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{{Short description|Football tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = South American Championship
| country = Argentina
| year = 1937
| dates = 27 December 1936 – 1 February 1937
| num_teams = 6
| confederations = 1
| venues = 2
| cities = 1
| champion= Argentina
| champion-flagvar = 
| count = 5
| second = Brazil
| second-flagvar = 1889
| third = Uruguay
| fourth = Paraguay
| fourth-flagvar = 1842
| matches = 16
| goals = 69
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Raúl Toro Julio|Raúl Toro]]<br /> (7 goals)
| prevseason = [[1935 South American Championship|1935]]
| nextseason = [[1939 South American Championship|1939]]
}}
[[File:Copa america 1937.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Argentina squad]]

The fourteenth edition of the '''South American Championship''' of football was held in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] from 27 December 1936 to 1 February 1937.

The participating countries were [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[Chile national football team|Chile]], [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]], [[Peru national football team|Peru]], and [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] thus making this the first edition in which more than five teams took part of the event.

[[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]], and [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] (a new [[CONMEBOL]] member) withdrew from the tournament.

Because of the summer heat, most of the matches were played at night, with [[Estadio Gasómetro]] being one of the few stadiums in Argentina with artificial lighting at the time, while other games were played during daytime at [[Estadio Alvear y Tagle]].<ref name=a80>[http://xenen.com.ar/2017/02/05/copa-america-1937-a-80-anos-de-una-final-historica/ Copa América: a 80 años de una final histórica] on Xenen</ref>

==Squads==
For a complete list of participants squads see: ''[[1937 South American Championship squads]]''

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | [[Buenos Aires]]
|-
| [[Estadio Gasómetro|Estadio Gasómetro de Boedo]]
| [[Estadio Alvear y Tagle]]
| [[Estadio Brandsen y Del Crucero]]
|-
| Capacity: '''75,000'''
| Capacity: '''40,000'''
| Capacity: '''25,000'''
|-
| [[File:El Gasometro.JPG|150px]]
| [[File:Estadio Alvear y Tagle.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Boca stadium 1925.jpg|150px]]
|}

==Final round==
Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! width=165 | Team
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
| align=left | {{fb|ARG}}
|5||4||0||1||12||5||+7||'''8'''
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
| align=left | {{fb|BRA|1889}}
|5||4||0||1||17||9||+8||'''8'''
|- align=center
| align=left | {{fb|URU}}
|5||2||0||3||11||14||−3||'''4'''
|- align=center
| align=left | {{fb|PAR|1842}}
|5||2||0||3||8||16||−8||'''4'''
|- align=center
| align=left | {{fb|CHI}}
|5||1||1||3||12||13||−1||'''3'''
|- align=center
| align=left | {{fb|PER|1884}}
|5||1||1||3||7||10||−3||'''3'''
|}

As [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] and [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] finished tied in points, a playoff was required to determine the champion.

