Football – Men's tournament at the I959 Pan American Games | |||||||
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Venues | Hanson Stadium
[1] Soldier Field [2] | ||||||
Dates | 28 August – 6 September | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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Football at the 1959 Pan American Games was held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 28 to September 6, 1959. Seven teams competed in a round-robin competition with Cuba, Haiti and the hosts ( United States) competing in their first Pan American Games football tournament. Argentina defended the gold medal they had won at the previous games finishing with 11 points from a possible 12 points while Brazil and the United States claimed silver and bronze respectively. [3]
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Argentina | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 |
Brazil | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 |
United States | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 |
Haiti | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 20 | −1 |
Costa Rica | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 |
Mexico | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | −7 |
Cuba | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 32 | −28 |
Haiti | 8–2 | Cuba |
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Delices 8', 14', 52', 68' Delpeche 49', 72' ( pen.) Pierre 51' Champagne 89' |
Report | Piedra 41' Doce 78' |
United States | 7–2 | Haiti |
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Zerhusen Looby Grabowski |
Report | Champagne Delpeche ( pen.) |
Brazil | 4–2 | Costa Rica |
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Beyruth 25' China 33', 78' Rodrigues 80' |
Report | Vargas 68' Loria 70' |
Argentina | 4–1 | Mexico |
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Rodríguez 4', 55' Basílico 20' Pérez 29' |
Report | Sordo 89' |
Costa Rica | 1–1 | Mexico |
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Alfaro 40' | Report | Contreras 87' |
Brazil | 4–0 | Cuba |
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Gérson 2', 4' Rodrigues 55' Beyruth |
Report |
United States | 5–3 | Brazil |
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Murphy 4', 49', 54' Zerhusen 44', 78' |
Report |
Gérson 15' Roberto 20' Germano 62' |
Argentina | 1–0 | Haiti |
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Rodríguez 7' ( pen.) | Report |
Costa Rica | 1–3 | Argentina |
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Acuña 21' | Report | Bolaños 12' (
o.g.) Migone 61' Basilico 83' |
Mexico | 6–1 | Cuba |
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Díez 7', 46', 54' Mercado 64' ( pen.) Álvarez 74' Contreras 80' |
Report | Álvarez 75' |
Haiti | 1–9 | Brazil |
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Delpeche 77' | Report |
Germano 2', 52', 64' China 18', 44', 54', 63' Roberto 57' Maranhão 69' |
United States | 5–0 | Cuba |
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Zerhusen 1', 19' Looby 2', 50' Murphy 48' |
Report |
Costa Rica | 4–3 | United States |
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Bolaños 10' (
pen.) Speca 25' ( o.g.) Herrera 39', 42' |
Report |
Murphy 4' Looby 26' Zerhusen 78' |
Mexico | 2–6 | Brazil |
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Mercado 65' (
pen.) Carranza 79' |
Report |
China 20', 40', 70' Gérson 48', 52', 86' |
Costa Rica | 0–4 | Haiti |
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Report | Fenol 24' Champagne 59' Delpeche 67' Pierre 76' |
Cuba | 0–7 | Argentina |
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Report | Basílico 1', 52', 82' Bonnano 14', 38' Stork 83' Oleniak 66' |
Brazil | 1–1 | Argentina |
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China 38' | Report | Bonnano 83' |
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United States | 4–2 | Mexico |
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Murphy 7', 87' Looby 23' Zerhusen 72' |
Report | Meza 16' Contreras 89' |
Cuba | 1–2 | Costa Rica |
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González 15' | Report | Alfaro 49' Gómez 83' |
Mexico | 1–4 | Haiti |
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Mercado 83' | Report | Delices 13' Champagne 17' Delpeche 40', 75' |
1959 Pan American Games winners |
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Argentina Third title |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tournament |
Argentina
[4] Miguel Basílico |
Brazil
Françoso |
United States
Victor Ottoboni |
There were 115 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 5.48 goals per match.
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: RSSSF