The seventeenth edition of the

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, an

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competition, was held in

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

, from 10 January to 7 February. Uruguay 1942

For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were

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Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

, and

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, and

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withdrew from the tournament. The tournament featured a match between

and

in which

José Manuel Moreno José Manuel Moreno Fernández (3 August 1916 – 26 August 1978), nicknamed "''El Charro''", was an Argentine footballer who played as an inside forward for several clubs in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia; for many who saw him play, h ...

surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals in

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history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador. , the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas.

and

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were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.

Squads

Venues

Final round

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left the pitch on the 43rd minute in protest of the dreadful referee performance.''
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was awarded a victory but with no goals.''

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Result

Goal scorers

7 goals *

6 goals *

Sylvio Pirillo Sylvio Pirillo Cesarino (or Sílvio Pirillo) (27 July 1916 in Porto Alegre – 22 April 1991 in Porto Alegre) was a Brazilian football striker. Pirillo's first professional club was Sport Club Americano. His good performances granted him m ...

5 goals *

Roberto Porta Roberto Porta (; 7 June 1913 – 2 January 1984) was a Uruguayan–Italian footballer who played as a forward. During his club career he played for Nacional (Uruguay), Inter (Italy) and Independiente (Argentina). He earned 33 caps and scored ...

Severino Varela Severino Varela Puente (14 September 1913 – 29 July 1995) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a striker. With 15 goals, he is Uruguay's all-time top scorer at the Copa América. Career Varela started his playing career in 1932 with ...

3 goals * Marcial Barrios * Fabio Baudo Franco * Luis Castro *

Bibiano Zapirain Bibiano Zapirain (2 December 1919 – 2 December 2000) was a Uruguayan footballer. Honours ;Nacional * Primera División: 6 :: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1952 ;Uruguay *Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as th ...

2 goals * Enrique García * Ángel Perucca * Pedro Amorim *

Patesko Rodolpho Barteczko (12 November 1910 – 13 March 1988), best known as ''Patesko'', was a Brazilian footballer who played striker. He was born in Curitiba, Brazil and died in Rio de Janeiro. Of Polish origin, in his career (1930–1943) h ...

Zizinho Thomaz Soares da Silva, also known as Zizinho (; 14 September 1921 – 8 February 2002), was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the Brazil national football team. He came to international prominence at the 19 ...

* Alfonso Domínguez *

José María Jiménez Jose María Jiménez Sastre (6 February 1971 – 6 December 2003) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. During his career he excelled as a climbing specialist, climber, winning numerous mountain stages. His nickname was ''El Chava ...

* Ruben Aveiro *

Teodoro Fernández Teodoro "Lolo" Fernández Meyzán (20 May 1913 – 17 September 1996) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward. All his football work was carried out as a player of the Universitario de Deportes of the Peruvian First Div ...

* Anibal Ciocca 1 goal * Juan Carlos Heredia *

Adolfo Pedernera Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera (15 November 1918 – 12 May 1995) was an Argentine football player and coach. Nicknamed "El Maestro" ("The Teacher"), he was widely considered to be one of the best world football players in the 1940s and one of the gr ...

* Sandoval * Cláudio * Servílio * Tim * Benito Armingol * Armando Contreras * Marino Alcívar * * Gorgonio Ibarrola * Eduardo Mingo * Vicente Sánchez *

Luis Guzmán Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over 40 years and includes a number of films and television series. He has appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's films ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), ''Magnolia (film), Magn ...

* Quiñónez *

Adelfo Magallanes Adelfo Magallanes Campos (29 August 1910 – 16 January 1988) was a Peruvian footballer. He was part of the first golden era of the Peru national football team. Playing career Club Born in Cañete, Magallanes developed his footballing skills a ...

* Chirimini * Schubert Gambetta *

Obdulio Varela Obdulio Jacinto Muiños Varela (; September 20, 1917 — August 2, 1996) was a Uruguayan people, Uruguayan association football, football player. He was the captain (association football), captain of the Uruguay national football team, Uruguay n ...

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