Panamerican Championship

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Not to be confused with Pan American Games.
Panamerican Championship
Organizing bodyPanamerican Football Confederation
Founded1952
Abolished1960; 64 years ago (1960)
RegionAmericas
Number of teams4 (1960)
Related competitions
Last champion(s) Argentina (1960)
Most successful team(s) Brazil
(2 titles)

The Panamerican Championship was an international football tournament held by the Panamerican Football Confederation every four years with three editions held from 1952 through 1960.[1]

The competition was similar to the Copa América but included nations from the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) and the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) (which merged to form CONCACAF in 1961).

History

Panamerican Football Confederacion

The Panamerican Football Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Panamericana de Fútbol) was an confederation founded in 1946 to unify the three existing confederations, CONMEBOL, NAFC, and CCCF. the confederation only competition was Panamerican Championship, the championship had 3 editions which the champions were only Brazil having two titles and one for Argentina. The Panamerican Championship was organized by Panamerican Football Confederation [2][3] as an attempt to create an Americas-wide, each winners of NAFC, CCCF, Copa America and the Host would qualified to the Tourment, since the Americas' premier tournament, Copa América, was restricted to South American teams, The confederation was dissolved on 1961 with the exit of CONMEBOL, both NAFC and CCCF were merged to form CONCACAF on 1961.

Members

NAFC

CCCF

Conmebol

Participants

NAFC

CCCF

CONMEBOL

Results

Ed. Year Host city 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place Fourth place
1 1952 Santiago, Chile  Brazil  Chile  Uruguay  Peru
2 1956 Mexico City, Mexico  Brazil  Argentina  Costa Rica  Peru
3 1960 San José, Costa Rica  Argentina  Brazil  Mexico  Costa Rica

Performance by nation

Team Champions Runners-up Third place Appearances
 Brazil 2 1 0 3 (1952, 1956, 1960)
 Argentina 1 1 0 2 (1956, 1960)
 Chile 0 1 0 2 (1952, 1956)
 Costa Rica 0 0 1 2 (1956, 1960)
 Mexico 0 0 1 3 (1952, 1956, 1960)
 Uruguay 0 0 1 1 (1952)
 Peru 0 0 0 2 (1952, 1956)
 Panama 0 0 0 1 (1952)

All-time top scorers

Valeriano López, all-time top scorer with 7 goals
Rank Nat. Player Goals Played
1
 Peru Valeriano López
7
5
2
 Chile Andrés Prieto
6
2
3
 Uruguay Oscar Míguez
5
5
Argentina Omar Sívori
5
Uruguay Julio Abbadie
5
4
 Brazil Chinesinho
4
3
Mexico Carlos Septién
5
Brazil Larry
5
Brazil Baltazar
5
Brazil Rodrigues Tatu
5
Brazil Pinga
5
Costa Rica Jorge Monge
5
5
 Argentina Humberto Maschio
3
4
Argentina Osvaldo Nardiello
5
Brazil Juarez
5
Argentina Raúl Belén
6
Mexico Sigifredo Mercado
6
Brazil Elton
6

See also

References

  1. ^ Panamerican Championship Archived 2023-04-09 at the Wayback Machine by Macario Reyes on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Memoria y Balance AFA 1946, p. 29 Archived 2022-03-08 at the Wayback Machine on AFA website
  3. ^ Triunfos y Tristezas del equipo Tricolor: Historia de la Selección Mexicana de Fútbol- México: EDAMEX. pp. 26-36 - ISBN 968-409-832-4
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