Panamerican Championship

Trophy given to the champion
Organizing body	Panamerican Football Confederation
Founded	1952
Abolished	1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Region	Americas
Number of teams	4 to 6
Qualifier for	NAFC Championship CCCF Championship Copa America
Related competitions	Copa América CONCACAF Gold Cup
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (2 titles)

The Panamerican Championship was an international official football tournament orginazed 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

Panamerican Championship

Panamerican Championship ( Spanish: Campeonato Panamericano de Fútbol) and ( Portuguese: Campeonato Panamericano de futebol) was an tourment founded in 1949 by the Panamerican Football Confederation and to unify the three existing confederations, CONMEBOL, NAFC, and CCCF, the championship 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 (later Copa America) and the Host would qualified to the Tourment, since the Americas' premier tournament, Copa América, was restricted to South American teams.

Panamerican Football Confederation

Panamerican Football Confederation

Formation	1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Dissolved	1961; 63 years ago (1961)
Type	Sports organization
Membership	32 members associations

The Panamerican Football Confederation (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 with the exit of CONMEBOL, both NAFC and CCCF were merged to form CONCACAF on 1961

Competitions

The Panamerican Football Confederation organized three Panamerican Championships The winners were:

• 1952 –   Brazil
• 1956 –   Brazil
• 1960 –   Argentina

Participants

Teams that participated on the championship were:

•   Argentina
•   Brazil
•   Chile
•   Costa Rica
•   Mexico
•   Panama
•   Peru
•   Uruguay

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)

All-time top scorers

Rank	Nat.	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

See also

• CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
• AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
• 1993 Copa América
• Copa América Centenario
• 2024 Copa América

References

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