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.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | 21 January – 15 February |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 38 (2.53 per match) |
Attendance | 568,000 (37,867 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (4 goals) |
Venues
editMontevideo |
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Estadio Centenario |
Capacity: 65,235 |
Squads
editFinal round
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Óscar Míguez 12' Guillermo Escalada 25', 32' Walter Roque 65' |
Máximo Rolón 81' Antonio Gómez 89' |
Argentina | 2–1 | Peru |
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Omar Sívori 43' Federico Vairo 51' |
Roberto Drago 56' |
Chile | 4–1 | Brazil |
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Enrique Hormazábal 8', 83' René Meléndez 65' Leonel Sánchez 71' |
Maurinho 38' |
Uruguay | 2–0 | Peru |
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Guillermo Escalada 42' Óscar Míguez 73' |
Argentina | 2–0 | Chile |
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Ángel Labruna 9', 79' |
Brazil | 2–1 | Peru |
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Alvaro 10' Zezinho 80' |
Roberto Drago 42' |
Argentina | 1–0 | Paraguay |
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Carlos Cecconato 54' |
Paraguay | 1–1 | Peru |
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Máximo Rolón 76' | Isaac Andrade 61' |
Uruguay | 2–1 | Chile |
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Óscar Míguez 12' Carlos Borges 58' |
Ramírez Banda 59' |
Chile | 4–3 | Peru |
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Enrique Hormazábal 15' Manuel Muñoz 34' José Fernández 70' Leonel Sánchez 86' |
Félix Castillo 22' Máximo Mosquera 57' Gómez Sánchez 80' |
Chile | 2–0 | Paraguay |
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Enrique Hormazábal 41' Ramírez Banda 51' |
Uruguay | 1–0 | Argentina |
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Javier Ambrois 23' |
Result
edit1956 South American Championship champions |
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Uruguay 9th title |
Goalscorers
editA 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
edit- South American Championship 1956 at RSSSF