1927 South American Championship

1927 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPeru
Dates30 October – 27 November
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (3rd title)
Runners-up Uruguay
Third place Peru
Fourth place Bolivia
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored37 (6.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Alfredo Carricaberry
Uruguay Roberto Figueroa
Argentina Segundo Luna
Uruguay Pedro Petrone
Uruguay Héctor Scarone
(3 goals each)
1926
1929

The eleventh edition of the South American Championship was held in Lima, Peru from 30 October to 27 November 1927. The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Uruguay. Brazil, Chile and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament. This was the first South American Championship in which Peru participated. The tournament was also used as a qualifier for the 1928 Summer Olympics and both Argentina and Uruguay were subsequently invited to enter that competition.[1]

The Argentina team departed from Retiro railway station to Chilean city Valparaíso, where they joined Uruguayan players to board a ship to the port of Callao, Lima. They arrived in Peru after eight days of travel.[2]

  1. ^ South American Championship 1927 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ 1927. Argentina campeón sudamericano by Humberto Recanatini on El Gráfico, 1927