1956 South American Championship

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name =

| year = 1956

| other_titles =

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country = Uruguay

| dates = 21 January – 15 February

| num_teams = 6

| confederations = 1

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion = Uruguay

| count = 9

| second = Chile

| third = Argentina

| fourth = Brazil

| fourth-flagvar = 1889

| matches = 15

| goals = 38

| attendance = 568000

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|CHI}} Enrique Hormazábal
(4 goals)

| player =

| updated =

| prevseason = 1955

| nextseason = 1957

}}

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
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 65,235
150px

Squads

Final round

width=165 \| Team ! width=20 \| {{Tooltip\|Pld\|Played}} ! width=20 \| {{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} ! width=20 \| {{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}} ! width=20 \| {{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} ! width=20 \| {{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} ! width=20 \| {{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} ! width=20 \| {{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} ! width=20 \| {{Tooltip\|Pts\|Points}}
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align=center bgcolor=gold \|align=left \| {{fb\|URU}} \|5	4	1	0	9	3	+6	9
align=center \| align=left \| {{fb\|CHI}} \|5	3	0	2	11	8	+3	6
align=center \| align=left \| {{fb\|ARG}} \|5	3	0	2	5	3	+2	6
align=center \| align=left \| {{fb\|BRA\|1889}} \|5	2	2	1	4	5	−1	6
align=center \| align=left \| {{fb\|PAR\|1954}} \|5	0	2	3	3	8	−5	2
align=center \| align=left \| {{fb\|PER}} \|5	0	1	4	6	11	−5	1

{{football box

| date = 21 January 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

| score = 4–2

| team2 = {{fb|PAR|1954}}

| goals1 = Óscar Míguez {{goal|12}}
Guillermo Escalada {{goal|25||32}}
Walter Roque {{goal|65}}

| goals2 = Máximo Rolón {{goal|81}}
Antonio Gómez {{goal|89}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 55,000

| referee = Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 22 January 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}

| score = 2–1

| team2 = {{fb|PER}}

| goals1 = Omar Sívori {{goal|43}}
Federico Vairo {{goal|51}}

| goals2 = Roberto Drago {{goal|56}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 16,000

| referee = Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 24 January 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}

| score = 4–1

| team2 = {{fb|BRA|1889}}

| goals1 = Enrique Hormazábal {{goal|8||83}}
René Meléndez {{goal|65}}
Leonel Sánchez {{goal|71}}

| goals2 = Maurinho {{goal|38}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 18,000

| referee = Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 28 January 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

| score = 2–0

| team2 = {{fb|PER}}

| goals1 = Guillermo Escalada {{goal|42}}
Óscar Míguez {{goal|73}}

| goals2 =

| stadium =Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 70,000

| referee = Cayetano de Nicola (Paraguay)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 29 January 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}

| score = 0–0

| team2 = {{fb|PAR|1954}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 45,000

| referee = Sergio Bustamante (Chile)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 29 January 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}

| score = 2–0

| team2 = {{fb|CHI}}

| goals1 = Ángel Labruna {{goal|9||79}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 45,000

| referee = João Baptista Laurito (Brazil)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 1 February 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}

| score = 2–1

| team2 = {{fb|PER}}

| goals1 = Alvaro {{goal|10}}
Zezinho {{goal|80}}

| goals2 = Roberto Drago {{goal|42}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 20,000

| referee = Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 1 February 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}

| score = 1–0

| team2 = {{fb|PAR|1954}}

| goals1 = Carlos Cecconato {{goal|54}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 20,000

| referee = João Baptista Laurito (Brazil)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 5 February 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1954}}

| score = 1–1

| team2 = {{fb|PER}}

| goals1 = Máximo Rolón {{goal|76}}

| goals2 = Isaac Andrade {{goal|61}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 25,000

| referee = Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 5 February 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}

| score = 1–0

| team2 = {{fb|ARG}}

| goals1 = Luizinho {{goal|88}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 25,000

| referee = Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 6 February 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

| score = 2–1

| team2 = {{fb|CHI}}

| goals1 = Óscar Míguez {{goal|12}}
Carlos Borges {{goal|58}}

| goals2 = Ramírez Banda {{goal|59}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 60,000

| referee = Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 9 February 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}

| score = 4–3

| team2 = {{fb|PER}}

| goals1 = Enrique Hormazábal {{goal|15}}
Manuel Muñoz {{goal|34}}
José Fernández {{goal|70}}
Leonel Sánchez {{goal|86}}

| goals2 = Félix Castillo {{goal|22}}
Máximo Mosquera {{goal|57}}
Gómez Sánchez {{goal|80}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 5,000

| referee = Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 10 February 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

| score = 0–0

| team2 = {{fb|BRA|1889}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 80,000

| referee = Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 12 February 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}

| score = 2–0

| team2 = {{fb|PAR|1954}}

| goals1 = Enrique Hormazábal {{goal|41}}
Ramírez Banda {{goal|51}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 4,000

| referee = Washington Rodríguez (Uruguay)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 15 February 1956

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

| score = 1–0

| team2 = {{fb|ARG}}

| goals1 = Javier Ambrois {{goal|23}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 80,000

| referee = Cayetano de Nicola (Paraguay)

}}

Result

{{winners|fb|1956 South American Championship champions|Uruguay|9th}}

Goalscorers

A total of 26 different players scored 38 goals in the tournament. None of the goals are credited as own goal.

4 Goals

{{flagicon|CHI}} Enrique Hormazábal

3 Goals

{{flagicon|URU}} Guillermo Escalada
{{flagicon|URU}} Óscar Míguez

2 Goals

{{flagicon|ARG}} Ángel Labruna
{{flagicon|CHI}} Jaime Ramírez Banda
{{flagicon|CHI}} Leonel Sánchez
{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} Máximo Rolón
{{flagicon|PER}} Roberto Drago

1 Goal

{{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Cecconato
{{flagicon|ARG}} Omar Sívori
{{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Vairo
{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Álvaro
{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Luizinho
{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Maurinho
{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Zezinho
{{flagicon|CHI}} José Fernández
{{flagicon|CHI}} Manuel Muñoz
{{flagicon|CHI}} René Meléndez
{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} Antonio Gómez
{{flagicon|PER}} Isaac Andrade
{{flagicon|PER}} Félix Castillo
{{flagicon|PER}} Gómez Sánchez
{{flagicon|PER}} Máximo Mosquera
{{flagicon|URU}} Javier Ambrois
{{flagicon|URU}} Carlos Borges
{{flagicon|URU}} José Walter Roque

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/56safull.html South American Championship 1956] at RSSSF

1956

Championship, 1956

1956

Category:1956 in Uruguayan football

Category:January 1956 sports events in South America

Category:February 1956 sports events in South America

Category:Sports competitions in Montevideo

Category:1950s in Montevideo