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1967 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	17 January – 2 February
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (11th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	49 (3.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luis Artime (5 goals)
← 1963 1975 →

The 1967 South American Football Championship was won by hosts Uruguay, with Argentina finished second. Brazil and Peru withdrew from the tournament. It was the first tournament in which Venezuela participated.

Qualifying round

Chile	5–2	Colombia
Araya 7' Prieto 23' Castro 40' (pen.), 49' Saavedra 61'		Gamboa 71' Cañón 72'

Colombia	0–0	Chile

Chile won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.

Ecuador	2–2	Paraguay
Carrera 56' Muñoz 58'		Rojas 85' (pen.) Apodaca 88'

Paraguay	3–1	Ecuador
Mora 7', 10' Del Puerto 60'		Muñoz 81'

Paraguay won 5–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Copa América 1967.

Venues

Montevideo
Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 65,235

Squads

Final round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	5	4	1	0	13	2	+11	9
Argentina	5	4	0	1	12	3	+9	8
Chile	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	6
Paraguay	5	2	0	3	9	13	−4	4
Venezuela	5	1	0	4	7	16	−9	2
Bolivia	5	0	1	4	0	9	−9	1

source:

Uruguay	4–0	Bolivia
Rocha 5' Montero Castillo 44' Troncoso 50' (o.g.) Oyarbide 81'

Chile	2–0	Venezuela
Marcos 12', 41'

Argentina	4–1	Paraguay
Mas 3' Bernao 71' Artime 73' Albrecht 89' (pen.)		Mora 67'

Uruguay	4–0	Venezuela
Urruzmendi 5', 81' Oyarbide 62', 68'

Chile	4–2	Paraguay
Gallardo 9', 44' Araya 72', 81'		Riveros 5' Apodaca 85'

Argentina	1–0	Bolivia
Bernao 67'

Paraguay	1–0	Bolivia
Del Puerto 14'

Argentina	5–1	Venezuela
Artime 18', 65', 88' Carone 31' Marzolini 53'		Santana 72'

Uruguay	2–2	Chile
Rocha 15' (pen.) Oyarbide 68'		Gallardo 2' Marcos 37'

Venezuela	3–0	Bolivia
Ravelo 59', 84' Santana 67'

Argentina	2–0	Chile
Sarnari 36' Artime 80'

Uruguay	2–0	Paraguay
Pérez 32' Urruzmendi 66'

Paraguay	5–3	Venezuela
Mora 11', 22' Rojas 16', 29' Colmán 81'		Mendoza 3' Santana 32' Scovino 89'

Chile	0–0	Bolivia

Uruguay	1–0	Argentina
Rocha 74'

Result

1967 South American Championship champions
Uruguay 11th title

Goalscorers

With five goals, Luis Artime of Argentina was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 49 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.

5 goals

• Luis Artime

4 goals

• Jorge Oyarbide

3 goals

• Julio Gallardo
• Rubén Marcos
• José Urruzmendi
• Pedro Rocha
• Rafael Santana

2 goals

• Raúl Bernao
• Pedro Araya
• Celino Mora
• Juan Carlos Rojas
• Antonio Ravelo

1 goal

• Juan Carlos Carone
• Juan Carlos Sarnari
• Oscar Mas
• Rafael Albrecht
• Silvio Marzolini
• Antonio González
• Arístides Del Puerto
• Benigno Apocada
• Juan Francisco Riveros
• Ramón Colmán
• Domingo Pérez
• Julio Montero Castillo
• Humberto Scovino
• Luis Mendoza

1 own goal

• Roberto Troncoso (against Uruguay)

References

1. RSSSF - Southamerican Championship 1967
2. AUF - Copa América 1967
3. Partidos de la Roja
4. Selección Argentina
5. Federacion Venezolana de Futbol
6. Eliezerperez - La Vinotinto en la Copa América de Uruguay en 1967

External links

• South American Championship 1967 at RSSSF

• 1967 South American Championship
• Copa América tournaments
• 1967 in South American football
• International association football competitions hosted by Uruguay
• 1967 in Uruguayan football
• January 1967 sports events in South America
• February 1967 sports events in South America
• Sports competitions in Montevideo
• 1960s in Montevideo