{{football box
| date = 27 December 1936
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}
| score = 3–2
| team2 = {{fb|PER|1884}}
| goals1 = [[Roberto Emílio da Cunha|Roberto]] {{goal|7}} <br /> [[Afonso Guimarães da Silva|Afonsinho]] {{goal|30}} <br /> [[Niginho]] {{goal|57}}
| goals2 = [[Teodoro Fernández|T. Fernández]] {{goal|55}} <br /> [[Alejandro Villanueva (footballer)|Villanueva]] {{goal|58}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = Alfredo Vargas ([[Chile]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 30 December 1936
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
| score = 2–1
| team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
| goals1 = [[Francisco Varallo|Varallo]] {{goal|30||43}}
| goals2 = [[Raúl Toro Julio|Toro]] {{goal|73}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = Aníbal Tejada ([[Uruguay]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 2 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1842}}
| score = 4–2
| team2 = {{fb|URU}}
| goals1 = [[Amadeo Ortega|A. Ortega]] {{goal|9||79}} <br /> [[Aurelio González (footballer)|A. González]] {{goal|35}} <br /> [[Arsenio Erico|Erico]] {{goal|38|pen.}}
| goals2 = [[Severino Varela|Varela]] {{goal|16||28}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = Virgílio Antônio Fedrighi ([[Brazil]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 3 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}
| score = 6–4
| team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
| goals1 = [[Rodolpho Barteczko|Patesko]] {{goal|2||26}} <br /> [[Carvalho Leite]] {{goal|6}} <br /> [[Luíz Mesquita de Oliveira|Luisinho]] {{goal|35||40}} <br /> [[Roberto Emílio da Cunha|Roberto]] {{goal|68}}
| goals2 = [[José Avendaño|Avendaño]] {{goal|19}} <br /> [[Raúl Toro Julio|Toro]] {{goal|25||73}} <br /> [[Guillermo Riveros|Riveros]] {{goal|40}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Brandsen y Del Crucero]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = José Bartolomé Macías ([[Argentina]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 6 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
| score = 4–2
| team2 = {{fb|PER|1884}}
| goals1 = [[Adelaido Camaití|Camaití]] {{goal|16}} <br /> [[Severino Varela|Varela]] {{goal|31||56}} <br /> [[Juan Píriz|Píriz]] {{goal|79}}
| goals2 = [[Teodoro Fernández|T. Fernández]] {{goal|29}} <br /> [[Adolfo Magallanes|Magallanes]] {{goal|40}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = Alfredo Vargas ([[Chile]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 9 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
| score = 6–1
| team2 = {{fb|PAR|1842}}
| goals1 = [[Alejandro Scopelli|Scopelli]] {{goal|5||54}} <br /> [[Enrique García (Argentine footballer)|García]] {{goal|8}} <br /> [[Alberto Zozaya|Zozaya]] {{goal|33||75||82}}
| goals2 = [[Aurelio González (footballer)|A. González]] {{goal|86}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = Aníbal Tejada ([[Uruguay]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 10 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
| score = 0–3
| team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Raúl Toro Julio|Toro]] {{goal|17||83}} <br /> [[Manuel Arancibia|Arancibia]] {{goal|59}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = José Bartolomé Macías ([[Argentina]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 13 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}
| score = 5–0
| team2 = {{fb|PAR|1842}}
| goals1 = [[Rodolpho Barteczko|Patesko]] {{goal|31||67}} <br /> [[Luíz Mesquita de Oliveira|Luisinho]] {{goal|42||51}} <br /> [[Carvalho Leite]] {{goal|59}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = José Bartolomé Macías ([[Argentina]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 16 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fb|PER|1884}}
| goals1 = [[Alberto Zozaya|Zozaya]] {{goal|55}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = Aníbal Tejada ([[Uruguay]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 17 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1842}}
| score = 3–2
| team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
| goals1 = [[Juan Amarilla|Amarilla]] {{goal|5}} <br /> [[Martín Flor|Flor]] {{goal|47}} <br /> [[Raúl Núñez Velloso|Núñez Velloso]] {{goal|78}}
| goals2 = [[Raúl Toro Julio|Toro]] {{goal|8||32}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = Aníbal Tejada ([[Uruguay]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 19 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}
| score = 3–2
| team2 = {{fb|URU}}
| goals1 = [[Carvalho Leite]] {{goal|36}} <br /> [[Bahia (footballer, born 1910)|Bahia]] {{goal|72}} <br /> [[Niginho]] {{goal|77}}
| goals2 = [[Segundo Villadóniga|Villadóniga]] {{goal|1}} <br /> [[Juan Píriz|Píriz]] {{goal|66}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = José Bartolomé Macías ([[Argentina]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 21 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PER|1884}}
| score = 2–2
| team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
| goals1 = [[Jorge Alcalde|J. Alcalde]] {{goal|1||26}}
| goals2 = [[Guillermo Torres (footballer)|Torres]] {{goal|16}} <br /> [[Manuel Arancibia|Arancibia]] {{goal|70}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = José Bartolomé Macías ([[Argentina]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 23 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
| score = 2–3
| team2 = {{fb|URU}}
| goals1 = [[Francisco Varallo|Varallo]] {{goal|63}} <br /> [[Alberto Zozaya|Zozaya]] {{goal|68}}
| goals2 = [[Eduardo Ithurbide|Ithurbide]] {{goal|5}} <br /> [[Juan Píriz|Píriz]] {{goal|51}} <br /> [[Severino Varela|Varela]] {{goal|58}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = Alfredo Vargas ([[Chile]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 24 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1842}}
| score = 0–1
| team2 = {{fb|PER|1884}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = [[Adolfo Magallanes|Magallanes]] {{goal|84}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Alvear y Tagle]]<ref name=peru-paraguay>{{cite web | last = Behr | first = Raul | title = Un histórico flash | url = http://dechalaca.com/informes/curiosidades/un-historico-flash | publisher = Dechalaca.com | access-date = 16 October 2012 | language = es}}</ref>, [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = Aníbal Tejada ([[Uruguay]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 30 January 1937
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fb|BRA|1889}}
| goals1 = [[Enrique García (Argentine footballer)|García]] {{goal|48}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = Aníbal Tejada ([[Uruguay]])
}}

