1942 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	10 January – 7 February
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (8th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	81 (3.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Herminio Masantonio José Manuel Moreno (7 goals each)
← 1941 1945 →

The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship, an association football competition, was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 10 January to 7 February.

For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament.

The tournament featured a match between Argentina and Ecuador in which Argentina's José Manuel Moreno surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals in Copa América history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador. As of 2015^[update], the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas. José Manuel Moreno and Herminio Masantonio of Argentina were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.

Montevideo
Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 65,235

Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no (0) points for a defeat.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	6	6	0	0	21	2	+19	12
Argentina	6	5	0	1	21	6	+15	10
Brazil	6	3	1	2	15	7	+8	7
Paraguay	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	6
Peru	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	4
Chile	6	1	1	4	4	15	−11	3
Ecuador	6	0	0	6	4	31	−27	0

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1942 South American Championship champions
Uruguay Eighth title

7 goals

6 goals

• Sylvio Pirillo

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

• South American Championship 1942 at RSSSF