South American Championship 1921
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| Copa América - Argentina 1921 | |
| South American Championship 1921 | |
| Participating countries |
4 |
| Host | Argentina |
| Date | October 2, 1921 October 30, 1921 |
| Results - Champion - Runner-up - Third Place |
 Argentina Brazil Uruguay |
| Top goalscorer | Julio Libonatti |
| Matches | 6 |
The fifth edition of the South American Championship was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 2 to October 30, 1921.
This tournament is called Copa América since 1975.
The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Chile was also invited but withdrew due to internal problems in the team.
Paraguay's debut came with a bang: defeated the previous edition's champions Uruguay by two goals to one.
[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 |
1 - 0 (1-0) | Brazil |
--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay) |
| Libonatti 27' |
 Paraguay |
2 - 1 (1-0) | Uruguay |
--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Gerónimo Rapossi (Argentina) |
| Rivas 9' | Piendibene 83' | ||
| López 66' |
| Paraguay |
0 - 3 (0-2) | Brazil |
--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay) |
| Machado 21' | |||
| Machado 44' | |||
| Candiota 46' |
| Argentina |
3 - 0 (1-0) | Paraguay |
--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay) |
| Libonatti 1' | |||
| Saruppo 71' | |||
| Echeverría 76' |
| Uruguay |
2 - 1 (2-0) | Brazil |
--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Víctor Cabañas Saguier (Paraguay) |
| Romano 1' | Zezé I 53' | ||
| Romano 8' |
| Argentina |
1 - 0 (0-0) | Uruguay |
--:-- - Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Ref: Pedro Santos (Brazil) |
| Libonatti 57' |
[edit] Standings
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[edit] Goal Scorers
3 goals
- Libonatti
2 goals
- Machado
- Romano
1 goal
- Echeverría, Saruppo
- Candiota, Zezé
- López, Rivas
- Piendibene
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