1956 South American Championship

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.

1956 South American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	21 January – 15 February
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)	Enrique Hormazábal (4 goals)
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Venues

Montevideo
Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 65,235

Squads

Main article: 1956 South American Championship 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

21 January 1956

Uruguay	4–2	Paraguay
Míguez 12' Escalada 25', 32' Roque 65'		Rolón 81' Gómez 89'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

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22 January 1956

Argentina	2–1	Peru
Sívori 43' Vairo 51'		Drago 56'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

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24 January 1956

Chile	4–1	Brazil
Hormazábal 8', 83' Meléndez 65' Sánchez 71'		Maurinho 38'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

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28 January 1956

Uruguay	2–0	Peru
Escalada 42' Míguez 73'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Cayetano de Nicola (Paraguay)

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29 January 1956

Brazil	0–0	Paraguay

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Sergio Bustamante (Chile)

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29 January 1956

Argentina	2–0	Chile
Labruna 9', 79'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: João Baptista Laurito (Brazil)

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1 February 1956

Brazil	2–1	Peru
Álvaro 10' Zezinho 80'		Drago 42'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

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1 February 1956

Argentina	1–0	Paraguay
Cecconato 54'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: João Baptista Laurito (Brazil)

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5 February 1956

Paraguay	1–1	Peru
Rolón 76'		Andrade 61'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

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5 February 1956

Brazil	1–0	Argentina
Luizinho 88'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

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6 February 1956

Uruguay	2–1	Chile
Míguez 12' Borges 58'		Ramírez Banda 59'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

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9 February 1956

Chile	4–3	Peru
Hormazábal 15' Muñoz 34' Fernández 70' Sánchez 86'		Castillo 22' Mosquera 57' Gómez Sánchez 80'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

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10 February 1956

Uruguay	0–0	Brazil

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

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12 February 1956

Chile	2–0	Paraguay
Hormazábal 41' Ramírez Banda 51'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

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15 February 1956

Uruguay	1–0	Argentina
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

• Enrique Hormazábal

3 Goals

• Guillermo Escalada
• Óscar Míguez

2 Goals

• Ángel Labruna
• Jaime Ramírez Banda
• Leonel Sánchez
• Máximo Rolón
• Roberto Drago

1 Goal

• Carlos Cecconato
• Omar Sívori
• Federico Vairo
• Álvaro
• Luizinho
• Maurinho
• Zezinho
• José Fernández
• Manuel Muñoz
• René Meléndez
• Antonio Gómez
• Isaac Andrade
• Félix Castillo
• Gómez Sánchez
• Máximo Mosquera
• Javier Ambrois
• Carlos Borges
• José Walter Roque

External links

• South American Championship 1956 at RSSSF