Summary
The ninth edition of the men's football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from 15 August to 27 August 1983. Ten teams competed in a first round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a semifinal and a final.[1]
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| Venue | Brígido Iriarte Stadium | ||||||
| Dates | 15–27 August | ||||||
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«1979 1987» | |||||||
Uruguay, coached by Oscar Tabárez, won their first Pan American title after beating Brazil 1–0 in the final.[2]
Qualifying edit
North America edit
Canada  | 2–3 |  United States |
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Sudeyko  55'Odinga 87' |
Report | Fox 12', 51' Hooker 62' |
Original draw edit
Originally, the tournament was to have been played by 12 teams organised into four groups of three teams, but Honduras and Suriname withdrew, forcing a rearrangement of the original draw (shown below).
- Group A: Venezuela, Chile, Suriname
- Group B: Brazil, United States, Bermuda
- Group C: Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras
- Group D: Uruguay, Mexico, Cuba
First round edit
Group A edit
| Rank | Team | Pts. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| 1 |  Uruguay
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 |  Venezuela
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2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 |  Bermuda
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Venezuela | 3–2 | Bermuda |
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| Zubizarreta 24' Carvajal 40'Castellanos 43' |
Report | Jambe 34' Bean 67' |
Group B edit
| Rank | Team | Pts. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| 1 |  Brazil
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 |  Mexico
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2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 |  Argentina
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Group C edit
| Rank | Team | Pts. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| 1 |  Guatemala
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4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 |  Chile
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4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 |  Cuba
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3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | United States
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Guatemala | 3–0 | United States |
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| Claverí 60' Bobadilla 76'Gómez Rendón 82' |
Report |
| Cuba | 0–0 | United States |
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| Chile | 2–1 | United States |
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| Vera 48' Gálvez 57' |
Report | McDaniel 31' |
Semifinal edit
Group B winner (Brazil) received a bye to the final.
| Uruguay | 2–1 | Guatemala |
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| Peirano 48', 75' |
Report | Bobadilla 78' |
Gold-medal match edit
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Awards edit
| 1983 Pan American Games winners |
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 Uruguay First title |
Statistics edit
Goalscorers edit
There were 26 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 1.86 goals per match.
3 goals
José Bobadilla
Miguel Peirano
2 goals
1 goal
Ralph Bean- David Lambe
Marcus Vinícius
Victor Castañeda- Martín Galvéz
- Luís Vera
Ramón Nuñez- Walter Claverí
- Jorge Fernández
- Julio Gómez
César Meza- Joel Ruíz
Dave McDaniel- Aldo Azzinari
- José Batista
Rodolfo Carvajal- Johnny Castellanos
- Iker Zubizarreta
Source: PanamSports
Squads edit
Argentina edit
Mario Bernio, Jorge Ceballos, Héctor Cejas, Duilio Dagametti, Esteban Del Río, Gustavo Dezotti, Juan Gilberto Funes, Rodolfo Garnica, Eugenio Gentile, Francisco Guillén (GK), Humberto Gutiérrez, Ariel Moreno, Juan José Oficialdegui, Oscar Olivera, Norberto Ortega Sánchez, Carlos Prono (GK), Esteban Solaberrieta, Jorge Theiler. Head coach: Carlos Pachamé