Number of played matches : 29
Number of players : 758
Number of differents players : 157
Number of differents strikers : 58
Number of penalties : 11
Total of goals 1949 : 135
Average 1949 : 4.66 goals by match
Better attack 1949 : Brazil with 46 goals
Better striker 1949 : Jair (Brazil) with 9 goals
Benitez.Jorge (Paraguay) marked 4 goals during the match of 1st turn Bolivia-Paraguay (0-7) in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Saturday april 30, 1949
Nininho (Brazil) marked 3 goals during the match of 1st turn Bolivia-Brazil (1-10) in Sao Paulo (Brazil) Sunday april 10, 1949
Arce.D (Paraguay) marked 3 goals during the match of 1st turn Chile-Paraguay (2-4) in Sao Paulo (Brazil) Wednesday april 27, 1949
Ademir (Brazil) marked 3 goals during the final Brazil-Paraguay (7-0) in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Wednesday may 11, 1949
The 100th goal of Chile in the Copa America was marked by Cremaschi.A at the 88' of the 1st turn Chile-Uruguay (3-1) Sunday May 8, 1949 in Belo Horizonte
The 100th goal of Paraguay in the Copa America was marked by Benitez.Jorge at the 67' of the 1st turn Chile-Paraguay (2-4) Wednesday April 27, 1949 in Sao Paulo
The st turn Argentina-Ecuador (12-0) of Thursday January 22, 1942 in Montevideo (Uruguay) constitutes the to date highest score: 12 goals. Three matches finished with 11 goals : 1st turn Brazil-Ecuador (9-2) of Wednesday February 21,1945 in Santiago (Chile), 1st turn Boliva-Brazil (1-12) of Sunday April 10,1949 in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and the 1st turn Argentina-Venezuela (11-0) of Sunday August 10,1975 in Rosario (Argentina)
The greatest number of goals marked in a final is 7 Wednesday May 11, 1949 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), between Brazil and Paraguay (7-0) : Ademir (17', 27' and 48'), Tesourinha (43' and 70') and Jair (72' and 89')
Mendez.N (Argentina) and Zizinho (Brazil) with for Mendez.N (6 in 1945, 5 in 1946 and 6 in 1947) and for Zizinho (2 in 1942, 2 in 1945, 5 in 1946, 5 in 1949, 1 in 1953 and 2 in 1957) are the best strikers in Copa America
Better strikers in only one Copa America Jair (Brazil) in 1949, Ambrois.J (Uruguay) in 1957 and Maschio.U (Argentina) in 1957 with 9 goals
Brazil in 1949 (Brazil) is the team which marked the most goals in a world cup with 46 goals including 9 goals of Jair which finishes better striker of the Copa America
Ademir (Brazil) is the only player to date to have marked 3 goals at the time of a final : Brazil-Paraguay (7-0) Wednesday May 11, 1949