Panamerican Championship

Panamerican Football Confederation
Abbreviation	PFC
Formation	1946
Dissolved	1961
Type	Football organization
Membership	32 members associations

Panamerican Championship
	Trophy given to champions
Organiser(s)	Panamerican Football Confederation (PFC)
Founded	1952
Abolished	1960; 65 years ago
Region	Americas
Teams	6 (1952–1956); 4 (1960)
Related competitions	Copa América; CONCACAF Championship; Gold Cup;
Most championships	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 not only from the South American Football Confederation but also 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 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

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 in 1961 when CCCF and NAFC were merged to form CONCACAF and with the exit of CONMEBOL.

Competitions

Panamerican Championship (3 editions)

Results

Ed.	Year	Host city	Champions	Runners-up	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)

Record and statistics

All-time top scorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Played
1	Valeriano López	7	5
2	Andrés Prieto	6	2
3	Oscar Míguez	5	5
	Omar Sívori		5
	Julio Abbadie		5
4	Chinesinho	4	3
	Carlos Septién		5
	Larry		5
	Baltazar		5
	Rodrigues Tatu		5
	Pinga		5
	Jorge Monge		5
5	Humberto Maschio	3	4
	Osvaldo Nardiello		5
	Juarez		5
	Raúl Belén		6
	Sigifredo Mercado		6
	Elton		6

Winning Coaches

Edition	Coach
1952	Zezé Moreira
1956	Teté
1960	Guillermo Stábile

Overall team records

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	3	16	11	3	2	34	15	+19	25
2	Argentina	2	11	6	4	1	20	9	+11	16
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

Most goals in a match

The most goals in a single match was eight, on two occasions.

Goals	Winner	Score	Loser	Edition
8	Peru	7–1	Panama	1952
8	Brazil	7–1	Costa Rica	1956
7	Chile	6–1	Panama	1952
7	Uruguay	6–1	Panama	1952
5	Brazil	5–0	Panama	1952

References

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

[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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Editions	1952 1956 1960
Related	CONCACAF Gold Cup Copa América