1952 Panamerican Championship

1952 Panamerican Championship
Official poster
Tournament details
CountryChile
Venue(s)Estadio Nacional
Dates16 March – 20 April
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runner-up Chile
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored72 (4.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Peru Valeriano López
(7 goals)
1956 →

The 1952 Panamerican Championship was the first edition of the Panamerican Championship, an association football tournament featuring national teams from North, Central and South America. Organized by the Panamerican Football Confederation, this first edition was held in Santiago, Chile, between March 16 and April 20, in 1952.[1]

The competition, contested by six teams, was played in a round-robin format, and won by Brazil. All the matches were played at Estadio Nacional.[1]


Participating teams

6 teams participated in the championship, qualifying by various means:

Confederation Team Qualification Path
Host  Chile Tournament organizer
FIFA  Uruguay 1950 FIFA World Cup Champion
Conmebol (South America)  Brazil
 Peru 		1949 South American Championship Champion
Third Place
NAFC (North America)  Mexico 1949 NAFC Championship Champion
CCCF (Central America and the Caribbean)  Panama 1951 CCCF Championship Champion
Mexico, 1949 NAFC Championship Champions
Panama, 1951 CCCF Championship Champions
Uruguay, 1950 FIFA World Cup Champions

Venue

Santiago
Estadio Nacional
Capacity: 70,000

Referees

  • England Godfrey Sunderland
  • England William Crawford
  • England John Aldbridge
  • England Charles Mckenna
  • England Walter Manning
  • England Charles Dean

Results

Some of the matches played, fltr: Chile v Panama, Chile v Peru, Uruguay v Mexico, and Uruguay v Panama

Match details

Chile 6–1 Panama
Hormazábal 15'
Prieto 27', 45', 81'
Muñoz 29'
Meléndez 65'		 Report Linares 89'
Peru 7–1 Panama
López 5', 9', 20', 85', 87'
Barbadillo 44'
Morales 60'		 Report Martínez 72' (pen.)
Uruguay 3–1 Mexico
Bravo 27' (o.g.)
Míguez 40'
Abbadie 87'		 Report Septién 35'
Chile 4–0 Mexico
Hormazábal 20'
Prieto 30', 82'
Díaz 86'		 Report
Uruguay 5–2 Peru
Vidal 2'
Míguez 11', 29', 87'
Pérez 74'		 Report Barbadillo 19'
López 75'
Chile 3–2 Peru
Prieto 31'
Meléndez 51' (pen.)
Cremaschi 86'		 Report Barbadillo 14'
López 81'
Uruguay 6–1 Panama
Abbadie 6', 14', 32'
Britos 64'
Tejada 77' (o.g.)
Loureiro 85'		 Report Martínez 39'
Brazil 2–0 Mexico
Baltasar 55', 71' Report
Mexico 4–2 Panama
Septién 18', 34', 81'
Molina 19'		 Report Martínez 63' (pen.)
Rangel 78'
Brazil 5–0 Panama
Baltazar 5'
Rodrigues 8', 57'
Julinho 20'
Pinga 70'		 Report
Brazil 4–2 Uruguay
Didi 24'
Rodrigues 32'
Baltazar 71'
Pinga 85'		 Report Míguez 54'
Cancela 89' (pen.)
Peru 3–0 Mexico
Rivera 5'
Drago 16'
Torres 86'		 Report
Brazil 3–0 Chile
Ademir 9', 18'
Pinga 86'		 Report


 1952 Panamerican Championship 

Brazil
1st title

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 5 4 1 0 14 2 +12 9
2  Chile 5 4 0 1 15 6 +9 8
3  Uruguay 5 3 0 2 16 10 +6 6
4  Peru 5 2 1 2 14 9 +5 5
5  Mexico 5 1 0 4 5 14 −9 2
6  Panama 5 0 0 5 5 28 −23 0
Source: RSSSF

Top goalscorers

Peruvian Valeriano López, top scorer of the competition

There were 72 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.8 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Source: RSSSF

References

  1. ^ a b I. Panamerican Championship 1952 by Erik Lugo and Eduardo Mendoza on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Valeriano López en Huracán: El tanque de Parque Patricios by Roberto Gando, 27 Apr 2017
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