1942 South American Championship
The Campeonato Sudamericano 1942 was the 17th playout of the South American continental championship in football and was held from January 10 to February 7 for the fourth time in Uruguay instead. Although with Bolivia and Colombia were missing two teams, the number of participants of the first seven teams, 21 games, 81 goals and 674,000 viewers each meant new record for the competition.
The tournament was as usual ( FFA ) played in the league system. Case of a tie for first place, a playoff was provided. All matches were played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.
South American football champions was the eighth time in Uruguay.
The winning Uruguayan squad was made up of the following players:
Antonio Alvareu ( Racing Club), Secundino Arrascaeta ( Rampla Juniors), Blas Bas ( Racing Club), Joaquín Bermúdez ( Peñarol ), Enrique Castro (Nacional), Luis Ernesto Castro (Nacional), Aníbal Ciocca (Nacional ), José María Correa ( Sud América ), Oscar Chirimini (CA River Plate), Eugenio Galvalisi (Nacional), Schubert Gambetta (Nacional), Sixto González ( Liverpool), Héctor Magliano ( Wanderers ), Agenor Muñiz ( Peñarol ), Aníbal Luis Paz ( Nacional), Flavio Pereyra Nattero ( Sud América ), Luis Alberto Pérez Luz (Nacional), Roberto Porta (Nacional), Raúl Rodríguez ( Peñarol ), Hector Romero (Nacional), Obdulio Jacinto Varela ( Wanderers ), Severino Varela ( Peñarol ), Bibiano Zapirain (Nacional ) - Coach: José Pedro Cea
Match Results
Table
* The game against Argentina Chile was in the 43 minutes aborted with the score at 0-0 and later as a victory counted for Argentina after the Chilean team had left in protest against the referee performance on the pitch.