1955 South American Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Chile |
Dates | February 27 – March 30 |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 73 (4.87 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (8 goals) |
The South American Championship 1955 was a football tournament held in Chile and won by Argentina with Chile as runners-up. Brazil, Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament. Rodolfo Micheli from Argentina became top scorer of the tournament with 8 goals.
Squads[]
Venues[]
Santiago |
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Estadio Nacional de Chile |
Capacity: 70,000 |
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Final round[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 9 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 7 |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 6 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 |
Argentina ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
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Micheli ![]() Borello ![]() |
Rolón ![]() Martínez ![]() Villalba ![]() |
Chile ![]() | 5–4 | ![]() |
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Muñoz ![]() Robledo ![]() Hormazábal ![]() Ramírez ![]() |
Castillo ![]() ![]() ![]() Gómez ![]() |
Chile ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Muñoz ![]() Hormazábal ![]() |
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Chile ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Meléndez ![]() Muñoz ![]() Hormazábal ![]() |
Result[]
1955 South American Championship Champions |
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![]() Argentina 10th title |
Goal scorers[]
8 Goals
6 Goals
Enrique Hormazabal
Gómez Sánchez
5 Goals
4 Goals
3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal
Own Goal
External links[]
Categories:
- 1955 South American Championship
- Copa América tournaments
- International association football competitions hosted by Chile
- 1955 in South American football
- 1955 in Chilean football
- February 1955 sports events
- March 1955 sports events
- Sports competitions in Santiago
- 1950s in Santiago, Chile