1957 South American Championship

The South American Championship 1957 was a football tournament. It was held in Peru and won by Argentina with Brazil as runners-up. Bolivia, and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament.
Top scorers
Humberto Maschio from Argentina and Javier Ambrois from Uruguay became top scorers of the tournament with 9 goals each.South American Championship 1957 at RSSSF

 Squads 
For a complete list of participating squads see: 1957 South American Championship squads

 Venues 
 Lima Estadio Nacional de Lima Capacity: 50,000 150px

 Final round 
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Match suspended at the 43rd minute due to pitch invasion.

 Result 

 Goalscorers 
A total of 33 different players scored 101 goals in the tournament. None were credited as own goals.

9 Goals
  Humberto Maschio
  Javier Ambrois

8 Goals

  Antonio Angelillo
  Didi
  Evaristo

5 Goals
  Alberto Terry

4 Goals
  Jorge Larraz

3 Goals

  Omar Sívori
  Pepe
  José Fernández
  Jaime Ramírez Banda
  Carlos Arango
  Delio Gamboa
  Enrique Cantos
  Máximo Mosquera
  Luis Campero

2 Goals

  Oreste Corbatta
  Osvaldo Cruz
  Joel
  Zizinho
  Carlos Verdejo
  Manuel Rivera

1 Goal

  José Sanfilippo
  Sergio Espinosa
  Alejandro Carrillo
  Humberto Álvarez
  Jaime Gutiérrez
  Alberto Valencia
  Juan Bassa
  Juan Seminario
  Carlos María Carranza
  José Walter Roque
  José Sasía

 References 

Category:1957 in association football
Category:Copa América tournaments
Category:1950s in South America