The 1956 Latin Cup ( it, Coppa Latina 1956) was the seventh edition of the annual

Latin Cup The Latin Cup was an international football tournament for club sides from the Southwest European nations of France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. In 1949 the football federations came together and requested FIFA to launch the competition. Europ ...

which was played by clubs of the Southwest European nations of

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Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

, and

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. The tournament was hosted by Italy, and the Italian club

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was the winner of the tournament after defeating

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by a score of 3–1 in the final match.

Participating teams

Venues

The host of the tournament was

, and all matches were played in one host stadium.

Tournament

Bracket

Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

Latin Cup (Full Results)
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