===Play-off===
{{main|1937 South American Championship Final}}

{{football box
| date = 1 February 1937<ref>{{cite book|last=Oliver|first=Guy|title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer|page =555|year=1992|publisher=Guinness publishing|isbn=0-85112-954-4}}</ref>
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
| score = 2–0
| aet = yes
| team2 = {{fb|BRA|1889}}
| goals1 = [[Vicente de la Mata|De la Mata]] {{goal|108||112}}
| goals2 =
| attendance = 80,000
| stadium = [[Estadio Gasómetro]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = Aníbal Tejada ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])
}}

==Result==
{{Winners|fb|1937 South American Championship champions|Argentina|Fifth}}

==Goal scorers==
[[File:Ra%C3%BAl_Toro_Julio.jpg|thumb|120px|Raúl Toro, top scorer]]
'''7 goals'''
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Raúl Toro Julio|Raúl Toro]]
'''5 goals'''
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alberto Zozaya]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Severino Varela]]
{{div col end}}

'''4 goals'''
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Luíz Mesquita de Oliveira|Luisinho]]
* {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Rodolpho Barteczko|Patesko]]
{{div col end}}

'''3 goals'''
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Francisco Varallo]]
* {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Carvalho Leite]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Juan Píriz]]
{{div col end}}

'''2 goals'''
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Vicente de la Mata]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Enrique García (Argentine footballer)|Enrique García]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alejandro Scopelli]]
* {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Niginho]]
* {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Roberto Emílio da Cunha|Roberto]]
* {{flagicon|PAR|1842}} [[Aurelio González (footballer)|Aurelio González]]
* {{flagicon|PAR|1842}} Amadeo Ortega
* {{flagicon|PER|1884}} [[Teodoro Fernández]]
* {{flagicon|PER|1884}} [[Jorge Alcalde]]
{{div col end}}

'''1 goal'''
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Afonso Guimarães da Silva|Afonsinho]]
* {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Antônio Almeida|Bahia]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} Manuel Arancibia
* {{flagicon|CHI}} José Avendaño
* {{flagicon|CHI}} Arturo Carmona
* {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Guillermo Riveros]]
* {{flagicon|CHI}} Guillermo Torres
* {{flagicon|PAR|1842}} Juan Amarilla
* {{flagicon|PAR|1842}} Adolfo Erico
* {{flagicon|PAR|1842}} Martín Flor
* {{flagicon|PAR|1842}} Raúl Núñez Velloso
* {{flagicon|PER|1884}} [[Alejandro Villanueva (footballer)|Alejandro Villanueva]]
* {{flagicon|PER|1884}} Adolfo Magallanes
* {{flagicon|PER|1884}} Jose Maria Lavalle
* {{flagicon|URU}} Adelaido Camaiti
* {{flagicon|URU}} Eduardo Ithurbide
* {{flagicon|URU}} Segundo Villadóniga
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons cat}}
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/37safull.html South American Championship 1937 at RSSSF]

{{Copa América}}

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