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

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.

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.

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

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