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.

Venues
 Montevideo Estadio Centenario Capacity: 65,235 150px

Squads

Final round
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Result

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

Other websites
 South American Championship 1956 at RSSSF

1956
Category:1956 in association football
Category:Montevideo
Category:Sport in Uruguay
Category:1950s in South America