Welcome to the World Cup of Sportspeople! With the Women's Football World Cup in full swing just finished and the Men's World Cup being a resounding success last year, we'll be following on with a tournament, not of countries, but of the sports-men and women themselves. This contest is designed to select the greatest sportspeople from each continent through a number of rounds, selecting the best of the best, and pitting them together to show who we really think is the best sportsperson of them all!

This is the Voting stage for South America. We received 67 different nominations in all - taking away our auto-qualifier, Lionel Messi, this gives us two groups of 33 players. Here's how this stage is going to work.

- You can vote for up to 20 sportspeople, but you must vote for at least 10.
- You must rank your votes in order of preference, either by numbering or by the standard Buzzjack +20, +19 ... +1 (Or down to however many you vote for)
- You must vote for sportspeople from at least three different sports
- You must vote for at least one male and one female sportsperson.
- Each sportsperson has been given a short description of their major achievements to make it easier for you to make up your mind.
- The seven sportspeople with the most votes in each group will advance to the Final, and the rest of the Top 10 will advance through to the Intercontinental Playoffs. Everyone else will be booted out.

Sergio Aguero (Argentina - Football - Won 12 titles with Manchester City, 2015 Premier League Golden Boot)
Carlos Alberto (Brazil - Football - Captained Brazil to 1970 World Cup, regarded as one of the best defenders of all time)
Rubens Barrichello (Brazil - Motor Racing - Won 2014 Stock Car Brazil championship, 11 race wins)
Egan Bernal (Colombia - Cycling - Won 2019 Tour de France, won three stage races)
Thiago Braz da Silva (Brazil - Athletics - 2016 Olympic gold, 2012 World Junior Championship gold)
Cafu (Brazil - Football - Most capped Brazilian player of all time, won 1994 and 2002 World Cups, the latter as captain)
Roberto Carlos (Brazil - Football - Won four La Liga titles and three Champions League titles with Real Madrid, won 2002 World Cup with Brazil)
Edinson Cavani (Uruguay - Football - PSG's all-time top goalscorer, won 11 titles with the team, 2017 Ligue 1 Player of the Year)
Cesar Cielo (Brazil - Swimming - 2008 Olympic gold, 11 World Championship golds)
Juan Curuchet (Argentina - Cycling - 2008 Olympic gold, 2004 World Championship gold)
Angel di Maria (Argentina - Football - Won La Liga once and Ligue One 3 times, won La Liga and Ligue One Top Assist Provider)
Radamel Falcao (Colombia - Football - Captain of the Colombia National Team, Colombia's top scorer and top scorer in any Europa League season)
Oscar Figueroa (Colombia - Weightlifting - 2016 Olympic gold, two Pan American Games golds)
Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazil - Motor Racing - Won two championships, 14 Grand Prix wins)
Diego Forlan (Uruguay - Football - Joint top scorer and Golden Ball of 2010 World Cup, first Uruguayan to win 100 caps)
Jairzinho (Brazil - Football - Won 1970 World Cup with Brazil, winning the Silver boot)
Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil - Tennis - Won French Open 3 times, 20 career titles)
Lucio (Brazil - Football - Won Bundesliga three times with Bayern, won Champions League with Inter Milan)
Maurren Maggi (Brazil - Athletics - 2008 Olympic gold, 3 Pan-American games golds)
Marta (Brazil - Football - Most goals scored at World Cup tournaments, won World Player of the Year 6 times, first footballer of either gender to score at 5 World Cups)
Nicolas Massu (Chile - Tennis - Won 2004 Olympic gold, 6 career titles)
Fabiana Murer (Brazil - Athletics - 2011 World Championship gold, 4 South American Championship golds)
Mariana Pajon (Colombia - Cycling - Two Olympic golds, 6 World Championship golds)
Walter Perez (Argentina - Cycling - 2008 Olympic gold, 2004 World Championship gold, two Pan American Games golds)
Ronaldinho (Brazil - Football - Won Player of the Year twice and Ballon d'Or once, won La Liga twice and Champions' League once with Barcelona)
Yuilmar Rojas (Venezuela - Athletics - 2016 Olympic silver, three World Championship golds)
Alexis Sanchez (Chile - Football - Won Copa Del Rey with Barcelona, Won FA Cup with Arsenal, Chile's most-capped player)
Aryton Senna (Brazil - Motor Racing - Won three Championships, 41 Grand Prix wins)
Nolberto Solano (Peru - Football - 1992 Peruvian player of the year, won Peruvian First Division 4 times)
Luis Suarez (Uruguay - Football - Won 18 trophies in his career, won Premier League Golden Boot and two European Golden Shoes)
Carlos Tevez (Argentina - Football - Won Premier League three times and Champions League once, won South American Footballer of the Year three times)
Carlos Valderrama (Colombia - Football - Won South American Player of the Year twice, most capped Colombian player ever)
Guillermo Vilas (Argentina - Tennis - Won 4 Grand Slam titles, 62 career titles)

The deadline is 23:59 Sunday 18th August. Get voting!

