Copa América 1949 : Peru beats Uruguay 4-3 to claim Copa América third place

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Posted on 4 May 1949

RIO DE JANEIRO, May. 4, 1949 (AMP) — Brazil 1949 : Peru defeated Uruguay by a score of 4-3 (halftime: 2-0), in a Copa América final round game (Final tournament) on Wednesday. Peru finished third in the 1949 Copa América.

Fixtures and Results : Final tournament

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Overview

Peru at the Copa América

1 title (1939)
9 participations in the qualifications (first in 1927)
Statistics: Champions (1939) Third Place (1927, 1935) Fourth Place (1929, 1941)

Uruguay at the Copa América

8 titles (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942)
20 participations in the qualifications (first in 1916)
Statistics: Champions (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942) Runners-up (1919, 1927, 1939, 1941) Third Place (1921, 1922, 1929, 1937, 1947) Fourth Place (1945, 1946)

Peru

4:3

Uruguay

4:3 (2:0)