1923 South American Championship

1923 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	29 October – 2 December
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (4th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vicente Aguirre ; Pedro Petrone ; (3 goals each)
	← 1922 1924 →

The seventh edition of the South American Championship was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from 29 October to 2 December 1923.

Overview

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 a qualifier for the 1924 Summer Olympics.

For a complete list of participants squads see: 1923 South American Championship squads

Each team played one match against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

29 October 1923

Argentina	4–3	Paraguay
Saruppo 18' Aguirre 58', 77', 86'		Rivas 10' Zelada 49' Fretes 65'

Referee: Angel Minoli (Uruguay)

4 November 1923

Uruguay	2–0	Paraguay
Scarone 11' Petrone 87'

Referee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)

11 November 1923

Brazil	0–1	Paraguay
		I. López 56'

Referee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)

18 November 1923

Argentina	2–1	Brazil
Onzari 11' Saruppo 76'		Nilo 15'

Referee: Miguel Barba (Paraguay)

25 November 1923

Uruguay	2–1	Brazil
Petrone 56' Cea 75'		Nilo 59'

Referee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)

2 December 1923

Uruguay	2–0	Argentina
Petrone 28' Somma 88'

Referee: Antônio Carneiro de Campos (Brazil)

1923 South American Championship champions
Uruguay Fourth title

Vicente Aguirre (left) and Pedro Petrone, top scorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goals