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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
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-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)
← 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  Costa Rica Host and 1960 CCCF Championship Champions
CCCF and NAFC 1958 Championship Runners-up
Conmebol
(South America)		  Brazil
 Argentina		 Defending Champions of 1956 Panamerican Championship
Champion of 1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
NAFC
(North America)		  Mexico CCCF and NAFC 1958 Championship Champions

Squads

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Venue

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Estadio Nacional, venue

Final table

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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

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

Argentina
1st title

Awards

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Top goalscorers

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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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