NB: tournament for the 11 top level clubs, divided over two groups playing a round
robin at neutral venues, with the group winners playing the final.
Group A
[Mar 21]
River Plate 6-2 Libertad [at Olimpia]
Cerro Porte�o 3-0 Sportivo Luque�o [at Olimpia]
[Mar 23]
Sol de Am�rica 2-1 Presidente Hayes [at Cerro Porte�o]
[Mar 28]
River Plate 2-2 Sol de Am�rica [at Cerro Porte�o]
[Apr 1]
River Plate 6-4 Presidente Hayes [at Cerro Porte�o]
Libertad 5-1 Cerro Porte�o [at Olimpia]
[Apr 6]
Cerro Porte�o 2-0 Sol de Am�rica [at Olimpia]
Sportivo Luque�o 2-1 Libertad [at Olimpia]
[Apr 11]
Cerro Porte�o 3-0 Presidente Hayes [at Olimpia]
Sportivo Luque�o 4-1 Sol de Am�rica [at Olimpia]
[Apr 22]
Cerro Porte�o 2-2 River Plate [at LPF]
Presidente Hayes 5-3 Libertad [at LPF]
[Apr 24]
Presidente Hayes 4-2 Sportivo Luque�o [at LPF]
[Apr 26]
River Plate 4-3 Sportivo Luque�o [at Olimpia]
Libertad 4-2 Sol de Am�rica [at Olimpia]
Final Table:
1.River Plate 5 3 2 0 20-13 8 Final
2.Cerro Porte�o 5 3 1 1 11- 7 7
3.Libertad 5 2 0 3 15-16 4
4.Presidente Hayes 5 2 0 3 14-16 4
5.Sportivo Luque�o 5 2 0 3 11-13 4
6.Sol de Am�rica 5 1 1 3 7-13 3
Group B
[Mar 18]
Olimpia 2-1 Nacional [at LPF]
[Mar 23]
Tembetary 3-0 San Lorenzo [at Cerro Porte�o]
[Mar 25]
Guaran� 1-1 Nacional [at LPF]
[Mar 28]
Tembetary 2-1 Olimpia [at Cerro Porte�o]
[Mar 30]
Guaran� 4-4 San Lorenzo [at Olimpia]
[Apr 1]
Nacional 5-1 Tembetary [at Cerro Porte�o]
[Apr 8]
Guaran� 2-1 Olimpia [at LPF]
[Apr 13]
San Lorenzo 3-0 Olimpia [at Cerro Porte�o]
[Apr 17]
Guaran� 0-0 Tembetary [at Olimpia]
Nacional 2-2 San Lorenzo [at Olimpia]
Final Table:
1.Guaran� 4 1 3 0 7- 6 5 Playoff
2.Tembetary 4 2 1 1 6- 6 5 Playoff
3.Nacional 4 1 2 1 9- 6 4
4.San Lorenzo 4 1 2 1 9- 9 4
5.Olimpia 4 1 0 3 4- 8 2
Playoff for First Place [Apr 29, at LPF]
Tembetary 3-1 Guaran�
NB: Tembetary winners group B and qualified to final
Final [May 6, at LPF]
Tembetary 4-4 River Plate [aet, 2-2 after 90']
Final Replay [May 13, at LPF]
River Plate 4-3 Tembetary
Final Table: 1.Olimpia 20 15 4 1 50-22 34 Champions 2.Nacional 20 14 3 3 63-31 31 3.River Plate 20 12 4 4 45-31 28 4.Cerro Porte�o 20 7 9 4 39-31 23 5.Guaran� 20 5 8 7 33-27 18 6.Libertad 20 4 8 8 38-43 16 7.Tembetary 20 4 8 8 30-43 16 8.San Lorenzo 20 5 5 10 31-44 15 9.Presidente Hayes 20 5 5 10 36-49 15 10.Sportivo Luque�o 20 5 4 11 25-41 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Sol de Am�rica 20 3 4 13 22-50 10 Relegation Playoff Round 1 [May 27] Olimpia 3-2 River Plate [at LPF] Sportivo Luque�o 3-0 Sol de Am�rica Guaran� 1-2 Presidente Hayes Nacional 6-2 Tembetary Libertad 3-1 San Lorenzo Cerro Porte�o bye Round 2 [Jun 3] Sol de Am�rica 1-1 Cerro Porte�o Nacional 1-1 Guaran� Presidente Hayes 3-2 Tembetary San Lorenzo 1-2 Sportivo Luque�o River Plate 1-0 Libertad Olimpia bye Round 3 [Jun 9] Libertad 1-3 Nacional Tembetary 2-2 Sportivo Luque�o [Jun 10] Cerro Porte�o 1-0 River Plate [at LPF] [Jun 12] Guaran� 0-1 Olimpia [at LPF] Sol de Am�rica 0-1 San Lorenzo Presidente Hayes bye Round 4 [Jun 17] Sportivo Luque�o 2-0 Cerro Porte�o [at LPF] Nacional 4-0 San Lorenzo Olimpia 2-0 Presidente Hayes River Plate 3-0 Sol de Am�rica Libertad 2-2 Guaran� Tembetary bye Round 5 [Jun 24] Presidente