Football at the 1979 Pan American Games

International sporting event

Football – Men's tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games

Venue| Estadio Country Club
Estadio Sixto Escobar
Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Dates| 2–14 July
Medalists
|  |  Brazil

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|  Cuba
|  Argentina

«1975

1983»

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]

## Participants

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*  Argentina
*  Bermuda
*  Brazil
*  Costa Rica
*  Cuba
*  Dominican Republic
*  Guatemala
*  Puerto Rico
*  United States

## Preliminary round

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### Group A

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Hiram Bithorn Stadium, one of the three venues Rank  | Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA

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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

July 2

Argentina| 2–0|  Bermuda

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* Sosa  12', 20' (pen.)

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Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan

Referee: Marco Gracia (USA)

July 4

Costa Rica| 3–1|  Bermuda

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* C. Solano  3'
* Rojas  55', 97'

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* Riley  66'

Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan

Referee: Gastón Castro (CHI)

July 6

Argentina| 1–0|  Costa Rica

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* Fredes  40'

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Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan

Referee: José Roberto Wright (BRA)

### Group B

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Rank  | Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA

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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

July 2

Brazil| 2–0|  Guatemala

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* Silva  14'
* Mica  71'

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Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan

Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)

July 4

Cuba| 2–2|  Guatemala

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* Roldán 47'
* Pereira 81'

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* Paniagua  8'
* Escobar  87' (pen.)

Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan

Referee: Carlos Espósito (ARG)

July 6

Brazil| 1–0|  Cuba

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* Cristóvão 69'

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Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan

Referee: Carlos Espósito (ARG)

### Group C

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Rank  | Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA

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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

July 2

United States| 6–0|  Dominican Republic

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* Ebert  8', 29', 49', 60'
* Van der Beck  75', 78'

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Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan

Referee: Ernest Towsent (BER)

July 4

Puerto Rico| 1–0|  Dominican Republic

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* Sánchez

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Estadio Country Club, San Juan

Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)

July 6

United States| 3–1|  Puerto Rico

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* Hayne
* Stamatis
* Morrone

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* Correa

Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan

Referee: Ernest Towsent (BER)

## Second round

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### Group A

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Rank  | Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA

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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

July 8

Brazil| 3–1|  Costa Rica

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* Silvinho 35'
* Edson Boaro 40'
* Jérson  44'

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* Rojas  48' (pen.)

Estadio Country Club, San Juan

Referee: Ernest Towsent (BER)

July 10

Brazil| 5–0|  Puerto Rico

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* Silva  5', 60'
* Mica  21'
* Cléo  40'
* Jérson  65'

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Estadio Country Club, San Juan

Referee: Gastón Castro (CHI)

July 12

Costa Rica| 4–0|  Puerto Rico

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* Ulate  30'
* L. Solano  44'
* Camacho  56'
* Quesada  57'

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Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan

Referee: Carlos Espósito (ARG)

### Group B

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Rank  | Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA

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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

July 8

Cuba| 0–0|  Argentina

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Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan

Referee: José Montane (PUR)

July 10

Argentina| 4–0|  United States

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* Bocanelli  17', 28'
* Sosa  36'
* Veloso  48'

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Estadio Country Club, San Juan

Referee: José Roberto Wright (BRA)

July 12

Cuba| 5–0|  United States

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* Delgado 20'
* Pereira 60', 85', 90+'
* Maya  75'

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Estadio Country Club, San Juan

Referee: Carlos Álvarez (COL)

## Fifth-place match

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Puerto Rico| w/o
[note 1]|  United States

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| 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

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July 14

Argentina| 2–0|  Costa Rica

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* Mastrosimone  40'
* Bastos  59' (o.g.)

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Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan

Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN)

## Gold Medal match

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July 14

Brazil| 3–0|  Cuba

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* Wagner Basílio 3'
* Silva  38'
* Gilcimar 80'

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Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan

Referee: Gastón Castro (CHI)

## Awards

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1979 Pan American Games winners

Brazil
Third title

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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 – 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

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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

## References

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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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