Campeonato Sudamericano 1916 / Games

This article covers the games of the 1916 South American Championship in Argentina. Six games took place within a week and a half between Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. All games were scheduled in the Estadio GEBA . But in the end you had to switch to the nearby suburb of Avellaneda in the decisive final tournament game . With five points from two wins and one draw, Uruguay finally became the first South American champions in history at the top of the table.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uruguay	3	2	1	0	006: 100	+5	05: 10
2.	Argentina	3	1	2	0	007: 200	+5	04: 20
3.	Brazil	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02: 40
4th	Chile	3	0	1	2	002:110	−9	01: 50

Uruguay - Chile 4: 0 (1: 0)

Uruguay		Chile
	Sunday, July 2, 1916 in Buenos Aires ( Estadio Gimnasia y Esgrima ) Spectators: 3,000 Referee: Hugo Gronda ( Argentina )
	Cayetano Saporiti - Francisco Castellino , Alfredo Foglino  - Jorge Germán Pacheco  , Juan Delgado , Manuel Varela  - Pascual Somma , Ángel Romano , José Piendibene , Isabelino Gradín , José Brachi Trainer: Jorge Germán Pacheco	Manuel Guerrero - Enrique Cárdenas , Marcos Wittke  - Enrique Abello , Enrique Teuche , Ramón Unzaga   - Manuel Geldes , Roberto Moreno , Enrique Gutiérrez , Eufelio Fuentes , Hernando Salazar Trainer: Carlos Fanta
	1-0 José Piendibene (44th) 2-0 Isabelino Gradín (55th) 3-0 Isabelino Gradín (70th) 4-0 José Piendibene (75th)

Argentina - Chile 6: 1 (1: 1)

Argentina		Chile
	Thursday, July 6, 1916 in Buenos Aires ( Estadio Gimnasia y Esgrima ) Spectators: 18,000 Referee: Sidney Pullen ( Brazil )
	Carlos Tomás Wilson - Armando Reyes , Juan Domingo Brown   - Pedro Martínez , Francisco Olazar , Gerónimo Badaracco  - Adolfo Heissinger , Alberto Ohaco , Alberto Marco Vecchio , Carlos Guidi , Juan Perinetti Coach: without	Manuel Guerrero - Enrique Cárdenas , Marcos Wittke  - Enrique Abello , Enrique Teuche , Ramón Unzaga   - Manuel Geldes , Alfredo France , Enrique Gutiérrez , Eufelio Fuentes , Telésforo Báez Trainer: Carlos Fanta
	1: 0 Alberto Ohaco (2nd) 2: 1 Juan Domingo Brown (60th, penalty ) 3: 1 Juan Domingo Brown (62nd, penalty) 4: 1 Alberto Marcovecchio (67th) 5: 1 Alberto Ohaco ( 75th) 6: 1 Alberto Marcovecchio (89th)	1: 1 Telésforo Báez (44th)

Chile - Brazil 1: 1 (0: 1)

Chile		Brazil
	Saturday, July 8, 1916 in Buenos Aires ( Estadio Gimnasia y Esgrima ) Spectators: 15,000 Referee: León Peyrou ( Uruguay )
	Manuel Guerrero - Enrique Cárdenas , Marcos Wittke  - Enrique Abello , Enrique Teuche , Ramón Unzaga   - Manuel Geldes , Hernando Salazar , Alfredo France , Roberto Moreno , Telésforo Báez Trainer: Carlos Fanta	Marcos - Orlando , Emmanuel Augusto Nery  - Sylvio Lagreca  , Sidney , Galo  - Luiz Menezes , Demósthenes , Arthur Friedenreich , Alencar , Arnaldo Coach: without
	1: 1 Hernando Salazar (84th)	0: 1 Demósthenes (40.)

Argentina - Brazil 1: 1 (1: 1)

Argentina		Brazil
	Monday, July 10, 1916 in Buenos Aires ( Estadio Gimnasia y Esgrima ) Spectators: 16,200 Referee: Carlos Fanta ( Chile )
	Juan Rithner - Arturo Chiappe , Juan Domingo Brown   - Pedro Martínez , Francisco Olazar , Gerónimo Badaracco  - Adolfo Heissinger , José Laguna , Alberto Marco Vecchio , Carlos Guidi , Claudio Bincaz Coach: without	Casemiro - Orlando , Emmanuel Augusto Nery  - Sylvio Lagreca  , Sidney , Galo  - Luiz Menezes , Amílcar , Arthur Friedenreich , Alencar , Arnaldo Coach: without
	1-0 José Laguna (10th)	1: 1 Alencar (23.)

Uruguay - Brazil 2: 1 (0: 1)

Uruguay		Brazil
	Wednesday, July 12, 1916 in Buenos Aires ( Estadio Gimnasia y Esgrima ) Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Carlos Fanta ( Chile )
	Cayetano Saporiti - Manuel Varela , Alfredo Foglino  - Jorge Germán Pacheco  , Juan Delgado , José Vanzzino  - Pascual Somma , José Tognola , José Piendibene , Isabelino Gradín , Ángel Romano Trainers: Jorge Germán Pacheco	Casemiro - Orlando , Emmanuel Augusto Nery  - Sylvio Lagreca  , Sidney , Galo  - Luiz Menezes , Mimí Sodre , Arthur Friedenreich , Alencar , Arnaldo Coach: without
	1: 1 Isabelino Gradín (58th) 2: 1 José Tognola (77th)	0: 1 Arthur Friedenreich (8th)
		Orlando is injured after the break.

Argentina 0-0 Uruguay

Originally, the decisive game for the championship, like all the others, was to take place in the Gimnasia y Esgrima stadium in Buenos Aires. But due to the overcrowding of the stadium due to the onslaught of around 16,000 visitors, the crowd finally spread to the field. As a result, the game had to be stopped after five minutes. The crowd, who did not agree with this decision to cancel, then set the stands on fire, which destroyed the stadium. The next day, the match in Avellaneda, today's suburb of Buenos Aires, continued in the sixth minute on the football field of the Racing Club .

Argentina		Uruguay
	Monday 17th July 1916 in Avellaneda ( Estadio Racing Club ) Spectators: 17,000 Referee: Carlos Fanta ( Chile )
	Carlos Isola - Zenón Díaz  , Armando Reyes  - Pedro Martínez , Francisco Olazar , Gerónimo Badaracco  - Adolfo Heissinger , Alberto Ohaco , Harry Hayes , Ennis Hayes , Juan Perinetti Coach: without	Cayetano Saporiti - Miguel Benincasa , Alfredo Foglino   - Juan Delgado , Alfredo Zibechi , Manuel Varela  - Pascual Somma , José Tognola , José Piendibene , Isabelino Gradín , Rodolfo Marán Trainer: Alfredo Foglino

Web links

• Details on A international matches in 1916 at iffhs.de
• Match schedule on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aniversario Copa América 1916 (Spanish) on auf.org.uy, accessed on July 18, 2016
2. ↑ 1916: NACE LA COPA AMÉRICA ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from argentinadeportiva.wordpress.com on October 21, 2014, accessed on July 18, 2016  
3. ↑ Copa América - Argentina 1916 - Primera Copa América ( Memento of April 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) on copamundialfutbol.org, accessed on July 18, 2016