Tournament details | |
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Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | January 21 – February 15 |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Uruguay (9th title) |
Runners-up | Chile |
Third place | Argentina |
Fourth place | Brazil |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 38 (2.53 per match) |
Attendance | 568,000 (37,867 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Enrique Hormazábal (4 goals) |
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.