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Football at the 1979 Pan American Games

Summary

The eighth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 2 July to 14 July 1979. Nine teams competed in a first round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a second round, followed by a knock-out stage.[1]

Football – Men's tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Country Club
Estadio Sixto Escobar
Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Dates2–14 July
Medalists
Gold medal  Brazil
Silver medal  Cuba
Bronze medal  Argentina
«1975
1983»

Games were played at Estadio Country Club, Estadio Sixto Escobar and Estadio Hiram Bithorn.[2] Brazil won their third gold medal after beating Cuba in the final.[3]

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

 
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, one of the three venues
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1   Argentina 4 2 2 0 0 3 0
2   Costa Rica 2 2 1 0 1 3 2
3   Bermuda 0 2 0 0 2 1 5
Argentina  2–0  Bermuda
  • Sosa   12', 20' (pen)
Referee: Marco Gracia (USA)
Costa Rica  3–1  Bermuda
  • C. Solano   3'
  • Rojas   55', 97'
  • Riley   66'
Referee: Gastón Castro (CHI)
Argentina  1–0  Costa Rica
  • Fredes   40'
Referee: José Roberto Wright (BRA)

Group B edit

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1   Brazil 4 2 2 0 0 3 0
2   Cuba 1 2 0 1 1 2 3
3   Guatemala 1 2 0 1 1 2 4
Brazil  2–0  Guatemala
  • Silva   14'
  • Mica   71'
Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)
Cuba  2–2  Guatemala
  • Paniagua   8'
  • Escobar   87' (pen.)
Referee: Carlos Espósito (ARG)
Brazil  1–0  Cuba
Referee: Carlos Espósito (ARG)

Group C edit

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1   United States 4 2 2 0 0 9 1
2   Puerto Rico 2 2 1 0 1 2 3
3   Dominican Republic 0 2 0 0 2 0 7
United States  6–0  Dominican Republic
  • Ebert   8', 29', 49', 60'
  • Van der Beck   75', 78'
Referee: Ernest Towsent (BER)
Puerto Rico  1–0  Dominican Republic
  • Sánchez  
Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)
United States  3–1  Puerto Rico
  • Hayne  
  • Stamatis  
  • Morrone  
  • Correa  
Referee: Ernest Towsent (BER)

Second round edit

Group A edit

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1   Brazil 4 2 2 0 0 8 1
2   Costa Rica 2 2 1 0 1 5 3
3   Puerto Rico 0 2 0 0 2 0 9
Brazil  3–1  Costa Rica
  • Rojas   48' (pen.)
Referee: Ernest Towsent (BER)
Brazil  5–0  Puerto Rico
  • Silva   5', 60'
  • Mica   21'
  • Cléo   40'
  • Jérson   65'
Referee: Gastón Castro (CHI)
Costa Rica  4–0  Puerto Rico
  • Ulate   30'
  • L. Solano   44'
  • Camacho   56'
  • Quesada   57'
Referee: Carlos Espósito (ARG)

Group B edit

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1   Cuba 3 2 1 1 0 5 0
2   Argentina 3 2 1 1 0 4 0
3   United States 0 2 0 0 2 0 9
Cuba  0–0  Argentina
Referee: José Montane (PUR)
Argentina  4–0  United States
  • Bocanelli   17', 28'
  • Sosa   36'
  • Veloso   48'
Referee: José Roberto Wright (BRA)
Cuba  5–0  United States
Referee: Carlos Álvarez (COL)

Fifth-place match edit

Puerto Rico  w/o
[note 1]		  United States
Report
Notes
  1. ^ The match was scratched and Puerto Rico awarded fifth place as the US team had flown home after the group stage.

Bronze medal match edit

Argentina  2–0  Costa Rica
  • Mastrosimone   40'
  • Bastos   59' (o.g.)
 Report
Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)

Gold Medal match edit

Brazil  3–0  Cuba
 Report
Referee: Gastón Castro (CHI)

Awards edit

 1979 Pan American Games winners 
 
Brazil
Third title

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament   Brazil [2]

1 – Solitinho
2 – Luís Cláudio
3 – Wagner Basílio
4 – Valdoir
5 – Vítor
6 – João Luiz
7 – Mica
8 – Cléo
9 – Silva
10 – Jackson
11 – Silvinho
12 – Luís Henrique
13 – Oswaldo
14 – Édson Boaro
15 – Gilcimar
16 – Rogério
17 – Cristovão
18 – Jérson


(HC – Mário Travaglini)

  Cuba

1 – José Francisco Reinoso
2 – Francisco López Ríos
3 – Raimundo Frometa
4 – Luis Sánchez
7 – Andrés Roldán
8 – Amado Povea
9 – Dagoberto Lara
10 – Ramón Núñez
11 – Jorge Maya
12 – Luis Dreke
13 – Pedro Fenton
14 – Regino Delgado
15 – Jorge Massó
17 – Carlos Loredo
18 – Guillermo Mestre
19 – Roberto Pereira
20 – Fermín Hugo Madera
21 – Calixto Martínez


(HC – Roberto Hernández)

  Argentina [4]

1 – Oscar Rogélio Quiroga
2 – José Omar Beccerica
3 – Victorio Ocaño
4 – Lucio Del Mul
5 – Juan Cabrera
6 – Víctor Binello
7 – Héctor Boccanelli
8 – Eusebio Roldán
9 – Víctor Sosa
10 – Salvador Mastrosimone
11 – Antonio Alderete
12 – Guillermo Bosio
13 – Enrique Veloso
14 – Luis Rolfo
15 – Roberto Gasparini
16 – Marcelo Fredes
17 – Luis Amuchástegui
18 – Osvaldo Coloccini


(HC – Roberto Saporiti)

Goalscorers edit

There were 51 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

  •   Víctor Sosa
  •   José Manuel Rojas

2 goals

  •   Héctor Bocanelli
  •   Jérson
  •   Mica
  •   Perry Van der Beck

1 goal

1 own goal

  •   Nelson Bastos (for Argentina)

Source: RSSSF

References edit

  1. ^ CONCACAF.com – This Week in CONCACAF History: July 1-9 Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine – 1 July 2011
  2. ^ a b VIII Juegos Panamericanos - Memoria, p. 336 on PanamSports.com
  3. ^ Panamerican Games 1979 (San Juan, Puerto Rico) by José de Jesus Mora Rivera, Barrie Courtney and Neil Morrison on the RSSSF
  4. ^ Historial de participaciones de la Selección Argentina en los Juegos Panamericanos on AFA.org, 26 Jul 2019

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