1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)

For the earlier tournament, see 1959 South American Championship (Argentina).

1959 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
Dates	December 5 – 25
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (10th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	40 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Sanfilippo (6 goals)

The 1959 South American Championship held in Ecuador was an extra South American Championship for the year. The tournament was contested between five teams; Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Peru did not participate; Brazil attended with a team from Pernambuco. Uruguay won their 10th South American title.

Format

The format was same as other tournaments; it was a round-robin tournament, awarding two points for a win, one for a draw, and nothing for a defeat. The team with the most points at the end was declared the tournament winner.

Venues

Guayaquil
Estadio Modelo
Capacity: 42,000

Standings

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

Matches

Brazil v Paraguay

December 5, 1959

Brazil	3–2	Paraguay
Paulo 25', 39' Zé de Mello 55'		Parodi 72' Benítez 90'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Carlos Ceballos (Ecuador)

Uruguay v Ecuador

December 6, 1959

Uruguay	4–0	Ecuador
Silveira 1' (pen.) Escalada 28' Bergara 46' Pérez 52'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Argentina v Paraguay

December 9, 1959

Argentina	4–2	Paraguay
Sanfilippo 8', 57', 89' (pen.) Pizzuti 81'		Insfrán 30' Cabral 90'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

Uruguay v Brazil

December 12, 1959

Uruguay	3–0	Brazil
Escalada 49' Bergara 67' Sasía 75'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Ecuador v Argentina

December 12, 1959

Ecuador	1–1	Argentina
Raffo 20'		Sosa 62'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (Brazil)

Uruguay v Argentina

December 16, 1959

Uruguay	5–0	Argentina
Silveira 9' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Bergara 15', 64' Sasía 25'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (Brazil)

Brazil v Ecuador

December 19, 1959

Brazil	3–1	Ecuador
Paulo 23' Geraldo 42' Zé de Mello 45'		Raffo 12'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

Argentina v Brazil

December 22, 1959

Argentina	4–1	Brazil
García 2' Sanfilippo 27', 89', 90'		Geraldo 64'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

Paraguay v Uruguay

December 22, 1959

Paraguay	1–1	Uruguay
Parodi 32'		Sasía 88'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Ecuador v Paraguay

December 25, 1959

Ecuador	3–1	Paraguay
Spencer 16' Balseca 25' Cañarte 74'		Gómez 5' (o.g.)

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (Brazil)

Result

1959 South American Championship Champions
Uruguay 10th title

Goalscorers

With six goals, José Sanfilippo of Argentina is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 40 goals were scored by 21 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

6 goals

José Sanfilippo

4 goals

Mario Ludovico Bergara

3 goals

Paulo Pisaneschi
Alcides Silveira
José Sasía

2 goals

Geraldo José da Silva
Zé de Mello
Carlos Alberto Raffo
José Parodi
Guillermo Escalada

1 goal

Climaco Cañarte
José Vicente Balseca
Eligio Antonio Insfrán

Genaro Benítez
Pedro Antonio Cabral
Domingo Pérez

Own goal

Rómulo Gómez (playing against Paraguay)

External links

South American Championship 1959 at RSSSF

Copa América

Tournaments	Argentina 1916 Uruguay 1917 Brazil 1919 Chile 1920 Argentina 1921 Brazil 1922 Uruguay 1923 Uruguay 1924 Argentina 1925 Chile 1926 Peru 1927 Argentina 1929 Peru 1935 Argentina 1937 Peru 1939 Chile 1941 Uruguay 1942 Chile 1945 Argentina 1946 Ecuador 1947 Brazil 1949 Peru 1953 Chile 1955 Uruguay 1956 Peru 1957 Argentina 1959 Ecuador 1959 Bolivia 1963 Uruguay 1967 1975 (No fixed venue) 1979 (No fixed venue) 1983 (No fixed venue) Argentina 1987 Brazil 1989 Chile 1991 Ecuador 1993 Uruguay 1995 Bolivia 1997 Paraguay 1999 Colombia 2001 Peru 2004 Venezuela 2007 Argentina 2011 Chile 2015 United States 2016 (Centenario) Brazil 2019 Ecuador 2023

Finals	1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2004 2007 2011 2015 2016

Squads	1916 1917 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1929 1935 1937 1939 1941 1942 1945 1946 1947 1949 1953 1955 1956 1957 1959 ARG ECU 1963 1967 1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2004 2007 2011 2015 2016

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