1956 South American Championship

Football tournament

1956 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
Dates21 January – 15 February
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (9th title)
Runners-up Chile
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored38 (2.53 per match)
Attendance568,000 (37,867 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Enrique Hormazábal
(4 goals)
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International football competition

South American Championship 1956 was a football tournament held in Uruguay, who won it. Chile were runners-up. Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador withdrew from the tournament. Enrique Hormazábal from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with 4 goals.

Venues

Montevideo
Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 65,235

Squads

Final round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 5 4 1 0 9 3 +6 9
 Chile 5 3 0 2 11 8 +3 6
 Argentina 5 3 0 2 5 3 +2 6
 Brazil 5 2 2 1 4 5 −1 6
 Paraguay 5 0 2 3 3 8 −5 2
 Peru 5 0 1 4 6 11 −5 1
Uruguay 4–2 Paraguay
Óscar Míguez 12'
Guillermo Escalada 25', 32'
Walter Roque 65'		 Máximo Rolón 81'
Antonio Gómez 89'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)
Argentina 2–1 Peru
Omar Sívori 43'
Federico Vairo 51'		 Roberto Drago 56'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)
Chile 4–1 Brazil
Enrique Hormazábal 8', 83'
René Meléndez 65'
Leonel Sánchez 71'		 Maurinho 38'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)
Uruguay 2–0 Peru
Guillermo Escalada 42'
Óscar Míguez 73'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Cayetano de Nicola (Paraguay)
Brazil 0–0 Paraguay
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Sergio Bustamante (Chile)
Argentina 2–0 Chile
Ángel Labruna 9', 79'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: João Baptista Laurito (Brazil)
Brazil 2–1 Peru
Alvaro 10'
Zezinho 80'		 Roberto Drago 42'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)
Argentina 1–0 Paraguay
Carlos Cecconato 54'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: João Baptista Laurito (Brazil)
Paraguay 1–1 Peru
Máximo Rolón 76' Isaac Andrade 61'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)
Brazil 1–0 Argentina
Luizinho 88'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)
Uruguay 2–1 Chile
Óscar Míguez 12'
Carlos Borges 58'		 Ramírez Banda 59'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)
Chile 4–3 Peru
Enrique Hormazábal 15'
Manuel Muñoz 34'
José Fernández 70'
Leonel Sánchez 86'		 Félix Castillo 22'
Máximo Mosquera 57'
Gómez Sánchez 80'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)
Uruguay 0–0 Brazil
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)
Chile 2–0 Paraguay
Enrique Hormazábal 41'
Ramírez Banda 51'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)
Uruguay 1–0 Argentina
Javier Ambrois 23'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Cayetano de Nicola (Paraguay)

Result

 1956 South American Championship champions 

Uruguay
9th title

Goalscorers

A total of 26 different players scored 38 goals in the tournament. None of the goals are credited as own goal.

4 Goals

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

External links

  • South American Championship 1956 at RSSSF
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