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1953 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Dates	22 February – 1 April
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Paraguay (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	67 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Francisco Molina (7 goals)
← 1949 1955 →

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 7 goals.

Squads

Venues

Lima
Estadio Nacional de Lima
Capacity: 50,000

Final round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	6	4	0	2	15	6	+9	8
Paraguay	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	8
Uruguay	6	3	1	2	15	6	+9	7
Chile	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	7
Peru	6	3	1	2	4	6	−2	7
Bolivia	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9	3
Ecuador	6	0	2	4	1	13	−12	2

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Play-off

Result

1953 South American Championship champions
Paraguay 1st title

Goal scorers

7 Goals

• Molina

5 Goals

• Julinho

4 Goals

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

References

External links

• South American Championship 1953 at RSSSF