Panamerican Championship

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]

Not to be confused with Pan American Games.
Panamerican Championship
Organising bodyPanamerican Football Confederation
Founded1952
Abolished1960 (1960)
RegionAmericas
Number of teams4 (1960)
Related competitions
Last champions Argentina (1960)
Most successful club(s) Brazil
(2 titles)

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

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