| Panamerican Championship | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Dates: | 26 February – 18 March |
| Venue: | Estadio Olímpico Universitario |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Count: | 2 |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Goals: | 49 |
| Scoring Leader: | Omar Sívori (5 goals) |
| Prev Season: | 1952 |
| Next Season: | 1960 |
The 1956 Panamerican Championship was the second edition of the Panamerican Championship, an international football tournament featuring national teams from North, Central and South America. It was held in Mexico City, between February 26 and March 18, in 1956.
The competition was contested by six teams, and was played in a round-robin format. All the matches were held at Estadio Olímpico Universitario.[1] [2] Brazil won their second consecutive title.
6 teams participated in the championship, qualifiyng by various means:
| - bgcolor=#006699 style="color:white;" | width=30% | Confederation | width=20% | Team | width=70% | Qualification Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | Tournament organizer | |||||
| Conmebol (South America) | Champion of 1952 Panamerican Championship Champion of 1955 South American Championship Runner-up 1955 South American Championship Third place 1955 South American Championship | |||||
| CCCF (Central America and the Caribbean) |
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| width=30 | Rank | width=165 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=30 | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | –4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | –6 |