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1960 Panamerican Championship

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1960 Panamerican Championship
Tournament details
CountryCosta Rica
VenueEstadio Nacional
Dates6–20 March
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsImage Argentina (1st title)
Runners-upImage Brazil
Third placeImage Mexico
Fourth placeImage Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored32 (2.67 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Five players
(3 goals each)
← 1956

The 1960 Panamerican Championship was the third and final edition of the Panamerican Championship, an international 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 at Estadio Nacional.

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

Teams

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Confederation Team Qualification Path
Host Image Costa Rica Host and 1960 CCCF Championship Champions
CCCF and NAFC 1958 Championship Runners-up
Conmebol
(South America)		 Image Brazil
Image Argentina		 Defending Champions of 1956 Panamerican Championship
Champion of 1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
NAFC
(North America)		 Image Mexico CCCF and NAFC 1958 Championship Champions

Squads

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Venue

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Image
Estadio Nacional, venue

Final table

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

Match details

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Mexico Image2–2Image Brazil
Mercado Image 82'
Contreras Image 87'		 Report Élton Image 17'
Gilberto Image 65'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
Argentina Image0–0Image Costa Rica
Report
Referee: Arthur Villarino (Brazil)
Argentina Image3–2Image Mexico
Belén Image 10', 78'
Nardiello Image 11'		 Report Hernández Image 34'
González Image 40'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Arthur Villarino (Brazil)
Costa Rica Image3–0Image Brazil
  • Valenciano Image 14'
  • Quesada Image 28'
  • Rojas Image 76'
 Report
Attendance: 25,000[2]
Referee: Luis Antonio Ventre (Argentina)
Costa Rica Image1–1Image Mexico
  • Valenciano Image 35'
 Report
Referee: Luis Antonio Ventre (Argentina)
Argentina Image2–1Image Brazil
 Report
Referee: Rafael Valenzuela (Mexico)
Argentina Image2–0Image Costa Rica
 Report
Referee: Rafael Valenzuela (Mexico)
Brazil Image2–1Image Mexico
 Report
  • Mercado Image 44'
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
Argentina Image2–0Image Mexico
 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
Costa Rica Image0–4Image Brazil
Report
Referee: Luis Antonio Ventre (Argentina)
Costa Rica Image0–3Image Mexico
Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Luis Antonio Ventre (Argentina)
Brazil Image1–0Image Argentina
 [citation needed]
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
 1960 Panamerican Championship 
Image
Argentina
1st title

Awards

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Top goalscorers

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Image
Image
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

Team of the Tournament

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Ideal XI by RSSSF[3]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Hernán Alvarado Brazil Airton Pavilhão
Argentina Rubén Navarro		 Argentina José Varacka
Costa Rica Marvin Rodríguez
Mexico Alfredo del Águila		 Costa Rica Guillermo Valenciano
Brazil Élton Fensterseifer
Brazil Juarez Teixeira
Argentina Raúl Belén
Mexico Sigifredo Mercado

References

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  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)
  3. ↑ "III. Panamerican Championship 1960 - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
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