Pan American Football Championship

The Pan American Football Championship was a championship for national football teams from North, Central and South America comparable to the Copa América , which was held three times between 1952 and 1960. The organizer was the Pan American Football Confederation (PFC) founded in 1946 , which has not appeared since.

The competition, not to be confused with the football tournament as part of the Pan-American Games , was held in 1952 and 1956 with six and 1960 with four participants. The game was played in league format in a simple round of everyone against everyone in one city. In 1960 the teams competed against each other twice. The criteria for participation are unknown. The national football team of Brazil won the first two editions held in Chile and Mexico. The national soccer team of Argentina won the third tournament in Costa Rica.

The tournaments at a glance

year	host	Final stands
		winner	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
1952 details	Chile ( Santiago de Chile )	Brazil	Chile	Uruguay	Peru
1956 details	Mexico ( Mexico City )	Brazil	Argentina	Costa Rica	Peru
1960 details	Costa Rica ( San José )	Argentina	Brazil	Mexico	Costa Rica

Trivia

For the 100th anniversary of the South American Football Association CONMEBOL, there is a Pan-American Championship with 16 participants, which takes place in different cities in the United States . The tournament, Copa América Centenario , which is jointly organized by the North and South American associations CONCACAF and CONMEBOL , will take place from June 3 to 26, 2016, at the same time as the European Championship, which will take place from June 10 to July 10.

Web links

• Game details on rsssf.com