The 1922 South American Championship (, ) was the sixth international association football championship for members of the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL). Hosted by Brazil, the competition ran from 17 September – 6 November 1922 and was contested by the national teams of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
After the completion of the round-robin tournament, three teams – Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – were tied level on points. With no tiebreaking criteria, a series of play-offs was to be organised to decide the champion. However, Uruguay withdrew in protest at refereeing decisions so Brazil and Paraguay played for the title. Brazil won the play-off 3–0 to win the championships for the second time.
Background
In 1910, the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) organised a tournament to mark the 100th anniversary of the May Revolution. The Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo was contested by the national teams of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay and is considered to be a precursor to the South American Championship. Six years later, the AFA organised a second tournament, this time to celebrate the centenary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence. Alongside the three who had contested the Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo, Brazil were invited to compete and the South American Championship was born. During the competition, the four associations of the competing teams met on 9 July 1916 and founded the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL).
Argentina were the defending champions having won the 1921 edition after defeating Uruguay 1–0 in the final match of the competition. Uruguay were the most successful team in the history of the competition having won the three of the first five editions.
Format
The tournament was played as a round-robin where each team would play all of the others once. The winner would be decided by the total number of points obtained across all matches played. Should two or more teams be tied with the greatest number of points, a play-off would be organised to decide the winner.
Participants
Squads
Venue
All matches were held at the Estádio de Laranjeiras in Rio de Janeiro.