Hayes 2-2 Libertad Nacional 3-1 Sportivo Luque�o [at LPF] Olimpia 5-0 Sol de Am�rica Tembetary 1-1 Cerro Porte�o San Lorenzo 1-2 River Plate Guaran� bye Round 6 [Jun 30] Sol de Am�rica 2-0 Presidente Hayes [at LPF] [Jul 1] San Lorenzo 1-2 Olimpia [at LPF] Cerro Porte�o 1-2 Nacional Sportivo Luque�o 1-3 Guaran� Tembetary 1-1 River Plate Libertad bye Round 7 [Jul 7] Libertad 0-2 Sol de Am�rica [Jul 8] Presidente Hayes 1-1 River Plate Nacional 3-3 Olimpia Guaran� 2-3 Tembetary San Lorenzo 1-1 Cerro Porte�o Sportivo Luque�o bye Round 8 [Jul 14] River Plate 3-7 Nacional [at LPF] [Jul 15] Sportivo Luque�o 2-0 Libertad Olimpia 1-1 Tembetary Cerro Porte�o 1-1 Guaran� Presidente Hayes 0-1 San Lorenzo Sol de Am�rica bye Round 9 [Jul 21] Nacional 4-2 Presidente Hayes [at LPF] [Jul 22] Olimpia 2-1 Sportivo Luque�o San Lorenzo 2-0 Tembetary Guaran� 1-1 Sol de Am�rica Libertad 0-0 Cerro Porte�o [at LPF] River Plate bye Round 10 [Jul 28] Libertad 0-2 Tembetary Presidente Hayes 4-1 Sportivo Luque�o Sol de Am�rica 0-3 Nacional [at LPF] [Jul 29] Cerro Porte�o 2-1 Olimpia [at LPF] River Plate 2-0 Guaran� San Lorenzo bye Round 11 [Aug 4] Tembetary 2-3 Sol de Am�rica [Aug 5] Olimpia 5-1 Libertad Presidente Hayes 2-6 Cerro Porte�o Sportivo Luque�o 2-3 River Plate Guaran� 2-2 San Lorenzo Nacional bye Halfway Table: 1.Nacional 10 8 2 0 36-14 18 2.Olimpia 10 7 2 1 25-11 16 3.River Plate 10 5 2 3 18-16 12 4.Cerro Porte�o 10 3 5 2 14-11 11 5.Sportivo Luque�o 10 4 1 5 17-18 9 6.Tembetary 10 2 4 4 16-21 8 7.Presidente Hayes 10 3 2 5 16-22 8 8.San Lorenzo 10 3 2 5 11-16 8 9.Sol de Am�rica 10 3 2 5 9-19 8 10.Guaran� 10 1 5 4 13-16 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Libertad 10 1 3 6 9-20 5 Round 12 [Aug 19] Sol de Am�rica 1-3 Sportivo Luque�o [at Nacional] Tembetary 1-1 Nacional Presidente Hayes 1-1 Guaran� San Lorenzo 3-3 Libertad River Plate 3-3 Olimpia Cerro Porte�o bye Round 13 [Aug 26] Cerro Porte�o 4-4 Sol de Am�rica Guaran� 1-2 Nacional [at LPF] Tembetary 1-3 Presidente Hayes Sportivo Luque�o 0-3 San Lorenzo Libertad 3-3 River Plate Olimpia bye Round 14 [Sep 2] Nacional 3-5 Libertad [at LPF] Sportivo Luque�o 1-1 Tembetary Olimpia 2-1 Guaran� San Lorenzo 1-1 Sol de Am�rica River Plate 0-2 Cerro Porte�o Presidente Hayes bye Round 15 [Sep 8] Nacional 3-1 San Lorenzo [at LPF] [Sep 9] Presidente Hayes 1-3 Olimpia Sol de Am�rica 0-1 River Plate [at Cerro Porte�o] [Sep 10] Guaran� 3-0 Libertad Cerro Porte�o 2-1 Sportivo Luque�o [at LPF] Tembetary bye Round 16 [Sep 15] Sol de Am�rica 1-2 Olimpia [at LPF] [Sep 16] Cerro Porte�o 3-2 Tembetary Sportivo Luque�o 0-8 Nacional [at LPF] Libertad 4-1 Presidente Hayes River Plate 7-3 San Lorenzo Guaran� bye Round 17 [Sep 23] River Plate 2-1 Tembetary Nacional 2-1 Cerro Porte�o Guaran� 1-0 Sportivo Luque�o Olimpia 3-1 San Lorenzo Presidente Hayes 2-1 Sol de Am�rica Libertad bye Round 18 [Oct 6] River Plate 4-2 Presidente Hayes Sol de Am�rica 2-9 Libertad [at LPF] Cerro Porte�o 4-0 San Lorenzo [Nov 10 (postponed from Oct 6 due to rain)] Tembetary 0-6 Guaran� [at LPF] [Nov 11 (postponed from Oct 6 due to rain)] Nacional 2-3 Olimpia [at LPF] Sportivo Luque�o bye Round 19 [Oct 12] Nacional 1-4 River Plate [at LPF] Guaran� 