Football at the 1987 Pan American Games

International sporting event

Football – Men's tournament at the 1987 Pan American Games

Venue| Kuntz Soccer Center
Dates| 9–21 August
Medalists
|  |  Brazil

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|  Chile
|  Argentina

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The tenth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held at the William Kuntz Soccer Center in Indianapolis, United States from August 9 to August 21, 1987. Twelve teams competed, with title defender Uruguay missing. After the preliminary round there was a knock-out stage.[1]

## Participating teams

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*  Argentina
*  Brazil
*  Canada
*  Chile
*  Colombia
*  Cuba
*  El Salvador
*  Guatemala
*  Mexico
*  Paraguay
*  Trinidad and Tobago
*  United States

## Preliminary 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  |  Argentina | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0
2  |  United States | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3
3  |  El Salvador | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
4  |  Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10

August 9

Argentina | 1–0|  El Salvador

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H. Gutiérrez 5' |  |

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Adriano Brunetti (CAN)

August 9

United States | 3–1|  Trinidad and Tobago

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Hantak 1', 40'
Klopas 77' |  | P. Jones 22'

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Hernán Silva (CHI)

August 12

Argentina | 6–0|  Trinidad and Tobago

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Dertycia 11', 44'
Fabbri 40'
Dezotti 77', 87'
H. Gutiérrez 89' |  |

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Rodolfo Martínez Mejía (HON)

August 12

United States | 0–0|  El Salvador

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Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Arnaldo Cezar Coelho (BRA)

August 15

Argentina | 2–0|  United States

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Dertycia 87'
Dezotti 90+' |  |

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Jesús Díaz (COL)

August 15

Trinidad and Tobago | 0–1|  El Salvador

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|  | Perla 27'

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Carlos Maciel (PAR)

### Group B

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

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1  |  Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2
2  |  Chile | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2
3  |  Cuba | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4
4  |  Canada | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8

August 10

Brazil | 4–1|  Canada

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Evair 12'
Nelsinho 36'
Tony 67' (o.g.)
João Paulo 69' |  | Wilkinson 41'

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Carlos Montalván (PER)

August 10

Chile | 1–0|  Cuba

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Perez 55' |  |

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (ARG)

August 13

Brazil | 3–1|  Cuba

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Careca 14'
André Cruz 69'
Washington 85' |  | Rivero 87'

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Esteban Garza (MEX)

August 13

Chile | 2–2|  Canada

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Perez 27'
Tamayo 64' |  | Domazetis 55' (pen.), 86'

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Juan Pablo Escobar (GUA)

August 16

Brazil | 0–0|  Chile

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Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Rodolfo Martínez Mejía (HON)

August 16

Cuba | 2–0|  Canada

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C. Gonzalez 7'
Maya 37' |  |

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: José Leonidas Rogel (SLV)

### Group C

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

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1  |  Mexico | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1
2  |  Guatemala | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2
3  |  Paraguay | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8
4  |  Colombia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4

August 9

Mexico | 1–0|  Guatemala

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Claverí 21' (o.g.) |  |

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Jesús Díaz (COL)

August 9

Colombia | 0–0|  Paraguay

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Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Angelo Bratsis (USA)

August 12

Mexico | 7–0|  Paraguay

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J. Hernández 15', 38', 75'
Javier Cruz 16', 25'
Félix Cruz 69'
Galindo 71' |  |

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (ARG)

August 12

Guatemala | 2–0|  Colombia

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Funes 26'
E. Westphal 85' |  |

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Hernán Silva (CHI)

August 15

Mexico | 2–1|  Colombia

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Lira 19'
Quirarte 72' (pen.) |  | W. Rodriguez 41'

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Richard Ramcharan (TTO)

August 15

Guatemala | 1–1|  Paraguay

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Vargas 7' |  | Palacios 28'

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Oswaldo Brea (CUB)

