1956 South American Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Uruguay |
| Dates | January 21 – February 15 |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
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| Runners-up |
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| Third place |
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| Fourth place |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 38 (2.53 per match) |
| Attendance | 568,000 (37,867 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
(4 goals) |
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 |
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Final round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6 |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 1 |
| Uruguay |
4–2 | |
|---|---|---|
Óscar Míguez  Guillermo Escalada Walter Roque |
Máximo Rolón Antonio Gómez |
| Argentina |
2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Omar Sívori Federico Vairo |
Roberto Drago |
| Chile |
4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Enrique Hormazábal René Meléndez Leonel Sánchez |
Maurinho |
| Uruguay |
2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Guillermo Escalada Óscar Míguez |
| Argentina |
2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ángel Labruna |
| Paraguay |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Máximo Rolón |
Isaac Andrade |
| Uruguay |
2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Óscar Míguez Carlos Borges |
Ramírez Banda |
| Chile |
4–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Enrique Hormazábal Manuel Muñoz José Fernández Leonel Sánchez |
Félix Castillo Máximo Mosquera Gómez Sánchez |
| Chile |
2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Enrique Hormazábal Ramírez Banda |
| Uruguay |
1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Javier Ambrois |
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
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1 Goal
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