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 541093+69 5302118+36 530253+26 522145−16 502338−52 5014611−51
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
External links South American Championship 1956 at RSSSF