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 Porteño 3-0 Sportivo Luqueño [at Olimpia]
[Mar 23]
Sol de América 2-1 Presidente Hayes [at Cerro Porteño]
[Mar 28]
River Plate 2-2 Sol de América [at Cerro Porteño]
[Apr 1]
River Plate 6-4 Presidente Hayes [at Cerro Porteño]
Libertad 5-1 Cerro Porteño [at Olimpia]
[Apr 6]
Cerro Porteño 2-0 Sol de América [at Olimpia]
Sportivo Luqueño 2-1 Libertad [at Olimpia]
[Apr 11]
Cerro Porteño 3-0 Presidente Hayes [at Olimpia]
Sportivo Luqueño 4-1 Sol de América [at Olimpia]
[Apr 22]
Cerro Porteño 2-2 River Plate [at LPF]
Presidente Hayes 5-3 Libertad [at LPF]
[Apr 24]
Presidente Hayes 4-2 Sportivo Luqueño [at LPF]
[Apr 26]
River Plate 4-3 Sportivo Luqueño [at Olimpia]
Libertad 4-2 Sol de América [at Olimpia]
Final Table:
1.River Plate 5 3 2 0 20-13 8 Final
2.Cerro Porteño 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 Luqueño 5 2 0 3 11-13 4
6.Sol de América 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 Porteño]
[Mar 25]
Guaraní 1-1 Nacional [at LPF]
[Mar 28]
Tembetary 2-1 Olimpia [at Cerro Porteño]
[Mar 30]
Guaraní 4-4 San Lorenzo [at Olimpia]
[Apr 1]
Nacional 5-1 Tembetary [at Cerro Porteño]
[Apr 8]
Guaraní 2-1 Olimpia [at LPF]
[Apr 13]
San Lorenzo 3-0 Olimpia [at Cerro Porteño]
[Apr 17]
Guaraní 0-0 Tembetary [at Olimpia]
Nacional 2-2 San Lorenzo [at Olimpia]
Final Table:
1.Guaraní 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 Guaraní
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 Porteño 20 7 9 4 39-31 23 5.Guaraní 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 Luqueño 20 5 4 11 25-41 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Sol de América 20 3 4 13 22-50 10 Relegation Playoff Round 1 [May 27] Olimpia 3-2 River Plate [at LPF] Sportivo Luqueño 3-0 Sol de América Guaraní 1-2 Presidente Hayes Nacional 6-2 Tembetary Libertad 3-1 San Lorenzo Cerro Porteño bye Round 2 [Jun 3] Sol de América 1-1 Cerro Porteño Nacional 1-1 Guaraní Presidente Hayes 3-2 Tembetary San Lorenzo 1-2 Sportivo Luqueño River Plate 1-0 Libertad Olimpia bye Round 3 [Jun 9] Libertad 1-3 Nacional Tembetary 2-2 Sportivo Luqueño [Jun 10] Cerro Porteño 1-0 River Plate [at LPF] [Jun 12] Guaraní 0-1 Olimpia [at LPF] Sol de América 0-1 San Lorenzo Presidente Hayes bye Round 4 [Jun 17] Sportivo Luqueño 2-0 Cerro Porteño [at LPF] Nacional 4-0 San Lorenzo Olimpia 2-0 Presidente Hayes River Plate 3-0 Sol de América Libertad 2-2 Guaraní Tembetary bye Round 5 [Jun 24] Presidente Hayes 2-2 Libertad Nacional 3-1 Sportivo Luqueño [at LPF] Olimpia 5-0 Sol de América Tembetary 1-1 Cerro Porteño San Lorenzo 1-2 River Plate Guaraní bye Round 6 [Jun 30] Sol de América 2-0 Presidente Hayes [at LPF] [Jul 1] San Lorenzo 1-2 Olimpia [at LPF] Cerro Porteño 1-2 Nacional Sportivo Luqueño 1-3 Guaraní Tembetary 1-1 River Plate Libertad bye Round 7 [Jul 7] Libertad 0-2 Sol de América [Jul 8] Presidente Hayes 1-1 River Plate Nacional 3-3 Olimpia Guaraní 2-3 Tembetary San Lorenzo 1-1 Cerro Porteño Sportivo Luqueño bye Round 8 [Jul 14] River Plate 3-7 Nacional [at LPF] [Jul 15] Sportivo Luqueño 2-0 Libertad Olimpia 1-1 Tembetary Cerro Porteño 1-1 Guaraní Presidente Hayes 0-1 San Lorenzo Sol de América bye Round 9 [Jul 21] Nacional 4-2 Presidente Hayes [at LPF] [Jul 22] Olimpia 2-1 Sportivo Luqueño San Lorenzo 2-0 Tembetary Guaraní 1-1 Sol de América Libertad 0-0 Cerro Porteño [at LPF] River Plate bye Round 10 [Jul 28] Libertad 0-2 Tembetary Presidente Hayes 4-1 Sportivo Luqueño Sol de América 0-3 Nacional [at LPF] [Jul 29] Cerro Porteño 2-1 Olimpia [at LPF] River Plate 2-0 Guaraní San Lorenzo bye Round 11 [Aug 4] Tembetary 2-3 Sol de América [Aug 5] Olimpia 5-1 Libertad Presidente Hayes 2-6 Cerro Porteño Sportivo Luqueño 2-3 River Plate Guaraní 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 Porteño 10 3 5 2 14-11 11 5.Sportivo Luqueño 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 América 10 3 2 5 9-19 8 10.Guaraní 10 1 5 4 13-16 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Libertad 10 1 3 6 9-20 5 Round 12 [Aug 19] Sol