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1957 South American Championship

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Host country
  
Peru

Venue(s)
  
1 (in 1 host city)

Fourth place
  
Peru

Teams
  
7

Matches played
  
21

Dates
  
March 7 – April 6

Runners-up
  
Brazil

Start date
  
1957

Goals scored
  
101

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Top scorer(s)
  
Javier Ambrois Humberto Maschio (9 goals each)

Champion
  
Argentina national football team

Third place
  
Uruguay national football team

Similar
  
1947 South American Championship, 1955 South American Championship, 1959 South American Championship, 1963 South American Championship, 1929 South American Championship

The South American Championship 1957 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Argentina with Brazil as runners-up.

Contents

Bolivia, and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament.

Humberto Maschio from Argentina and Javier Ambrois from Uruguay became top scorers of the tournament with 9 goals each.

Squads

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

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

Goalscorers

A total of 33 different players scored 101 goals in the tournament. None of them is credited as own goal.

9 Goals

8 Goals

5 Goals

  • Alberto Terry

    • 4 Goals

  • Jorge Larraz

    • 3 Goals

    2 Goals

    1 Goal

    References

    1957 South American Championship Wikipedia
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