Tournament details | |
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Host country | Chile |
Dates | 27 February – 30 March |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Argentina (10th title) |
Runners-up | Chile |
Third place | Peru |
Fourth place | Uruguay |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 73 (4.87 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Rodolfo Micheli (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.
Santiago |
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Estadio Nacional de Chile |
Capacity: 70,000 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Argentina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 9 |
Chile | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 7 |
Peru | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 6 |
Uruguay | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
Paraguay | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 |
Ecuador | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 |
Chile | 7–1 | Ecuador |
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Hormazábal 27', 47', 53' Díaz 31', 35' Meléndez 33' Robledo 55' | Villacreses 64' |
Argentina | 5–3 | Paraguay |
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Micheli 5', 18' (pen.), 64', 83' Borello 74' | Rolón 13' Martínez 47' Villalba 89' |
Chile | 5–4 | Peru |
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Muñoz 9' Robledo 13', 57' Hormazábal 52' Ramírez 84' | Castillo 35' Barbadillo 62' Heredia 63' (pen.) Gómez 83' |
Chile | 2–2 | Uruguay |
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Muñoz 30' Hormazábal 72' | Galván 24', 41' |
Chile | 5–0 | Paraguay |
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Meléndez 10', 52' Muñoz 77', 79' Hormazábal 82' |
1955 South American Championship champions |
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Argentina 10th title |
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