Football at the 1971 Pan American Games

The sixth edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in five cities in Colombia: Cali (main city of the Games) Cartago, Buga, Palmira and Tuluá, from 31 July to 12 August 1971. Twelve teams divided in three groups of four did compete in a round-robin competition, with Mexico defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a final round.

Football – Men's tournament at the 1971 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates31 July – 12 August
Medalists
 
 
 
«1967
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Participants

Preliminary round

Group A (Cali)

Group B (Cartago)

Group C (Buga and Tuluá)

Final Round

Positions

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Argentina 9 5 4 1 0 7 2 +5
 Colombia 6 5 2 2 1 9 6 +3
 Cuba 6 5 3 0 2 5 3 +2
 Trinidad and Tobago 5 5 2 1 2 10 7 +3
 Canada 3 5 1 1 3 4 7 −3
 United States 1 5 0 1 4 2 12 −10

Matches

?, Palmira

Argentina 2–0 Canada
?, Buga

Colombia 3–0 United States

?, Palmira

Cuba 2–0 United States

Canada 3–2 Colombia

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Canada 1–1 United States

Argentina 1–0 Cuba

Canada 0–1 Trinidad and Tobago

Argentina 1–0 United States

Colombia 2–1 Cuba

Canada 0–1 Cuba
?, Palmira

United States 1–5 Trinidad and Tobago

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Argentina

Hugo Abdala
Osvaldo Batocletti
José Berta
Horacio Bongiovanni
Roberto Cabral
Edgardo di Meola
Alberto Jorge
Francisco Lavorato
Miguel Ángel Leyes
Ángel Mendoza
Carlos Montenegro
Raúl Nogués
Luis Oruezábal
Osvaldo Potente
Andrés Rebottaro
Alberto Romero
Héctor Scotta
Alejandro Simion
Roberto Telch
Osvaldo Vallone
Enrique Vidallé
Abel Vieitez

(HC – Rubén Bravo)

 Colombia

Armando Neiva
Hernando García
Francisco Maturana
José Álvaro Calle
Héctor Escobar
José Zárate
Ángel Maria Torres
Jaime Morón
Andrés Pérez
Nelson Torres
Byron Hernández
Orlando Rico
Gerardo Franco Carbonell
Edgar Díaz
Francisco González
Carlos Monsalve
Leopoldo Rivas
Miguel Quintero
Juan Quintero
Héctor Céspedes

(HC – César López Fretes)

 Cuba

José Francisco Reinoso
William Barracks
Lorenzo Sotomayor
Luis Holmaza Odelín
Miguel Rivero
Rene Bonora
Antonio Seguras
Gabriel Valenzuela
Carlos Henry Bracha
Andrés Roldán
Luis Heres Hernández
Orestes Pérez Hernández
Francisco Fariñas
Jorge Massó
José Luis Elejalde
José Verdecia
Francisco Piedra
Carlos Arcuy

(HC – Kim Yong-ha)

Goalscorers

There were 83 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.96 goals per match.

5 goals

  • Buzz Parsons
  • Juan Quintero
  • Carlos Monsalve

4 goals

  • Héctor Céspedes
  • Jaime Morón

3 goals

  • Edgardo Di Meola
  • Osvaldo Potente
  • John Schepers
  • Ken Murren

2 goals

  • José Orlando Berta
  • Raúl Nogués
  • Willian Young
  • Sergio Zanatta
  • Leopoldo Rivas
  • Ángel Maria Torres
  • Francisco Fariñas
  • Luis Heres Hernández
  • Jorge Massó
  • Wilfred Cave

1 goal

  • Roberto Cabral
  • Luis Oruezábal
  • Héctor Scotta
  • Frederick Lewis
  • Lenard Brown
  • Juan Monje
  • Francisco González
  • Byron Hernández
  • José Verdecia
  • Manuel Delgado
  • Emmanuel Sannon
  • Marcelino Gutiérrez
  • Manuel Manzo
  • Tomás Torres
  • David Armin
  • Selwyn Murren
  • John Carenza

Source: RSSSF

Awards

 1971 Pan American Games winners 

Argentina
Fourth title

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