Panamerican Championship
Football tournament
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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
 | |
| Abbreviation | PFC |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1946 |
| Dissolved | 1961 |
| Type | Football organization |
| Membership | 32 members associations |
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
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 |
 | 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
Most goals in a match
The most goals in a single match was eight, on two occasions.
