These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1956 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.

Argentina Head Coach: Guillermo Stábile

Brazil Head Coach: Osvaldo Brandão

Chile Head Coach: Luis Tirado

Paraguay Head Coach: Julio Ramírez

Peru Head Coach: Arturo Fernández

Uruguay Head Coach: Hugo Bagnulo

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