Campeonato Sudamericano 1967

Campeonato Sudamericano 1967
Soccer South American Championship 1967
Number of nations	6  (from 8 applicants)
South American champions	Uruguay (11th title)
venue	Uruguay
Opening game	17th January 1967
Tournament end	2nd February 1967
Games	15th
Gates	49  (⌀: 3.27 per game)
spectator	200,500  (⌀: 13,367 per game)
Top scorer	Luis Artime (5 goals)

Montevideo

Location 1967 in Uruguay

The 1967 Campeonato Sudamericano was the 29th edition of the South American continental football championship and took place in Uruguay for the sixth time from January 17th to February 2nd. Brazil and Peru did not participate. Venezuela was there for the first time since joining CONMEBOL in 1952 .

There was a change in the competition mode. For the first and only time in the history of the Copa, the competition was divided into a qualification and a final tournament. Four teams were automatically set for this. In addition to Argentina and Uruguay, these were defending champions Bolivia and newcomer Venezuela. In the qualification, which took place at the end of 1966, two teams played for two more places in the first and second leg. The "final round" was played as before in the league system (everyone against everyone). If there was a tie in first place, a playoff was planned. All games were played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. As in previous tournaments, some games were played one after the other as part of a double event on one day.

Defending champion Bolivia scored no goal, only achieved a draw and thus disappointed across the board. The hosts Uruguay used their home advantage for the sixth time, winning every tournament in their own country and becoming undefeated for the eleventh time as South American football champions.

The winning squad of the Uruguayan team consisted of the following players:

Jorge Acuña (Sud América), Elgar Baeza (Nacional), Miguel Angel Bazzano (Danubio), Omar Caetano (Peñarol), Jacinto Callero (Nacional), Héctor Carlos Cingunegui (Nacional), Pablo Forlán (Peñarol), Abayubá Ibáñez (Defensor) , Carlos Martínez (Fénix), Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (Peñarol), Julio Montero Castillo (Nacional), Juan Mujica (Nacional), Jorge Oyarbide (Nacional), Juan Carlos Paz (Racing Club), Domingo Salvador Pérez (Nacional), Pedro Rocha ( Peñarol), Héctor Salvá (Danubio), Rubén Techera (Nacional), José Urruzmendi (Nacional), Luis Alberto Varela (Peñarol), Luis Alberto Vera (Fénix) - Trainer: Juan Carlos Corazzo

qualification

November 30, 1966 in Santiago ( Estadio Nacional de Chile ) Chile - Colombia 5: 2 (3: 0) December 11, 1966 in Bogotá ( El Campin )  Colombia -  Chile 0-0

December 21, 1966 in Guayaquil ( Estadio Modelo )  Ecuador -  Paraguay 2: 2 (0: 0) December 28, 1966 in Asunción ( Estadio Manuel Ferreira ) Paraguay - Ecuador 3: 1 (2: 0)

Game results

17th January 1967 Uruguay - Bolivia 4: 0 (2: 0) January 18, 1967 Chile - Venezuela 2: 0 (2: 0) Argentina - Paraguay 4: 1 (1: 0) January 21, 1967 Uruguay - Venezuela 4: 0 (2: 0) January 22, 1967 Argentina - Bolivia 1: 0 (0: 0) Chile - Paraguay 4: 2 (2: 1) January 25, 1967 Paraguay - Bolivia 1: 0 (0: 0) Argentina - Venezuela 5: 1 (2: 0) January 26, 1967 Uruguay - Chile 2: 2 (1: 2) January 28, 1967 Venezuela - Bolivia 3: 0 (0: 0) Argentina - Chile 2: 0 (1: 0) January 29, 1967 Uruguay - Paraguay 2: 0 (1: 0) February 1, 1967 Chile - Bolivia 0-0 Paraguay - Venezuela 5: 3 (4: 1) 2nd February 1967 Uruguay - Argentina 1: 0 (0: 0)

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1.  Uruguay  5  4th  1  0 013: 200 +11 09: 10  2.  Argentina  5  4th  0  1 012: 300  +9 08: 20  3.  Chile  5  3  2  0 008: 600  +2 08: 20  4th  Paraguay  5  2  0  3 009:130  −4 04: 60  5.  Venezuela  5  1  0  4th 007:160  −9 02: 80  6th  Bolivia  5  0  1  4th 000: 900  −9 01: 90

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Luis Artime	5
2	Jorge Oyarbide	4th
3	Julio Gallardo	3
	Rubén Marcos	3
	Pedro Rocha	3
	José Urruzmendi	3
	Rafael Santana	3

Web links

• Tournament website 1967 at rsssf.com (engl.)