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1956 Panamerican Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Panamerican Championship |
| year | 1956 |
| country | Mexico |
| dates | 26 February – 18 March |
| venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario |
| num_teams | 6 |
| winners | |
| count | 2 |
| second | |
| third | |
| fourth | |
| matches | 15 |
| goals | 49 |
| scoring_leader | Omar Sívori |
| (5 goals) | |
| prev_season | 1952 |
| next_season | 1960 |
(5 goals) The 1956 Panamerican Championship was the second edition of the Panamerican Championship, an international football tournament featuring national teams from North, Central and South America. It was held in Mexico City, between February 26 and March 18, in 1956.
The competition was contested by six teams, and was played in a round-robin format. All the matches were held at Estadio Olímpico Universitario. Brazil won their second consecutive title.
Teams
6 teams participated in the championship, qualifying by various means:
| Confederation | Team | Qualification Path |
|---|---|---|
| Host | Tournament organizer | |
| Conmebol | ||
| (South America) | ||
| Champion of 1952 Panamerican Championship | ||
| Champion of 1955 South American Championship | ||
| Runner-up 1955 South American Championship | ||
| Third place 1955 South American Championship | ||
| CCCF | ||
| (Central America and the Caribbean) | Champion of 1955 CCCF Championship |
Squads
Main article: 1956 Panamerican Championship squads
Venue
All the matches were held in University Olympic Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium located inside Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City. It was built in 1952 and at that time was the largest stadium in Mexico.
By the time of the tournament, the stadium had a capacity of 69,000. The first major event held in the stadium was the 1955 Pan American Games. During the 1950s and the 1960s this stadium was used mostly for college American football games. It then became the Olympic Stadium for the 1968 Summer Games.
The stadium was also one of the venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics. It was the location of the track and field competitions, equestrian events, certain association football matches, the arrival of the marathon and the opening and closing ceremonies.
Referees
- Alfredo Rossi
- Alberto Da Gama
- Claudio Vicuña
- Danilo Alfaro
- Frenando Buergo
Matches
- Calderón
- Monge
- Luizinho
- Klein
- Tello
- Drago
- Gómez Sánchez
- Maschio
- Sívori
- Montero
- Vairo
- Monge
- Larry
- Herrera
- Monge
- Bodinho
- Bravo
- del Águila
- Maschio
- Sívori
- Larry
- Chinesinho
- Bodinho
- Cordero
- Lama
- Mosquera
- Díaz
- Cortés
- Murillo
- Herrera Monge
- Salinas
- Calderón
- Tello
- Chinesinho
- Andrade
- Yudica
- Sívori
Final table
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | –4 | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | –6 |
Top goalscorers
-
Omar Sívori
-
Chinesinho
-
Larry
-
Humberto Maschio
References
References
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/panamch56.html II. Panamerican Championship 1956] by Erik Lugo and Eduardo Mendoza on the RSSSF
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170622151510/https://jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com/ Seleção Brasileira Todos os Jogos] (blogsite, archived 22 Jun 2017)
- "Estadio Olímpico Universitario". Agencia Digital de Innovación Pública.
- "Estadio Olímpico Universitario - Localidades". UNAM.
- Quoted by [[Diego Rivera]] in a 1954 conference. Canales González, Ana Fernanda. ''La modernidad arquitectónica de México: una mirada a través de los medios impresos''. PhD thesis, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2013.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081118070058/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v2pt1.pdf 1968 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 2. Part 1. p. 76.
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