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Football – Men's tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue Estadio Country Club
Estadio Sixto Escobar
Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Dates2–14 July
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Cuba
Bronze medal   Argentina
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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. [1]

Games were played at Estadio Country Club, Estadio Sixto Escobar and Estadio Hiram Bithorn. [2] Brazil won their third gold medal after beating Cuba in the final. [3]

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
Argentina 2–0  Bermuda
  • Sosa 12', 20' (pen)
Referee: Marco Gracia (USA)
Costa Rica 3–1  Bermuda
  • C. Solano 3'
  • Rojas 55', 97'
  • Riley 66'
Referee: Gastón Castro (CHI)
Argentina 1–0  Costa Rica
  • Fredes 40'
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
Brazil 2–0  Guatemala
  • Silva 14'
  • Mica 71'
Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)
Cuba 2–2  Guatemala
  • Paniagua 8'
  • Escobar 87' ( pen.)
Referee: Carlos Espósito (ARG)
Brazil 1–0  Cuba
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 States 6–0  Dominican Republic
  • Ebert 8', 29', 49', 60'
  • Van der Beck 75', 78'
Referee: Ernest Towsent (BER)
Puerto Rico 1–0  Dominican Republic
  • Sánchez
Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)
United States 3–1  Puerto Rico
  • Hayne
  • Stamatis
  • Morrone
  • Correa
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
Brazil 3–1  Costa Rica
Referee: Ernest Towsent (BER)
Brazil 5–0  Puerto Rico
  • Silva 5', 60'
  • Mica 21'
  • Cléo 40'
  • Jérson 65'
Referee: Gastón Castro (CHI)
Costa Rica 4–0  Puerto Rico
  • Ulate 30'
  • L. Solano 44'
  • Camacho 56'
  • Quesada 57'
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
Cuba 0–0  Argentina
Referee: José Montane (PUR)
Argentina 4–0  United States
  • Bocanelli 17', 28'
  • Sosa 36'
  • Veloso 48'
Referee: José Roberto Wright (BRA)
Cuba 5–0  United States
Referee: Carlos Álvarez (COL)

Fifth-place match

Puerto Rico  w/o
[note 1]		  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

Argentina 2–0  Costa Rica
  • Mastrosimone 40'
  • Bastos 59' ( o.g.)
 Report
Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)

Gold Medal match

Brazil 3–0  Cuba
 Report
Referee: Gastón Castro (CHI)

Awards

 1979 Pan American Games winners 

Brazil
Third title

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament   Brazil [2]

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 [4]

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

  • Argentina Víctor Sosa
  • Costa Rica José Manuel Rojas

2 goals

  • Argentina Héctor Bocanelli
  • Brazil Jérson
  • Brazil Mica
  • United States Perry Van der Beck

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Costa Rica Nelson Bastos (for Argentina)

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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