1967 South American Championship
The Campeonato Sudamericano 1967 was the 29th edition of the South American continental championship in football and was held from January 17 to February 2 for the sixth time in Uruguay instead. Brazil and Peru did not participate. This was the first time since his accession to the 1952 CONMEBOL Venezuela at the start.
A change was made in the discharge mode. For the first and only time in the history of the Copa competition was divided into a qualification and a final. Four teams were automatically set for this. In addition to Argentina and Uruguay, these were still defending Bolivia and Venezuela newbie. In qualifying, which took place in late 1966, two teams played in round-trip game for two more courses. The " final " was as usual ( FFA ) held in league system. Case of a tie for first place, a playoff was provided. All matches were played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. Here, some games were sequentially discharged in a day as part of a doubleheader as in previous tournaments.
Defending Bolivia scored a goal, only reached a draw and thus disappointed across the board. Uruguay hosts used for the sixth time his home advantage, thus winning every tournament in the country and was unbeaten for the eleventh time overall champion soccer South America.
The winning squad of the Uruguayan team was composed of the following Akteufren:
Jorge Acuña ( Sud América ), Elgar Baeza (Nacional), Miguel Angel Bazzano ( Danubio ), Omar Caetano ( Peñarol ), Callero Jacinto (Nacional), Hector Carlos Cingunegui (Nacional), Pablo Justo Forlán ( Peñarol ) Abayuba Ibáñez ( Defensor ), Carlos Martínez ( Fénix ), Ladislao Mazurkiewicz ( Peñarol ), Julio Montero Castillo (Nacional), Juan Martín Mujica (Nacional), Jorge Oyarbide (Nacional), Juan Carlos Paz ( Racing Club), Salvador Domingo Pérez (Nacional), Pedro Virgilio Rocha ( Peñarol ), Héctor Salvá ( Danubio ), Ruben Techera (Nacional ), José Urruzmendi (Nacional), Luis Alberto Varela ( Peñarol ), Luis Alberto Vera ( Fénix ) - Coach: Juan Carlos Corazzo