Football at the 1967 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the 1967 Pan American Games
VenueWinnipeg Stadium
Dates24 July – 3 August
Medalists
Gold medal  Mexico
Silver medal  Bermuda
Bronze medal  Trinidad and Tobago
«1963 1971»

The fifth edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 24 to August 3, 1967. Eight teams divided in two groups of four did compete in a round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title. For the first time the tournament ended with a knock-out stage after the preliminary round.

First round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Trinidad and Tobago 5 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4
 Mexico 4 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3
 Argentina 3 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4
 Colombia 0 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11
24 July 1967
Colombia 2–5 Trinidad and Tobago
Tovar 34', 43' Report Browne 60', 85'
Berassa 63'
Small 79', 83'
Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg 24 July 1967
Mexico 2–2 Argentina
Pereda 17'
Regueiro 25'		 Report Ponce 82'
Martínez 89'
Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg 26 July 1967
Mexico 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Lapuente 34' Report LaBastide 73' (pen.)
Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg 26 July 1967
Colombia 0–5 Argentina
Report C. García 7'
A. García 16', 18'
Ponce 44'
Vicente 46'
Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg 28 July 1967
Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Argentina
Berassa 59' Report
Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg 28 July 1967
Mexico 3–0
 Colombia
Cerda 66'
Pereda 73', 77'		 Report
Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg Notes
  1. ^ Abandoned at 3–0 in 82' after Colombia had 3 player sent off.

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Canada 5 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2
 Bermuda 4 3 1 2 0 10 6 +4
 United States 2 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4
 Cuba 1 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2
25 July 1967
Bermuda 7–3 United States
Smith
Dill
Douglas
Romaine
Gansler (o.g.)		 Report Roboostoff
Minors (o.g.)
Alexander Park, WinnipegAttendance: 4,000Referee: Arthur Weir (CAN) 25 July 1967
Canada 2–1 Cuba
McPate 25'
Hansen 77' (pen.)		 Report Fariñas 71'
Winnipeg Stadium, WinnipegAttendance: 7,000Referee: Keith Dunstan (BER) 27 July 1967
Cuba 1–1 Bermuda
Tsiba 40' Report Smith 40'
Alexander Park, WinnipegAttendance: 5,000Referee: Dan Kulai (CAN) 27 July 1967
Canada 2–1 United States
Baird 40'
McPate 70'		 Report Benedek 75' (pen.)
Alexander Park, WinnipegAttendance: 5,000Referee: José Minsal (CUB) 29 July 1967
Canada 2–2 Bermuda
McKay
Hansen 		Report Dill
Winnipeg Stadium, WinnipegAttendance: 7,000Referee: Henry Landauer (USA) 30 July 1967
Cuba 1–2 United States
Mico 63' Report Kinealy 21'
Tuchscherer 50'
Winnipeg Stadium, WinnipegAttendance: 3,000Referee: Frank Lee (CAN)

Final round

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 Winnipeg
 
  Trinidad and Tobago1
 Winnipeg
  Bermuda3
  Mexico4
 Winnipeg
  Bermuda0
  Canada1
 
  Mexico2
 Third place
 
 Winnipeg
 
  Trinidad and Tobago4
 
  Canada1

Semi finals

31 July 1967
Trinidad and Tobago 1–3 Bermuda
Gamaldo 77' Report Dills 33'
Darrell 67'
Best 87'
Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg 1 August 1967
Canada 1–2 Mexico
Baird 5' Report Pereda 36'
Dosal 46'
Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

Bronze medal match

2 August 1967
Canada 1–4 Trinidad and Tobago
Adams 72' Report Browne 43'
Berassa 52'
Aleong 80'
Gellineau 85'
Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

Gold Medal match

3 August 1967
Mexico 4–0 (a.e.t.) Bermuda
Pereda 91', 99', 106'
Lapuente 110'		 Report
Winnipeg Stadium, WinnipegAttendance: 3,000Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)
 1967 Pan American Games winners 

Mexico
First title

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Mexico

Javier Vargas Rueda
Gilberto Rodríguez Rivera
Juan Manuel Alejándrez
Carlos Albert Llorente
Mario Guadarrama
José Humberto Villaseñor
Javier Bazán
Luis Regueiro
Héctor Pulido
Alberto Onofre Cervantes
Juan Dosal
José Jesús Prado
Vicente Pereda
Luis Estrada Luévano
Manuel Lapuente
Manuel Cerda Canela
Fernando Castañeda
Juan Alvarado

(HC – Ignacio Trelles)

 Bermuda

Dennis Wainright
Earlston Jennings
Rudolph Minors
Irving Romaine
Noel Simons
Rudolph Smith
Gladwin Daniels
Gary Darrell
Kenneth Cann
Lionel Smith
Edward Ming Cann
Gordon Cholmondeley
Lerroy Lewis
Willian Cann
Clyde Best
Winston Trott
Carlton Dill
Marcus Douglas

(HC – England Graham Adams)

 Trinidad and Tobago

Lincoln Abraham Phillips
Jean Mouttet
Tyronne Labastide
Aldwin Ferguson
Selwyn Murren
Hugh Mulzac
David Armin
Victor Gamaldo
Joseph Sedley
Bertrand Grell
Andrew Aleong
Alvin Corneal
Gerry Browne
Kelvin Berassa
Patrick Small
Jeff Gellineau
Richard Steward


(HC – Conrad Braithwhite)

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: RSSSF

References

  1. ^ Panamerican Games 1967 (Winnipeg) on the RSSSF
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