Host country Uruguay Runners-up Chile Matches played 15 Teams 6 Goals scored 38 | Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Fourth place Brazil Dates 21 Jan 1956 – 15 Feb 1956 Attendance 568,000 | |
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Top scorer(s) Enrique Hormazábal
(4 goals) Champion Uruguay national football team Third place Argentina national football team Similar 1955 South American Championship, 1926 South American Championship, 1957 South American Championship, 1924 South American Championship, 1929 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.
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
References
1956 South American Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA