South American Championship

The South American Championship is a continental tournament to determine the top baseball team in South America. While it started in the 1950s, like the Asian Championship and European Championship, it has not been maintained on a regular basis, not being played between 1977 and 2004 and again between 2005 and 2011. In recent years, it has again played regularly.

South American Championships

Year	Host City	Dates	Teams	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1957	São Paulo, Brazil	October 27-October 28	3	Brazil	Peru	Argentina
1959	Santiago de Chile, Chile	February 7-February 15	5	Brazil and  Argentina	Peru	Ecuador
1961	Lima, Peru	March 4-March 12	5	Venezuela	Brazil	Peru
1963	Buenos Aires, Argentina	January 5-January 13	5	Ecuador	Brazil	Peru
1966	Guayaquil, Ecuador	?-December 1	5	Ecuador	Brazil	Peru
1968	São Paulo, Brazil	?	?	Brazil	Argentina	Peru
1970	Antofagasta, Chile		?	Brazil	Argentina	Peru
1971	Lima, Peru	?	?	Brazil	Ecuador	Peru
1973	Buenos Aires, Argentina	?	?	Venezuela	Brazil	Argentina
2004	Buenos Aires, Argentina	November 6-November 13	5	Argentina	Brazil	Ecuador
2005	São Paulo, Brazil	November 26-December 3	5	Brazil	Venezuela	Ecuador
2011	Buenos Aires, Argentina	November 11-November 21	6	Argentina	Ecuador	Brazil
2012	Guayaquil, Ecuador	October 11-October 21	5	Argentina	Ecuador	Peru
2013	Santiago de Chile Chile	September 14-September 21	6	Argentina	Brazil	Ecuador and  Chile
2015	Brazil	February 27-March 9	5	Colombia	Brazil	Peru
2016	Buenos Aires, Argentina	November 5-November 12	6	Brazil	Argentina	Colombia
2018	Buenos Aires, Argentina	April 14-April 21	4	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
2022	Lima, Peru	July 24-July 30	5	Brazil	Argentina	Ecuador
2024	Lima, Peru	November 16-November 23	5	Argentina	Brazil	Chile

MVPs (when known)

• 1963 Ricardo ‘Chico’ Rodríguez, Ecuador
• 2004 Javier Olmos, Argentina P
• 2005 Jô Matumoto, Brazil P
• 2013 Martín Mondino, Argentina IF
• 2015 Efrain Contreras, Colombia OF
• 2016 Felipe Burin, Brazil IF
• 2018 Diego Echeverría, Argentina P
• 2022 Marcelo Arai, Brazil P