1953 South American Championship


The South American Championship 1953 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Paraguay with Brazil second.
Argentina, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament.
Francisco Molina from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with 8 goals.

Venues

Final round

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Match was awarded to Peru due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Paraguay by making one extra change.
Milner Ayala was banned for three years for kicking the referee.

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

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Play Offs

Result

Goal scorers

7 Goals
5 Goals
4 Goals
3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal