Football tournament
1945 South American Championship Host country Chile Dates 14 January – 28 February Teams 7 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Champions Argentina (7th title) Runners-up Brazil Third place Chile Fourth place Uruguay Matches played 21 Goals scored 89 (4.24 per match) Top scorer(s) Heleno de Freitas Norberto Méndez (6 goals each)
International football competition
Argentine player Rinaldo Martino being carried by the fans after the 1–0 win v. Uruguay. He scored the only goal
The eighteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Santiago , Chile from 14 January to 28 February. This tournament was an extra edition, with no trophy handed to the winners, but considered official by CONMEBOL .
The participating countries were Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Colombia (for the first time), Ecuador , and Uruguay . Paraguay and Peru withdrew from the tournament.
Squads
For a complete list of participating squads see: 1945 South American Championship squads
Venues
Final round
Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.
Result
1945 South American Championship champions
Argentina Seventh title
Goal scorers
Norberto Méndez (left) and Heleno, top scorers with 6 goals each
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Mario Boyé
Manuel Pelegrina
Raúl Fernández
Zenón González
Severo Orgaz
Jaime
Jorginho
Rui
Tesourinha
Francisco Hormazábal
Manuel Piñeiro
Erasmo Vera
Arturo Mendoza
Guillermo Albornoz
José L. Mendoza
José M. Jiménez
Luis A. Mendoza
Enrique Raymondi
Nicolás Falero
José M. Ortiz
Juan P. Riephoff
Varela
External links
Editions
South American Championship Copa América
Finals Squads Qualification Related topics