The 1967 South American Football Championship was won by hosts Uruguay, with Argentina finished second. Brazil and Peru withdrew from the tournament. It was the first tournament in which Venezuela participated.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | 17 January – 2 February |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Uruguay (11th title) |
Runners-up | Argentina |
Third place | Chile |
Fourth place | Paraguay |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 49 (3.27 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Luis Artime (5 goals) |
Qualifying round edit
Chile won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.
Paraguay | 3–1 | Ecuador |
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Mora 7', 10' Del Puerto 60' |
Muñoz 81' |
Paraguay won 5–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.
Venues edit
Montevideo |
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Estadio Centenario |
Capacity: 65,235 |
Squads edit
Final round edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Uruguay | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 9 |
Argentina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 8 |
Chile | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 |
Paraguay | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 4 |
Venezuela | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 2 |
Bolivia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 1 |
Uruguay | 4–0 | Venezuela |
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Urruzmendi 5', 81' Oyarbide 62', 68' |
Paraguay | 1–0 | Bolivia |
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Del Puerto 14' |
Uruguay | 2–0 | Paraguay |
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Pérez 32' Urruzmendi 66' |
Result edit
1967 South American Championship champions |
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Uruguay 11th title |
Goalscorers edit
With five goals, Luis Artime of Argentina was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 49 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
- Roberto Troncoso (against Uruguay)