1922 South American Championship play-off

1922 South American Championship play-off

Estádio das Laranjeiras, venue of the match
Event	1922 South American Championship
Brazil Paraguay 3 0
Date	November 6, 1922
Venue	Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro
Referee	Servando Pérez (Argentina)
Attendance	20,000

The 1922 South American Championship play-off was a match held between Brazil and Paraguay to determine the winner of the 1922 South American Championship, the 6th edition of this continental championship. It was held on November 6, 1922, at Estádio das Laranjeiras of Rio de Janeiro. At the end of the regular tournament, those two teams, along with Uruguay, were tied for the first place, but Uruguay withdrew from competing further.

Brazil won the match 3–0. With this victory, the team won its second continental title.

Background

Main article: 1922 South American Championship

Brazil		Round	Paraguay
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Chile	1–1	Match 1	Brazil	1–1
Paraguay	1–1	Match 2	Chile	3–0
Uruguay	0–0	Match 3	Uruguay	1–0
Argentina	2–0	Match 4	Argentina	0–2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil 4 1 3 0 4 2 +2 5 Paraguay 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 5 Uruguay 4 2 1 1 3 1 +2 5 Argentina 4 2 0 2 6 3 +3 4 Chile 4 0 1 3 1 10 −9 1

Notes

• Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay finished tied on points so a final round should have been played to decide the champion. As Uruguay withdrew, Brazil and Paraguay played a final match.

Match details

November 6, 1922

Brazil	3–0	Paraguay
Neco 11' Formiga 48', 89'	Report

Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Servando Pérez (Argentina)

Brazil

Paraguay

GK		Kuntz
RB		Palamone
LB		Barthô
RH		Laís
CH		Fortes
LH		Amílcar
OR		Formiga
IR		Neco
CF		Heitor Dominguez
IL		Tatú
OL		Rodrigues
Manager:
Laís

GK		Modesto Denis
RB		Ramón González
LB		Venancio Paredes
RH		Roque Centurión
CH		Manuel Fleitas Solich
LH		Luis Fretes
OR		Isidoro Benítez
IR		Luciano Capdevila
CF		Daniel Schaerer
IL		Ildefonso López
OL		Gerardo Rivas
Manager:
Manuel Fleitas Solich

Aftermath

Brazil are the champions only because the tournament was held in Brazil

— Argentine magazine El Gráfico N° 174, 1922,