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1960 Panamerican Championship

Tournament details
Country	Costa Rica
Venue(s)	Estadio Nacional
Dates	6–20 March
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	32 (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 round-robin tournament, it was won by Argentina.

Teams

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	Defeding Champions of 1956 Panamerican Championship Champion of 1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
NAFC (North America)	Mexico	CCCF and NAFC 1958 Championship Champions

Venue

Final table

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Argentina	9	6	4	1	1	9	4	5
2	Brazil	7	6	3	1	2	10	8	2
3	Mexico	4	6	1	2	3	9	10	–1
4	Costa Rica	4	6	1	2	3	4	10	–6

Match details

Mexico	2–2	Brazil
Mercado 82' Contreras 87'	Report	Élton 17' Gilberto 65'

Argentina	0–0	Costa Rica
	Report

Argentina	3–2	Mexico
Belén 10', 78' Nardiello 11'	Report	Hernández 34' González 40'

Costa Rica	3–0	Brazil
Valenciano 14' Quesada 28' Rojas 76'	Report

Costa Rica	1–1	Mexico
Valenciano 35'	Report	Hernández 62'

Argentina	2–1	Brazil
Nardiello 5' Belén 55'	Report	Juarez 60'

Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica
Onega 12' D'Ascenso 79'	Report

Brazil	2–1	Mexico
Alfeu 5' Mengálvio 34'	Report	Mercado 44'

Argentina	2–0	Mexico
Jiménez 21' Nardiello 70'	Report

Costa Rica	0–4	Brazil
	Report	Juarez 28', 31' Élton 87', 89'

Costa Rica	0–3	Mexico
	Report	González 19' Águila 61' Mercado 86'

Brazil	1–0	Argentina
Kuelle 65'	Report

Team details

Brazil Argentina GK Suly DF Orlando Rosa DF Airton Pavilhão DF Raul Calvet DF Ortunho MF Mengálvio MF Élton MF Milton Kuelle FW Marino FW Juarez FW Alfeu Substitutes: MF Kim FW Ivo Diogo Manager: Oswaldo Rolla GK Osvaldo Ayala DF Rubén Navarro DF Silvio Marzolini MF Carlos Álvarez MF José Varacka MF Héctor Pederzoli FW Walter Jiménez FW Eugenio Callá  46' FW Raúl Belén FW Ramón Abeledo  62' FW Osvaldo Nardiello  80' Substitutes: MF Edgardo D'Ascenzo  46' FW Ermindo Onega  62' MF Lorenzo Dacquarti  80' Manager: Guillermo Stábile

1960 Panamerican Championship
Argentina 1st title

Top goalscorers

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

3 goals

• Osvaldo Nardiello
• Raúl Belén
• Elton
• Juarez
• Sigifredo Mercado

2 goals

• 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)

• Panamerican Championship
• International association football competitions hosted by Costa Rica
• 1959–60 in Mexican football
• 1960 in Argentine football
• 1960 in Brazilian football
• March 1960 sports events in North America
• Sports competitions in San José, Costa Rica
• 20th century in San José, Costa Rica
• 1960 in Costa Rican sport