1960 Panamerican Championship
Tournament details
CountryCosta Rica
Venue(s)Estadio Nacional
Dates6–20 March
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up Brazil
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored32 (2.67 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Five players
(3 goals each)

The 1960 Panamerican Championship was the third and final edition of Panamerican Championship, an association football tournament featuring national teams from North, Central and South America. It was hosted in San José, Costa Rica, between March 6 and March 20, in 1960. All the matches were held in Estadio Nacional.

Four teams played as a round-robin tournament, it was won by Argentina.[1]

Venue

Estadio Nacional, venue

Final table

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Argentina 96411945
2  Brazil 763121082
3  Mexico 46123910–1
4  Costa Rica 46123410–6

Match details

Mexico 22 Brazil
Mercado 82'
Contreras 87'
Report Elton 17'
Gilberto 65'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

Argentina 00 Costa Rica
Report
Referee: Arthur Villarino (Brazil)

Argentina 32 Mexico
Belén 10', 78'
Nardiello 11'
Report Hernández 34'
González 40'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Arthur Villarino (Brazil)

Costa Rica 30 Brazil
Valenciano 14'
Quesada 28'
Rojas 76'
Report
Attendance: 25,000 [2]
Referee: Luis Antonio Ventre (Argentina)

Costa Rica 11 Mexico
Valenciano 35' Report Hernández 62'
Referee: Luis Antonio Ventre (Argentina)

Argentina 21 Brazil
Nardiello 5'
Belén 55'
Report Juarez 60'
Referee: Rafael Valenzuela (Mexico)

Argentina 20 Costa Rica
Onega 12'
D'Ascenso 79'
Report
Referee: Rafael Valenzuela (Mexico)

Brazil 21 Mexico
Alfeu 5'
Mengálvio 34'
Report Mercado 44'
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

Argentina 20 Mexico
Jiménez 21'
Nardiello 70'
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

Costa Rica 04 Brazil
Report Juarez 28', 31'
Elton 87', 89'
Referee: Luis Antonio Ventre (Argentina)

Costa Rica 03 Mexico
Report González 19'
Águila 61'
Mercado 86'
Attendance: 18,0000
Referee: Luis Antonio Ventre (Argentina)

Brazil 10 Argentina
Kuelle 65' Report
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

Top goalscorers

Argentine players Osvaldo Nardiello (left) and Raúl Belén, two of the top scorers of the competition with 3 goals

There were 32 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

  • Mexico Carlos González

Source: RSSSF

References

  1. III. Panamerican Championship 1960 by Erik Francisco Lugo and Eduardo Mendoza on the RSSSF
  2. "El día que Costa Rica bailó y goleó a Brasil" on Historias del Fútbol Tico (blogsite)
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