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
| Rank | Nat. | Player | Goals | Played |
| 1 | Valeriano López | 7 | 5 | |
| 2 | Andrés Prieto | 6 | 2 | |
| 3 | Oscar Míguez | 5 | 5 | |
| 3 | Omar Sívori | 5 | 5 | |
| 3 | Julio Abbadie | 5 | 5 | |
| 4 | Chinesinho | 4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Carlos Septién | 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | Larry | 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | Baltazar | 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | Rodrigues Tatu | 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | Pinga | 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | Jorge Monge | 4 | 5 | |
| 5 | Humberto Maschio | 3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Osvaldo Nardiello | 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | Juarez | 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | Raúl Belén | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Sigifredo Mercado | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Elton | 3 | 6 |
Winning Coaches
Overall team records
Most goals in a match
The most goals in a single match was eight, on two occasions.| Goals | Winner | Score | Loser | Edition |
| 8 | 7–1 | 1952 | ||
| 8 | 7–1 | 1956 | ||
| 7 | 6–1 | 1952 | ||
| 7 | 6–1 | 1952 | ||
| 5 | 5–0 | 1952 |