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- Host country
- Uruguay
- Dates
- 30 September – 14 October
- Venue s
- Parque Pereira , Montevideo
- Champions
- Uruguay (2nd title)
- Runners up
- Argentina
- Third place
- Brazil
- Fourth place
- Chile
- Goals scored
- 21 (3.5 per match)
- Attendance
- 128,000 (21,333 per match)
- Top scorer
- Ángel Romano (4 goals)
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The 1917 South American Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano 1917, Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano de 1917) was the second international association football championship for members of the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL). Hosted by Uruguay, the competition ran from 30 September – 14 October 1917 and was contested by the national teams of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
Hosts and defending champions Uruguay successfully retained their title after defeating Argentina 1–0 in the final and decisive match of the round-robin tournament.
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