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The South American Championship 1957 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Argentina with Brazil as a second.

Humberto Maschio from Argentina and Javier Ambrois from Uruguay became top scorers of the tournament with 9 goals.

[edit] Stadium

All games played in Lima, at Estadio Nacional de Lima.

March 7, 1957	Uruguay	5–2	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 50000 Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
	Ambrois 26' Ambrois 29' (pk) Ambrois 57' Ambrois 74' Sacía 87'		Larraz 12' Larraz 40' (pk)

March 10, 1957	Peru	2–1	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 55000 Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)
	Terry 29' Terry 37' (pk)		Cantos 44'

March 13, 1957	Argentina	8–2	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 42000 Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)
	Cruz 5' Angelillo 10' Maschio 16' (pk) Maschio 23' Maschio 53' (pk) Corbatta 59' Angelillo 73' Maschio 85'		Gamboa 34' (pk) Valencia 37'

March 13, 1957	Brazil	4–2	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 42000 Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)
	Didì 20' Didì 26' Didì 44' Pepe 46'		Ramírez Banda 13' Fernández 89'

March 16, 1957	Peru	1–0	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 60000 Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)
	Mosquera 57'

March 17, 1957	Colombia	1–0	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 50000 Referee: Pedro Di Leo (Italy)
	Arango 28'

March 17, 1957	Argentina	3–0	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 50000 Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)
	Angelillo 5' Sívori 14' Angelillo 39'

March 20, 1957	Argentina	4–0	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 40000 Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
	Maschio 7' Angelillo 48' Maschio 73' Sanfilippo 83'

March 21, 1957	Brazil	7–1	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45000 Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)
	Evaristo 22' Pepe 25' Zizinho 34' (pk) Joel 43' Joel 68' Didì 78' Evaristo 89'		Larraz 80' (pk)

March 21, 1957	Chile	3–2	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45000 Referee: Edwin Hieger (Austria)
	Verdejo 35' Espinoza 62' Verdejo 70'		Arango 68' Carrillo 83'

March 23, 1957	Uruguay	5–3	Peru	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 55000 Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)
	Ambrois 22' Carranza 26' Ambrois 48' Ambrois 60' Ambrois 75'		Terry 3' Seminario 81' Mosquera 83'

March 24, 1957	Chile	2–2	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45000 Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
	Ramírez Banda 18' Ramírez Banda 26' (pk)		Larraz 25' (pk) Cantos 59'

March 24, 1957	Brazil	9–0	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 45000 Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)
	Pepe 27' Evaristo 41' Evaristo 44' Evaristo 45' Didì 50' Didì 60' Evaristo 75' Zizinho 85' Evaristo 86'

March 27, 1957	Peru	4–1	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 55000 Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)
	Alberto Terry 34' Rivera 35' Rivera 37' Bassa 83'		Arango 57' (pk)

March 28, 1957	Argentina	6–2	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 50000 Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)
	Sívori 7' Angelillo 21' Maschio 53' Angelillo 70' Maschio 74' Corbatta 83' (pk)		Fernández 14' Fernández 28'

March 28, 1957	Uruguay	3–2	Brazil	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 50000 Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
	Campero 15' Ambrois 17' Campero 23'		Evaristo 68' Didì 70'

March 31, 1957	Brazil	1–0	Peru	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 55000 Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)
	Didì 73' (pk)

April 1, 1957	Colombia	4–1	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 40000 Referee: Harry Davis (United Kingdom)
	Gamboa Gamboa Alvarez (pk) Gutiérrez		Jorge Larraz 14' (pk)

April 1, 1957	Uruguay	2–0	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 40000 Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
	Campero 28' Roque 40'

Match suspended at the 43rd minute due to pitch invasion

April 3, 1957	Argentina	3–0	Brazil	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 55000 Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)
	Angelillo 23' Maschio 87' Cruz 90'

April 6, 1957	Peru	2–1	Argentina	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 60000 Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)
	Mosquera 15' Terry 81'		Sívori 50'

South American Championship 1957 Champions
Argentina 12^th title

9 goals

8 goals

5 goals