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)

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 541093+69
 Chile 5302118+36
 Argentina 530253+26
 Brazil 522145−16
 Paraguay 502338−52
 Peru 5014611−51
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

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