1953 South American Championship

1953 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Peru
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)
← 1949 1955 →

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 8 goals.

Final round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	8
Brazil	6	4	0	2	15	6	+9	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

February 22, 1953	Bolivia	1–0	Peru	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 50,000 Referee: George Rhoden (ENG)
	Ugarte  53'

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February 25, 1953	Paraguay	3–0	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Richard Maddison (ENG)
	Fernández  54', 75' Berni  78'

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February 25, 1953	Uruguay	2–0	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Charles Dean (ENG)
	Puente  11' Carlos Romero  88'

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February 28, 1953	Peru	1–0	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 50,000 Referee: George Rhoden (ENG)
	Gómez Sánchez  78'

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March 1, 1953	Brazil	8–1	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Richard Maddison (ENG)
	Julinho  18', 20', 42', 52' Francisco Rodrigues  25', 44' Pinga  39', 60'		Ugarte  73', pen.'

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March 1, 1953	Chile	3–2	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Charles Dean (ENG)
	Molina  5', 55', 67'		Morel  70' Balseiro  81'

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March 4, 1953	Paraguay	0–0	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Mário Silveira Vianna (BRA)

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March 4, 1953	Chile	0–0	Peru	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Richard Maddison (ENG)

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March 8, 1953	Bolivia	1–1	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Charles McKenna (ENG)
	Alcón  25'		Guzmán  6'

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March 8, 1953	Peru	2–2	Paraguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Richard Maddison (ENG)
	Gómez Sánchez  47' Terry  53'		Fernández  36' Berni  77'

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.

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March 12, 1953	Paraguay	2–2	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 35,000 Referee: David Gregory (ENG)
	Atilio López  5' Berni  52'		Balseiro  36', 55'

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March 12, 1953	Brazil	2–0	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Richard Maddison (ENG)
	Ademir  18' Cláudio  55'

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March 15, 1953	Brazil	1–0	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Charles McKenna (ENG)
	Ipojucan  87'

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March 16, 1953	Paraguay	2–1	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 15,000 Referee: David Gregory (ENG)
	Angel Romero  17' Berni  22'		Ramon Santos  76'

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March 19, 1953	Chile	3–0	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Richard Maddison (ENG)
	Molina  33', 47' Cremaschi  70'

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March 19, 1953	Peru	1–0	Brazil	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Charles McKenna (ENG)
	Navarrete  51'

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March 23, 1953	Brazil	3–2	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Richard Maddison (ENG)
	Julinho  1' Zizinho  53' Baltazar  70'		Molina  62', 76'

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March 23, 1953	Uruguay	6–0	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 35,000 Referee: David Gregory (ENG)
	Méndez  12' Puente  51' Peláez  58' Morel  60' Carlos Romero  86' Balseiro  88'

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March 27, 1953	Paraguay	2–1	Brazil	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Charles Dean (ENG)
	Atilio López  49' León  89'		Nílton Santos  12'

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March 28, 1953	Chile	2–2	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Richard Maddison (ENG)
	Meléndez  28' Díaz Carmona  52'		Ramón Santos  15' Alcón  49'

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March 28, 1953	Uruguay	3–0	Peru	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Mário Silveira Vianna (BRA)
	Peláez  23', 67' Carlos Romero  71'

Playoff

April 1, 1953	Paraguay	3–2	Brazil	Peru Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Charles Dean (ENG)
	Atilio López  14' Gavilán  17' Fernández  41'		Baltazar  56', 65'

1953 South American Championship
Paraguay 1st title

Goal scorers

7 Goals

• Molina

5 Goals

• Julinho

4 Goals

• Berni

• Fernández

• Balseiro

3 Goals

• Baltazar
• Atilio López

• Carlos Romero
• Peláez

2 Goals

• Alcón
• Ramón Santos
• Ugarte

• Pinga
• Francisco Rodrigues
• Gómez Sánchez

• Morel
• Puente

1 Goal

• Ademir
• Cláudio
• Ipojucan
• Nílton Santos
• Zizinho

• Cremaschi
• Díaz Carmona
• Meléndez
• Guzmán
• Angel Romero

• León
• Gavilán
• Navarrete
• Terry
• Méndez

External links

• RSSSF