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[edit]

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 organized 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 the Copa América by invitation.[5][6] In addition, between 1996 and 2005, teams from CONMEBOL took part in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in order to help the competition establish itself, with Brazil and Colombia participating three times each.

Results[edit]

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

Performance by nation[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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
  4. ^ ¿Por qué la selección de México dejó de acudir a la Copa América? by MARK CUBE Archived 2022-01-28 at the Wayback Machine. 26 FEB 2021
  5. ^ La idea que se gesta para desaparecer la Copa Oro y crear la Copa Conmebol-Concacaf Archived 2021-09-04 at the Wayback Machine on Infobae, 19 Feb 2019
  6. ^ Concacaf declinó invitación a Copa América Archived 2021-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, ESPN, 4 May 2018
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