South American Championship 1956
Encyclopedia
South American Championship 1956 was a football
tournament held in Uruguay
and won by Uruguay
with Chile
as a second.
Enrique Hormazábal
from Chile
became top scorer of the tournament with 4 goals.
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Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador withdrew.
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3 Goals
Escalada
Míguez
2 Goals
Labruna J. Ramírez
L. Sánchez Rolón
Drago
1 Goals
Cecconato Sívori Vairo Alvaro Luizinho Maurinho
Zezinho J. Fernández M. Muñoz Meléndez Gómez Andrade
F. Castillo Gómez Sánchez Mosquera Ambrois
C. Borges Roque
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
tournament held in Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
and won by Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
with Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
as a second.
Enrique Hormazábal
Enrique Hormazabal
Enrique "Cua cuá" Hormazábal was a former Chilean football right wing midfielder who played for Colo-Colo and the Chilean national team.-Playing career:...
from Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
became top scorer of the tournament with 4 goals.
Final round
| Team | ||||||||
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| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| |6 | ||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| |2 | ||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| |1 | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |0 |
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Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador withdrew.
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Goal scorers
4 Goals Enrique HormazábalEnrique Hormazabal
Enrique "Cua cuá" Hormazábal was a former Chilean football right wing midfielder who played for Colo-Colo and the Chilean national team.-Playing career:...
3 Goals
Escalada
Míguez
2 Goals
Labruna J. Ramírez
L. Sánchez Rolón
Drago
1 Goals
Cecconato Sívori Vairo Alvaro Luizinho Maurinho
Zezinho J. Fernández M. Muñoz Meléndez Gómez Andrade
F. Castillo Gómez Sánchez Mosquera Ambrois
Javier Ambrois
Javier Ambrois is a former Uruguayan footballer currently played for clubs of Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil and the Uruguay national football team in the FIFA World Cup Switzerland 1954.He and Humberto Maschio , are the all-time top scorers of the 1957 South American Championship, with 9...
C. Borges Roque