Panamerican Championship

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Panamerican Championship
Trofeo Campeonato Panamericano de Fútbol 1956.jpg
The trophy given to champion
Organising bodyPanamerican Football Confederation
Founded1952
Abolished1960; 62 years ago (1960)
RegionAmericas
Number of teams4 (1960)
Related competitions
Last champions Argentina (1960)
Most successful club(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 Copa América but included nations from North American Football Confederation (NAFC) and Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) (which merged to form CONCACAF in 1961).

History[]

The Panamerican Football Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Panamericana de Fútbol) was founded in 1946 to unify the three existing confederations, CONMEBOL, NAFC, and CCCF.[citation needed] The Panamerican Championship was organised by the new body,[2][3] as an attempt to create an Americas-wide championship since the Americas' premier tournament, Copa América, was restricted to South American teams.

Nevertheless, starting in 1993, teams from CONCACAF (mostly Mexico with 10 participations)[4] have participated in several editions of Copa América by invitation.[5][6]

Results[]

Year Host Final positions
Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place
1952  Chile  Brazil  Chile  Uruguay  Peru
1956  Mexico  Brazil  Argentina  Costa Rica  Peru
1960  Costa Rica  Argentina  Brazil  Mexico  Costa Rica

Performance by nation[]

Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Brazil 2 1 0 0
 Argentina 1 1 0 0
 Chile 0 1 0 0
 Costa Rica 0 0 1 1
 Mexico 0 0 1 0
 Uruguay 0 0 1 0
 Peru 0 0 0 2

All-time top scorers[]

Valeriano López, all-time top scorer with 7 goals
Rank Nat. Player Goals
1
 Peru Valeriano López
7
2
 Chile Andrés Prieto
6
3
 Uruguay Oscar Míguez
5
Argentina Omar Sívori
5
 Uruguay Julio Abbadie
4
Mexico Carlos Septién
Brazil Chinesinho
Brazil Larry
9
 Argentina Humberto Maschio
3
Argentina Osvaldo Nardiello
Argentina Raúl Belén
Mexico Sigifredo Mercado
Brazil Elton
Brazil Juarez

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Panamerican Championship by Macario Reyes on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Memoria y Balance AFA 1946, p. 29 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
  4. ^ ¿Por qué la selección de México dejó de acudir a la Copa América? by MARK CUBE. 26 FEB 2021
  5. ^ La idea que se gesta para desaparecer la Copa Oro y crear la Copa Conmebol-Concacaf on Infobae, 19 Feb 2019
  6. ^ Concacaf declinó invitación a Copa América, ESPN, 4 May 2018
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