## Final round

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### Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| August 18 – Indianapolis| |

|  Chile| 3

| August 21 – Indianapolis

|  Argentina| 2 |

|  Brazil| 2

| August 18 – Indianapolis

| |  Chile| 0

|  Brazil| 1

|  Mexico| 0 |

| Third place

| August 20 – Indianapolis

|  Argentina| 0 (5)

|  Mexico| 0 (4)

### Semi finals

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August 18

Chile | 3–2|  Argentina

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Pino 3'
Pérez 36'
A. González 44' | Report | H. Gutiérrez 21'
Dertycia 66'

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium

Referee: Jesús Díaz (COL)

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August 18

Brazil | 1–0 (a.e.t.)|  Mexico

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Evair 109' | Report |

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium, Indianapolis

Referee: Angelo Bratsis (USA)

### Bronze medal match

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August 20

Argentina | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  Mexico

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| Report |
Penalties

* Basualdo
* O. Acosta
* Fabbri
* Fantaguzzi
* Marchesini

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* Quirarte
* E. de la Torre
* J. M. de la Torre
* Muñoz
* Félix Cruz

Kuntz Soccer Center, Indianapolis

Referee: Carlos Maciel (PAR)

### Gold Medal match

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August 21

Brazil | 2–0 (a.e.t.)|  Chile

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Washington 105'
Evair 115' | Report |

Kuntz Soccer Center, Indianapolis

Referee: Rodolfo Martínez Mejía (HON)

1987 Pan American Games winners

Brazil
Fourth title

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's tournament |  Brazil [2]

Luís Carlos
Valdo
Pita
André Cruz
Ademir
Nelsinho
João Paulo
Edu Marangon
Douglas
Pereira
Raí
Evair
Geraldão
Ricardo Gomes
Ricardo Rocha
Washington
Careca
Claudio Taffarel
Carlos Alberto Silva (coach)

|  Chile[3]

Miguel Ardiman
Luis Ceballos
Nelson Enríquez [es]
Claudio Figueroa
Eduardo Fournier
Héctor Francino [es]
Osvaldo Gómez [es]
Aníbal González
Juan González
Francisco Hörmann [es]
Fernando Medina
Jorge Pérez [es]
Germán Pino
René Pinto
Marco Tamayo
Claudio Tello
Patricio Toledo
Iván Zamorano
Eugenio Jara (coach)

|  Argentina [2]

Gustavo Acosta
Oscar Acosta
Mauro Airez
Favio Almirón
Jorge Bartero
Fabián Basualdo
Fabián Cancelarich
Oscar Dertycia
Gustavo Dezotti
Néstor Fabbri
José Fantaguzzi
Blas Giunta
Humberto Gutiérrez
Carlos Mac Allister
Víctor Marchesini
Alejandro Russo
Darío Siviski
Jorge Theiler
Carlos Pachamé (coach)

## Goalscorers

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There were 53 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.41 goals per match.

4 goals

* Oscar Dertycia

3 goals

* Gustavo Dezotti
* Humberto Gutiérrez
* Evair
* Jorge Pérez
* Juan Hernández

2 goals

* Washington
* William Domazetis
* Francisco Javier Cruz
* Ted Hantak

1 goal

* Néstor Fabbri
* André Cruz
* Careca
* João Paulo
* Nelsinho
* Neil Wilkinson
* Aníbal González
* Germán Pino
* Marco Tamayo
* Wilson Manuel Rodriguez
* Carlos Gonzalez
* Jorge Maya
* Jorge Rivero
* Luis Mauricio Perla
* Jorge Aníbal Vargas
* Juan Manuel Funes
* Edwin Westphal
* Félix Cruz
* Benjamín Galindo
* Sergio Lira
* Fernando Quirarte
* Eumelio Palacios
* Philibert Jones
* Frank Klopas

Source: RSSSF

## References

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1. ^ Panamerican Games 1987 (Indianapolis) by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
2. ^ a b The Tenth Pan American Games, p. 321 on PanamSports.com
3. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Panamericanos". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2023.

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