Football at the 1979 Pan American Games
Football – Men's tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games | |||||||
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Venue | Estadio Country Club Estadio Sixto Escobar Hiram Bithorn Stadium | ||||||
Dates | 2–14 July | ||||||
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«1975 1983» |
The eighth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 2 to July 14, 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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Hiram_Bithorn_Stadium.jpg/250px-Hiram_Bithorn_Stadium.jpg)
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Argentina ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Costa Rica ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Group B
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Group C
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Second round
Group A
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
Brazil ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Brazil ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Group B
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
Cuba ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Fifth Place Match
- Notes
- ^ The match was scratched and Puerto Rico awarded fifth place as the US team had flown home after the group stage.
Bronze medal match
Gold Medal match
Awards
1979 Pan American Games Winners |
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![]() Brazil Third title |
Medalists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tournament | ![]() Wagner Basilio |
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![]() Antonio Alderete |
References
- ^ CONCACAF.com – This Week in CONCACAF History: July 1-9 Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine – 1 July 2011
- ^ a b VIII Juegos Panamericanos - Memoria, p. 336 on PanamSports.com
- ^ Panamerican Games 1979 (San Juan, Puerto Rico) by José de Jesus Mora Rivera, Barrie Courtney and Neil Morrison on the RSSSF
- ^ Historial de participaciones de la Selección Argentina en los Juegos Panamericanos on AFA.org, 26 Jul 2019