Football at the 1979 Pan American Games

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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.

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

Participants

Preliminary round

Group A

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
 Argentina2–0 Bermuda
  • Sosa 12', 20' (pen.)
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan
Referee: Marco Gracia (USA)
 Costa Rica3–1 Bermuda
  • C. Solano 3'
  • Rojas 55', 97'
  • Riley 66'
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan
Referee: Gastón Castro (CHI)
 Argentina1–0 Costa Rica
  • Fredes 40'
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
Referee: 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
 Brazil2–0 Guatemala
  • Silva 14'
  • Mica 71'
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan
Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)
 Cuba2–2 Guatemala
  • Roldán 47'
  • Pereira 81'
  • Paniagua 8'
  • Escobar 87' (pen.)
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
Referee: Carlos Espósito (ARG)
 Brazil1–0 Cuba
  • Cristóvão 69'
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan
Referee: 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
 United States6–0 Dominican Republic
  • Ebert 8', 29', 49', 60'
  • Van der Beck 75', 78'
Estadio Country Club, San Juan
Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)
 United States3–1 Puerto Rico
  • Hayne
  • Stamatis
  • Morrone
  • Correa
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan
Referee: 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
 Brazil3–1 Costa Rica
  • Silvinho 35'
  • Edson Boaro 40'
  • Jérson 44'
  • Rojas 48' (pen.)
Estadio Country Club, San Juan
Referee: Ernest Towsent (BER)
 Brazil5–0 Puerto Rico
  • Silva 5', 60'
  • Mica 21'
  • Cléo 40'
  • Jérson 65'
Estadio Country Club, San Juan
Referee: Gastón Castro (CHI)
 Costa Rica4–0 Puerto Rico
  • Ulate 30'
  • L. Solano 44'
  • Camacho 56'
  • Quesada 57'
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
Referee: 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
 Cuba0–0 Argentina
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
Referee: José Montane (PUR)
 Argentina4–0 United States
  • Bocanelli 17', 28'
  • Sosa 36'
  • Veloso 48'
Estadio Country Club, San Juan
Referee: José Roberto Wright (BRA)
 Cuba5–0 United States
  • Delgado 20'
  • Pereira 60', 85', 90+'
  • Maya 75'
Estadio Country Club, San Juan
Referee: Carlos Álvarez (COL)

Fifth-place match

 Puerto Ricow/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

 Argentina2–0 Costa Rica
  • Mastrosimone 40'
  • Bastos 59' (o.g.)
 Report
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan
Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)

Gold Medal match

 Brazil3–0 Cuba
  • Wagner Basílio 3'
  • Silva 38'
  • Gilcimar 80'
 Report
Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan
Referee: 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 – 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

  • Silva
  • Roberto Pereira
  • Donald Ebert

3 goals

  • Víctor Sosa
  • José Manuel Rojas

2 goals

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

1 goal

  • Marcelo Fredes
  • Salvador Mastrosimone
  • Enrique Veloso
  • Stephan Riley
  • Cléo
  • Cristóvão
  • Edson Boaro
  • Gilcimar
  • Silvinho
  • Wagner Basílio
  • Rafael Camacho
  • Herberth Quesada
  • Carlos Solano
  • Luís Geraldo Solano
  • Jorge Ulate
  • Regino Delgado
  • Jorge Maya
  • Andrés Roldán
  • Jorge Escobar
  • Adán Paniagua
  • Luis Alberto Correa
  • Mayo Sánchez
  • John Hayne
  • Joe Morrone
  • James Stamatis

1 own goal

  • Nelson Bastos (for Argentina)

Source: RSSSF

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