23 March 1953

Uruguay	6–0	Ecuador
Méndez 12' Puente 51' Peláez 58' Morel 60' Carlos Romero 86' Balseiro 88'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 35,000Referee: David Gregory (England) 27 March 1953

Paraguay	2–1	Brazil
Atilio López 49' León 89'		Nílton Santos 12'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 35,000Referee: Charles Dean (England) 28 March 1953

Chile	2–2	Bolivia
Meléndez 28' Díaz Carmona 52'		Ramón Santos 15' Alcón 49'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Richard Maddison (England) Match was suspended after 66th min, and awarded to Chile due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Bolivia. 28 March 1953

Uruguay	3–0	Peru
Peláez 23', 67' Carlos Romero 71'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)

Play-off

1 April 1953

Paraguay	3–2	Brazil
Atilio López 14' Gavilán 17' Fernández 41'		Baltazar 56', 65'

Estadio Nacional, LimaAttendance: 35,000Referee: Charles Dean (England)

Result

1953 South American Championship champions
Paraguay 1st title

Goal scorers

7 Goals

Molina

5 Goals

Julinho

4 Goals

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

References

^ "Aquella protesta del 53" (in Spanish). Diario Hoy. 2 July 2021.
^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 561. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

External links

South American Championship 1953 at RSSSF

Copa América

Editions

South American Championship	Argentina 1916 Uruguay 1917 Brazil 1919 Chile 1920 Argentina 1921 Brazil 1922 Uruguay 1923 Uruguay 1924 Argentina 1925 Chile 1926 Peru 1927 Argentina 1929 Peru 1935 Argentina 1937 Peru 1939 Chile 1941 Uruguay 1942 Chile 1945 Argentina 1946 Ecuador 1947 Brazil 1949 Peru 1953 Chile 1955 Uruguay 1956 Peru 1957 Argentina 1959 Ecuador 1959 Bolivia 1963 Uruguay 1967
Copa América	19751 19791 19831 Argentina 1987 Brazil 1989 Chile 1991 Ecuador 1993 Uruguay 1995 Bolivia 1997 Paraguay 1999 Colombia 2001 Peru 2004 Venezuela 2007 Argentina 2011 Chile 2015 United States 2016 (Centenario) Brazil 2019 Brazil 2021 United States 2024 2028

Finals

Squads

Qualification