Panamerican Championship


The Panamerican Championship was an official continental competition of association football organized by the Panamerican Football Confederation every four years for senior national teams, with three editions held from 1952 through 1960.
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 and the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol .

History

Panamerican Championship and 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. As an attempt to create an Americas-wide, each winners of NAFC Championship, CCCF Championship, South American Championship 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 and abbreviation 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, the Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation and the South American Football Confederation. The confederation was dissolved in 1961 when CCCF and NAFC were merged to form CONCACAF and with the exit of CONMEBOL.

Competitions

  • Panamerican Championship

    Results

Performance by nation

Record and statistics

All-time top scorers

RankNat.PlayerGoalsPlayed
1Valeriano López75
2Andrés Prieto62
3Oscar Míguez55
3Omar Sívori55
3Julio Abbadie55
4Chinesinho43
4Carlos Septién45
4Larry45
4Baltazar45
4Rodrigues Tatu45
4Pinga45
4Jorge Monge45
5Humberto Maschio34
5Osvaldo Nardiello35
5Juarez35
5Raúl Belén36
5Sigifredo Mercado36
5Elton36

Winning Coaches

Overall team records

Most goals in a match

The most goals in a single match was eight, on two occasions.
GoalsWinnerScoreLoserEdition
87–1 1952
87–1 1956
76–1 1952
76–1 1952
55–0 1952