1957 South American Championship

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1957 South American Championship
Argentina Copa América 1957.jpg
Argentina's championship-winning team
Tournament details
Host country Peru
Dates March 7 – April 6
Teams 7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (11th title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  Uruguay
Fourth place  Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played 21
Goals scored 101 (4.81 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina Humberto Maschio
Uruguay Javier Ambrois
(9 goals each)
← 1956

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

Venues

Lima
Estadio Nacional de Lima
Capacity: 50,000
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Final round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 6 5 0 1 25 6 +19 10
 Brazil 6 4 0 2 23 9 +14 8
 Uruguay 6 4 0 2 15 12 +3 8
 Peru 6 4 0 2 12 9 +3 8
 Colombia 6 2 0 4 10 25 −15 4
 Chile 6 1 1 4 9 17 −8 3
 Ecuador 6 0 1 5 7 23 −16 1

March 7, 1957
Uruguay  5–2  Ecuador
Ambrois Goal 26', 29' (pen.), 57', 74'
Sasía Goal 87'		 Larraz Goal 12', 40' (pen.)
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)

March 10, 1957
Peru  2–1  Ecuador
Terry Goal 29', 37' (pen.) Cantos Goal 44'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)

March 13, 1957
Argentina  8–2  Colombia
Cruz Goal 5'
Angelillo Goal 10', 73'
Maschio Goal 16' (pen.), 23', 53' (pen.), 85'
Corbatta Goal 59'		 Gamboa Goal 34' (pen.)
Valencia Goal 37'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)

March 13, 1957
Brazil  4–2  Chile
Didì Goal 20', 26', 44'
Pepe Goal 46'		 Ramírez Banda Goal 13'
Fernández Goal 89'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)

March 16, 1957
Peru  1–0  Chile
Mosquera Goal 57'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)

March 17, 1957
Colombia  1–0  Uruguay
Arango Goal 28'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Pedro Di Leo (Italy)

March 17, 1957
Argentina  3–0  Ecuador
Angelillo Goal 5', 39'
Sívori Goal 14'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)

March 20, 1957
Argentina  4–0  Uruguay
Maschio Goal 7', 73'
Angelillo Goal 48'
Sanfilippo Goal 83'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)

March 21, 1957
Brazil  7–1  Ecuador
Evaristo Goal 22', 89'
Pepe Goal 25'
Zizinho Goal 34' (pen.)
Joel Goal 43', 68'
Didì Goal 78'		 Larraz Goal 80' (pen.)
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)

March 21, 1957
Chile  3–2  Colombia
Verdejo Goal 35', 70'
Espinoza Goal 62'		 Arango Goal 68'
Carrillo Goal 83'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Edwin Hieger (Austria)

March 23, 1957
Uruguay  5–3  Peru
Ambrois Goal 22', 48', 60', 75'
Carranza Goal 26'		 Terry Goal 3'
Seminario Goal 81'
Mosquera Goal 83'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)

March 24, 1957
Chile  2–2  Ecuador
Ramírez Banda Goal 18', 26' (pen.) Larraz Goal 25' (pen.)
Cantos Goal 59'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)

March 24, 1957
Brazil  9–0  Colombia
Pepe Goal 27'
Evaristo Goal 41', 44', 45', 75', 86'
Didì Goal 50', 60'
Zizinho Goal 85'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)

March 27, 1957
Peru  4–1  Colombia
Alberto Terry Goal 34'
Rivera Goal 35', 37'
Bassa Goal 83'		 Arango Goal 57' (pen.)
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)

March 28, 1957
Argentina  6–2  Chile
Sívori Goal 7'
Angelillo Goal 21', 70'
Maschio Goal 53', 74'
Corbatta Goal 83' (pen.)		 Fernández Goal 14', 28'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)

March 28, 1957
Uruguay  3–2  Brazil
Campero Goal 15', 23'
Ambrois Goal 17'		 Evaristo Goal 68'
Didì Goal 70'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)

March 31, 1957
Brazil  1–0  Peru
Didì Goal 73' (pen.)
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)

April 1, 1957
Colombia  4–1  Ecuador
Álvarez Goal 19' (pen.)
Gutiérrez Goal 22'
Gamboa Goal 30', 58'		 Larraz Goal 32' (pen.)
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Harry Davis (United Kingdom)

April 1, 1957
Uruguay  2–0  Chile
Campero Goal 28'
Roque Goal 40'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
Match suspended at the 43rd minute due to pitch invasion.

April 3, 1957
Argentina  3–0  Brazil
Angelillo Goal 23'
Maschio Goal 87'
Cruz Goal 90'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)

April 6, 1957
Peru  2–1  Argentina
Mosquera Goal 15'
Terry Goal 81'		 Sívori Goal 50'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)

Result

 1957 South American Championship Champions 

Argentina
11th title

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

4 Goals

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

External links

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