Football at the 1979 Pan American Games

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»

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.

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

Preliminary round

Group A

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
July 2
Argentina 2–0 Bermuda
  • Sosa 12', 20' (pen)
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San JuanReferee: Marco Gracia (USA) July 4
Costa Rica 3–1 Bermuda
  • C. Solano 3'
  • Rojas 55', 97'
  • Riley 66'
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San JuanReferee: Gastón Castro (CHI) July 6
Argentina 1–0 Costa Rica
  • Fredes 40'
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San JuanReferee: José Roberto Wright (BRA)

Group B

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
July 2
Brazil 2–0 Guatemala
  • Silva 14'
  • Mica 71'
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San JuanReferee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN) July 4
Cuba 2–2 Guatemala
  • Paniagua 8'
  • Escobar 87' (pen.)
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San JuanReferee: Carlos Espósito (ARG) July 6
Brazil 1–0 Cuba
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San JuanReferee: Carlos Espósito (ARG)

Group C

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
July 2
United States 6–0 Dominican Republic
  • Ebert 8', 29', 49', 60'
  • Van der Beck 75', 78'
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San JuanReferee: Ernest Towsent (BER) July 4
Puerto Rico 1–0 Dominican Republic
  • Sánchez
Estadio Country Club, San JuanReferee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN) July 6
United States 3–1 Puerto Rico
  • Hayne
  • Stamatis
  • Morrone
  • Correa
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San JuanReferee: Ernest Towsent (BER)

Second round

Group A

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
July 8
Brazil 3–1 Costa Rica
Estadio Country Club, San JuanReferee: Ernest Towsent (BER) July 10
Brazil 5–0 Puerto Rico
  • Silva 5', 60'
  • Mica 21'
  • Cléo 40'
  • Jérson 65'
Estadio Country Club, San JuanReferee: Gastón Castro (CHI) July 12
Costa Rica 4–0 Puerto Rico
  • Ulate 30'
  • L. Solano 44'
  • Camacho 56'
  • Quesada 57'
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San JuanReferee: Carlos Espósito (ARG)

Group B

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
July 8
Cuba 0–0 Argentina
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San JuanReferee: José Montane (PUR) July 10
Argentina 4–0 United States
  • Bocanelli 17', 28'
  • Sosa 36'
  • Veloso 48'
Estadio Country Club, San JuanReferee: José Roberto Wright (BRA) July 12
Cuba 5–0 United States
Estadio Country Club, San JuanReferee: Carlos Álvarez (COL)

Fifth-place match

Puerto Rico w/o
 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

July 14
Argentina 2–0 Costa Rica
  • Mastrosimone 40'
  • Bastos 59' (o.g.)
 Report
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San JuanReferee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)

Gold Medal match

July 14
Brazil 3–0 Cuba
Report
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San JuanReferee: Gastón Castro (CHI)

Awards

 1979 Pan American Games winners 

Brazil
Third title

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Brazil

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

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

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

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: RSSSF

References

  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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