Uruguay. Conservative approach – nothing changed in the structure and the championship formula, only the top league was going to be of 14 teams in the next season. Thus, no relegation in both first and second divisions.
Paysandu was the champion of the interior – and this success meant very little, for there was no team located outside Montevideo in the top two divisions.
Basanez won Third Division and was promoted to Primera B. The status quo remained – one more Montevideo club won third level and went up.
Primera B – Second Division. 10 teams, as usual, playing twice against each other, The top three teams in the regular championship went to final stage to compete for promotion. No relegation this year. All teams from Montevideo.
Colon – last with 8 points. Interestingly, they were the 5th high scoring team with 22 goals in 18 games.
Villa Espanola – 9th with 10 points.
Fenix – 8th with 13 points. They won only once, but tied 11 games.
Sportivo Italiano – 7th with 17 points.
Miramar Misiones – 6th with 18 points.
Rampla Juniors – 5th with 19 points.
El Tanque Sisley – 4th with 19 points.
Sud America – 3rd with 24 points.
Racing – 2nd with 26 points.
Cerrito – 1st with 26 points. Apparently, placed on top on better head-to-head record against Racing, but that meant little – the championship had a final stage.
Final stage – round-robin tournament between the top three teams in the regular championship. Points from the first stage carried over.
Sud America – 3rd with 2 points: 0 wins, 2 ties, 0 losses, 2-2. Total – 26 points.
Cerrito – 2nd with 27 points. Their final stage record: 0 1 1 and 1-3.
Racing (Montevideo) won the decisive match against Cerrito in the final stage and thus won the championship. Their final stage added 3 points to the 26 they earned in the regular championship: 1 1 0 and 3-1. Thus, 29 points altogether. Standing from left: Rafael Villazán, Héctor Tuja, Mario Delgado, Alberto Bica, Néstor Rosa.
First row: Venancio Ramos, Domingo Cáceres, Sergio González, Luis Fernández, Luis Cardozo, Miguel González.
Great success for the small club – they rarely played in the top division. Going up was wonderful.