1-1 Cerro Porte�o Libertad 1-1 Sportivo Luque�o San Lorenzo 4-2 Presidente Hayes [Oct 13] Tembetary 1-1 Olimpia Sol de Am�rica bye Round 20 [Oct 20] Sol de Am�rica 1-3 Guaran� [Oct 21] Cerro Porte�o 2-2 Libertad [at LPF] Tembetary 2-1 San Lorenzo Presidente Hayes 1-2 Nacional Sportivo Luque�o 0-2 Olimpia River Plate bye Round 21 [Oct 27] Tembetary 2-2 Libertad Guaran� 0-1 River Plate [Oct 28] Olimpia 3-1 Cerro Porte�o [at LPF] Nacional 3-0 Sol de Am�rica Sportivo Luque�o 2-2 Presidente Hayes San Lorenzo bye Round 22 [Nov 1] River Plate 2-0 Sportivo Luque�o [Nov 3] Sol de Am�rica 2-3 Tembetary Cerro Porte�o 5-5 Presidente Hayes [Nov 4] Libertad 0-3 Olimpia [at LPF] San Lorenzo 3-3 Guaran� Nacional bye Final Table: 1.Olimpia 20 15 4 1 50-22 34 Champions 2.Nacional 20 14 3 3 63-31 31 3.River Plate 20 12 4 4 45-31 28 4.Cerro Porte�o 20 7 9 4 39-31 23 5.Guaran� 20 5 8 7 33-27 18 6.Libertad 20 4 8 8 38-43 16 7.Tembetary 20 4 8 8 30-43 16 8.San Lorenzo 20 5 5 10 31-44 15 9.Presidente Hayes 20 5 5 10 36-49 15 10.Sportivo Luque�o 20 5 4 11 25-41 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Sol de Am�rica 20 3 4 13 22-50 10 Relegation Playoff Topscorers: 18 Cecilio Mart�nez (Nacional) 15 Ram�n Rodr�guez (River Plate) 13 Ayala (Libertad) Juan Graciano Gonz�lez (Sportivo Luque�o) Avelino Guill�n (Tembetary) 12 Teobaldo Melgarejo (Presidente Hayes) 11 Juan Ayala (Cerro Porte�o) F�lix Ar�mbulo (Olimpia) Promotion/Relegation Playoff First Leg [Nov 28] Sol de Am�rica 3-0 General Caballero [at Cerro Porte�o] Second Leg [Dec 8] General Caballero 2-2 Sol de Am�rica [at Cerro Porte�o] NB: both remain at former level
NB: the top-5 of the league season automatically qualified for the Copa Asunci�n 1963;
the teams which finished 6th to 10th play off for one more place in the tournament
Round 1 [Nov 20, at Cerro Porte�o]
Sportivo Luque�o 4-1 Tembetary
Presidente Hayes 2-0 Libertad
San Lorenzo bye
Round 2 [Nov 23, at Olimpia]
Tembetary 3-2 Presidente Hayes
San Lorenzo 3-1 Sportivo Luque�o
Libertad bye
Round 3 [Nov 27, at Cerro Porte�o]
San Lorenzo 3-1 Libertad
Presidente Hayes 3-3 Sportivo Luque�o
Tembetary bye
Round 4 [Nov 30, at Olimpia]
San Lorenzo 3-3 Presidente Hayes [points awarded to San Lorenzo as Presidente Hayes
Libertad 0-3 Tembetary used two ineligible players]
Sportivo Luque�o bye
Round 5 [Dec 5, at Cerro Porte�o]
Tembetary 1-0 San Lorenzo [points awarded to San Lorenzo as Tembetary used
Libertad 1-1 Sportivo Luque�o an ineligible player]
Presidente Hayes bye
NB: the decision on the two awarded matches involving San Lorenzo was taken in January 1963
Final Table:
1.San Lorenzo 4 4 0 0 9- 6 8 Copa Asunci�n 1963
2.Tembetary 4 2 0 2 8- 6 4
3.Sportivo Luque�o 4 1 2 1 9- 8 4
4.Presidente Hayes 4 1 1 2 10- 9 3
5.Libertad 4 0 1 3 2- 9 1
Champions: General Caballero de Zeballos Cu� (not promoted following playoff)
Champions: Independiente de Campo Grande
Sources: La Tribuna, [Bes 96] (for lower division data)
Prepared and maintained by Carlos Dar�o Torres for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Carlos Dar�o Torres
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Last updated: 31 Aug 2017
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