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Panamerican Championship

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Not to be confused with Pan American Games.
Panamerican Championship
Trophy given to the champion
Organising bodyPanamerican Football Confederation (PFC)
Founded1949
Abolished1960
RegionAmericas
Number of teams6 (1952-1956)
4 (1960)
Related competitions
Most successful team(s) Brazil
(2 titles)

The Panamerican Championship was an official continental competition of Association football organized by the Panamerican Football Confederation (PFC) every four years for senior national teams, 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

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Panamerican Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Panamericano de Fútbol) and (Portuguese: Campeonato Panamericano de futebol) was a competition founded in 1949 by the Panamerican Football Confederation to unify the three existing confederations of the Americas: CONMEBOL, NAFC and CCCF. This tournament had 3 editions which the champions were Brazil having two titles and one for Argentina.[2][3] as an attempt to create an Americas-wide, each winners of NAFC Championship (until 1949), CCCF Championship (until 1960), South American Championship (currently Copa América) and the host would qualified to the tournament, since the Copa América, was restricted to South American teams.

Panamerican Football Confederation

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Panamerican Football Confederation
AbbreviationPFC
Formation1946
Dissolved1961
TypeFootball organization
Membership
32 members associations

The Panamerican Football Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Panamericana de Fútbol) (Portuguese: Confederação Panamericana de Futebol) (French: Confédération Panaméricaine de football) (Dutch: Panamerikaanse voetbalconfederatie) and abbreviation (PFC) was a football confederation founded in 1946 in an attempt to unite all the countries of the Americas into a single confederation, It consisted of the North American Football Confederation (NAFC), the Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation (CCCF) and the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), the confederation was dissolved on 1961 when CCCF and NAFC were merged to from CONCACAF and with the exit of CONMEBOL.

Competitions

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  • Panamerican Championship (3 editions)

Results

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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

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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)

Record and statistics

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All-time top scorers

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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

Winning Coaches

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Edition Coach
1952 Brazil Zezé Moreira
1956 Brazil Teté
1960 Argentina Guillermo Stábile

Table Rankings

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Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Titles
1  Brazil 3 16 11 3 2 34 15 +19 25 2
2  Argentina 2 11 6 4 1 20 9 +11 16 1
3  Mexico 3 16 3 4 9 18 30 -12 10 -
4  Peru 2 10 3 3 4 20 16 +4 9 -
5  Chile 2 10 4 1 5 20 17 +3 9 -
6  Costa Rica 2 11 3 3 5 15 25 -10 9 -
7  Uruguay 1 5 3 0 2 16 10 +6 6 -
8  Panama 1 5 0 0 5 5 28 -23 0 -

Largest Goals

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More that 5 goals are considered largest goals on the tournament, between the 1952 had the most scored goals of 69 goals on 15 matches, while the 1960 had the less scored goals, In the match of Peru vs Panama and Brazil vs Costa Rica were the matches were both 1952 and 1956 the scores were on both (7–1) becoming the most scores in the tournament history.

The largest scores were:

Team Store Team Edition
 Peru 7–1  Panama Chile 1952 Panamerican Championship
 Brazil 7–1  Costa Rica Mexico 1956 Panamerican Championship
 Chile 6–1  Panama Chile 1952 Panamerican Championship
 Uruguay 6–1  Panama Chile 1952 Panamerican Championship
 Brazil 5–0  Panama Chile 1952 Panamerican Championship

See also

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References

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  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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