1956 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
 * Enrique Hormazábal

3 Goals


 * Guillermo Escalada
 * Óscar Míguez

2 Goals


 * 🇦🇷 Ángel Labruna
 * Jaime Ramírez Banda
 * Leonel Sánchez
 * Máximo Rolón
 * 🇵🇪 Roberto Drago

1 Goal


 * 🇦🇷 Carlos Cecconato
 * 🇦🇷 Omar Sívori
 * 🇦🇷 Federico Vairo
 * 🇧🇷 Álvaro
 * 🇧🇷 Luizinho
 * 🇧🇷 Maurinho
 * 🇧🇷 Zezinho
 * José Fernández
 * Manuel Muñoz
 * René Meléndez
 * Antonio Gómez
 * 🇵🇪 Isaac Andrade
 * 🇵🇪 Félix Castillo
 * 🇵🇪 Gómez Sánchez
 * 🇵🇪 Máximo Mosquera
 * Javier Ambrois
 * Carlos Borges
 * José Walter Roque