1953 South American Championship

1953 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Dates	22 February – 1 April
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Paraguay (1st title)
Runner-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. It was won by Paraguay with Brazil second. Argentina, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament. Francisco Molina from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals.

Venues

Lima
Estadio Nacional de Lima
Capacity: 50,000

Final round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	6	4	0	2	15	6	+9	8
Paraguay	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	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
[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	6	0	2	4	1	13	−12	2

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

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

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

28 February 1953	Peru	1–0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 50,000 Referee: George Rhoden (England)
	Gómez Sánchez 78'

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

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

4 March 1953	Paraguay	0–0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)

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

8 March 1953	Bolivia	1–1	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Charles McKenna (England)
	Alcón 25'		Guzmán 6'

8 March 1953	Peru	2–2	Paraguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Richard Maddison (England)
	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.^[1]
Milner Ayala was banned for three years for kicking the referee.

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

12 March 1953	Brazil	2–0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Richard Maddison (England)
	Ademir 18' Cláudio 55'

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

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

19 March 1953	Chile	3–0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Richard Maddison (England)
	Molina 33', 47' Cremaschi 70'

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

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

23 March 1953	Uruguay	6–0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1900}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 35,000 Referee: David Gregory (England)
	Méndez 12' Puente 51' Peláez 58' Morel 60' Carlos Romero 86' Balseiro 88'

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

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

Match was suspended after 66th min, and awarded to Chile due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Bolivia.

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

Play-off

Main page: 1953 South American Championship Final

1 April 1953^[2]	Paraguay	3–2	Brazil	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Charles Dean (England)
	Atilio López 14' Gavilán 17' Fernández 41'		Baltazar 56', 65'