1956 South American Championship

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  Uruguay (9th title)
Runners-up  Chile
Third place  Argentina
Fourth place  Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 38 (2.53 per match)
Attendance 568,000 (37,867 per match)
Top scorer(s) Chile Enrique Hormazábal
(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

Final round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 541093+69
 Chile 5302118+36
 Argentina 530253+26
 Brazil 522145−16
 Paraguay 502338−52
 Peru 5014611−51

January 21, 1956
Uruguay  4–2  Paraguay
Óscar Míguez  12'
Guillermo Escalada  25', 32'
Walter Roque  65'
Máximo Rolón  81'
Antonio Gómez  89'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

January 22, 1956
Argentina  2–1  Peru
Omar Sívori  43'
Federico Vairo  51'
Roberto Drago  56'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

January 24, 1956
Chile  4–1  Brazil
Enrique Hormazábal  8', 83'
René Meléndez  65'
Leonel Sánchez  71'
Maurinho  38'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

January 28, 1956
Uruguay  2–0  Peru
Guillermo Escalada  42'
Óscar Míguez  73'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Cayetano de Nicola (Paraguay)

January 29, 1956
Brazil  0–0  Paraguay
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Sergio Bustamante (Chile)

January 29, 1956
Argentina  2–0  Chile
Ángel Labruna  9', 79'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: João Baptista Laurito (Brazil)

February 1, 1956
Brazil  2–1  Peru
Alvaro  10'
Zezinho  80'
Roberto Drago  42'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

February 1, 1956
Argentina  1–0  Paraguay
Carlos Cecconato  54'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: João Baptista Laurito (Brazil)

February 5, 1956
Paraguay  1–1  Peru
Máximo Rolón  76' Isaac Andrade  61'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

February 5, 1956
Brazil  1–0  Argentina
Luizinho  88'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

February 6, 1956
Uruguay  2–1  Chile
Óscar Míguez  12'
Carlos Borges  58'
Ramírez Banda  59'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

February 9, 1956
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'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

February 10, 1956
Uruguay  0–0  Brazil
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

February 12, 1956
Chile  2–0  Paraguay
Enrique Hormazábal  41'
Ramírez Banda  51'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

February 15, 1956
Uruguay  1–0  Argentina
Javier Ambrois  23'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
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

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