de América 1-3 Sportivo Luqueño [at Nacional] Tembetary 1-1 Nacional Presidente Hayes 1-1 Guaraní San Lorenzo 3-3 Libertad River Plate 3-3 Olimpia Cerro Porteño bye Round 13 [Aug 26] Cerro Porteño 4-4 Sol de América Guaraní 1-2 Nacional [at LPF] Tembetary 1-3 Presidente Hayes Sportivo Luqueño 0-3 San Lorenzo Libertad 3-3 River Plate Olimpia bye Round 14 [Sep 2] Nacional 3-5 Libertad [at LPF] Sportivo Luqueño 1-1 Tembetary Olimpia 2-1 Guaraní San Lorenzo 1-1 Sol de América River Plate 0-2 Cerro Porteño Presidente Hayes bye Round 15 [Sep 8] Nacional 3-1 San Lorenzo [at LPF] [Sep 9] Presidente Hayes 1-3 Olimpia Sol de América 0-1 River Plate [at Cerro Porteño] [Sep 10] Guaraní 3-0 Libertad Cerro Porteño 2-1 Sportivo Luqueño [at LPF] Tembetary bye Round 16 [Sep 15] Sol de América 1-2 Olimpia [at LPF] [Sep 16] Cerro Porteño 3-2 Tembetary Sportivo Luqueño 0-8 Nacional [at LPF] Libertad 4-1 Presidente Hayes River Plate 7-3 San Lorenzo Guaraní bye Round 17 [Sep 23] River Plate 2-1 Tembetary Nacional 2-1 Cerro Porteño Guaraní 1-0 Sportivo Luqueño Olimpia 3-1 San Lorenzo Presidente Hayes 2-1 Sol de América Libertad bye Round 18 [Oct 6] River Plate 4-2 Presidente Hayes Sol de América 2-9 Libertad [at LPF] Cerro Porteño 4-0 San Lorenzo [Nov 10 (postponed from Oct 6 due to rain)] Tembetary 0-6 Guaraní [at LPF] [Nov 11 (postponed from Oct 6 due to rain)] Nacional 2-3 Olimpia [at LPF] Sportivo Luqueño bye Round 19 [Oct 12] Nacional 1-4 River Plate [at LPF] Guaraní 1-1 Cerro Porteño Libertad 1-1 Sportivo Luqueño San Lorenzo 4-2 Presidente Hayes [Oct 13] Tembetary 1-1 Olimpia Sol de América bye Round 20 [Oct 20] Sol de América 1-3 Guaraní [Oct 21] Cerro Porteño 2-2 Libertad [at LPF] Tembetary 2-1 San Lorenzo Presidente Hayes 1-2 Nacional Sportivo Luqueño 0-2 Olimpia River Plate bye Round 21 [Oct 27] Tembetary 2-2 Libertad Guaraní 0-1 River Plate [Oct 28] Olimpia 3-1 Cerro Porteño [at LPF] Nacional 3-0 Sol de América Sportivo Luqueño 2-2 Presidente Hayes San Lorenzo bye Round 22 [Nov 1] River Plate 2-0 Sportivo Luqueño [Nov 3] Sol de América 2-3 Tembetary Cerro Porteño 5-5 Presidente Hayes [Nov 4] Libertad 0-3 Olimpia [at LPF] San Lorenzo 3-3 Guaraní 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 Porteño 20 7 9 4 39-31 23 5.Guaraní 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 Luqueño 20 5 4 11 25-41 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Sol de América 20 3 4 13 22-50 10 Relegation Playoff Topscorers: 18 Cecilio Martínez (Nacional) 15 Ramón Rodríguez (River Plate) 13 Ayala (Libertad) Juan Graciano González (Sportivo Luqueño) Avelino Guillén (Tembetary) 12 Teobaldo Melgarejo (Presidente Hayes) 11 Juan Ayala (Cerro Porteño) Félix Arámbulo (Olimpia) Promotion/Relegation Playoff First Leg [Nov 28] Sol de América 3-0 General Caballero [at Cerro Porteño] Second Leg [Dec 8] General Caballero 2-2 Sol de América [at Cerro Porteño] NB: both remain at former level
NB: the top-5 of the league season automatically qualified for the Copa Asunción 1963;
the teams which finished 6th to 10th play off for one more place in the tournament
Round 1 [Nov 20, at Cerro Porteño]
Sportivo Luqueño 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 Luqueño
Libertad bye
Round 3 [Nov 27, at Cerro Porteño]
San Lorenzo 3-1 Libertad
Presidente Hayes 3-3 Sportivo Luqueño
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 Luqueño bye
Round 5 [Dec 5, at Cerro Porteño]
Tembetary 1-0 San Lorenzo [points awarded to San Lorenzo as Tembetary used
Libertad 1-1 Sportivo Luqueño 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 Asunción 1963
2.Tembetary 4 2 0 2 8- 6 4
3.Sportivo Luqueño 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 Cué (not promoted following playoff)
Champions: Independiente de Campo Grande
Sources: La Tribuna, [Bes 96] (for lower division data)
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Author: Carlos Darío Torres
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Last updated: 31 Aug 2017
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