Copy-paste list without brackets:

Sergio Aguero

Carlos Alberto

Rubens Barrichello

Egan Bernal

Thiago Braz da Silva

Cafu

Roberto Carlos

Edinson Cavani

Cesar Cielo

Juan Curuchet

Angel di Maria

Radamel Falcao

Oscar Figueroa

Emerson Fittipaldi

Diego Forlan

Jairzinho

Gustavo Kuerten

Lucio

Maurren Maggi

Marta

Nicolas Massu

Fabiana Murer

Mariana Pajon

Walter Perez

Ronaldinho

Yuilmar Rojas

Alexis Sanchez

Aryton Senna

Nolberto Solano

Luis Suarez

Carlos Tevez

Carlos Valderrama

Guillermo Vilas

20pts - Ayrton Senna

19 - Carlos Alberto

18 - Cafu

17 - Jairzinho

16 - Marta

15 - Ronaldinho

14 - Guillermo Vilas

13 - Roberto Carlos

12 - Emerson Fittipaldi

11 - Sergio Aguero

10 - Carlos Valderrama

9 - Alexis Sanchez

8 - Cesar Cielo

7 - Gustavo Kuerten

6 - Mariana Pajon

5 - Carlos Tevez

4 - Luis Suarez

3 - Edinson Cavani

2 - Oscar Figueroa

1 - Egan Bernal

 

20- Ayrton Senna

19- Ronaldinho

18- Emerson Fittipaldi

17- Roberto Carlos

16- Cafu

15- Guillermo Vilas

14- Gustavo Kuerten

13- Lucio

12- Sergio Aguero

11- Jairzinho

10- Rubens Barrichello

9- Carlos Alberto

8- Carlos Tevez

7- Marta

6- Egan Bernal

5- Alexis Sanchez

4- Luis Suarez

3- Oscar Figueroa

2- Nolberto Solano

1- Carlos Valderrama

20+ Aryton Senna

19+ Cafu

18+ Ronaldinho

17+ Roberto Carlos

16+ Carlos Alberto

15+ Jairzinho

14+ Emerson Fittipaldig

13+ Gustavo Kuerten

12+ Marta

11+ Sergio Aguero

10+ Guillermo Vilas

9+ Edinson Cavani

8+ Rubens Barrichello

7+ Carlos Tevez

6+ Diego Forlan

5+ Mariana Pajon

4+ Carlos Valderrama

3+ Egan Bernal

2+ Oscar Figueroa

1+ Cesar Cielo

+20 Aryton Senna

+19 Emerson Fittipaldi

+18 Jairzinho

+17 Ronaldinho

+16 Diego Forlan

+15 Roberto Carlos

+14 Edinson Cavani

+13 Sergio Aguero

+12 Rubens Barrichello

+11 Angel di Maria

+10 Maurren Maggi

+9 Radamel Falcao

+8 Carlos Alberto

+7 Thiago Braz da Silva

+6 Carlos Tevez

+5 Fabiana Murer

+4 Cafu

+3 Luis Suarez

+2 Mariana Pajon

+1 Carlos Valderrama

 

Edited August 14, 20195 yr by Severin

20 Ronaldinho

19 Aryton Senna

18 Emerson Fittipaldi

17 Rubens Barrichello

16 Carlos Alberto

15 Guillermo Vilas

14 Luis Suarez

13 Alexis Sanchez

12 Nicolas Massu

11 Marta

 

 

+20 Egan Bernal

+19 Marta

+18 Aryton Senna

+17 Cafu

+16 Carlos Alberto

+15 Diego Forlan

+14 Mariana Pajon

+13 Ronaldinho

+12 Luis Suarez

+11 Emerson Fittipaldi

+10 Edinson Cavani

+9 Carlos Valderrama

+8 Yuilmar Rojas

+7 Guillermo Vilas

+6 Gustavo Kuerten

+5 Juan Curuchet

+4 Sergio Aguero

+3 Oscar Figueroa

+2 Jairzinho

+1 Thiago Braz da Silva

RESULTS

Finalists:
Carlos Alberto
Cafu
Emerson Fittipaldi
Jairzinho
Marta
Ronaldinho
Aryton Senna

Advance to Playoffs:
Sergio Aguero
Roberto Carlos
Guillermo Vilas


Eliminated:
(7th: 63pts)
(10th: 51pts)
47 Rubens Barrichello
40 Gustavo Kuerten
39 Edinson Cavani
37 Diego Forlan
37 Luis Suarez
27 Alexis Sanchez
27 Egan Bernal
27 Mariana Pajon
26 Carlos Tevez
25 Carlos Valderrama
13 Lucio
12 Nicolas Massu
11 Angel di Maria
10 Maurren Maggi
10 Oscar Figueroa
9 Radamel Falcao
9 Cesar Cielo
8 Yuilmar Rojas
8 Thiago Braz da Silva
5 Fabiana Murer
5 Juan Curuchet
2 Nolberto Solano

At first glance I thought this was quite a spread-out set of results, but on second look all the qualifiers are Brazilian. Something I should mayybe tweak if we do this again. Five footballers and two motor racers as well.