Football_at_the_1971_Pan_American_Games
Football at the 1971 Pan American Games
International sporting event
The sixth edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in five cities in Colombia: Cali (main city of the Games) Cartago, Buga, Palmira and Tuluá, from 31 July to 12 August 1971. Twelve teams divided in three groups of four did compete in a round-robin competition, with Mexico defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a final round.[1]
Group A (Cali)
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Group B (Cartago)
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Group C (Buga and Tuluá)
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Positions
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Argentina |
9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
 Colombia |
6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
 Cuba |
6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 |
 Canada |
3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 |
 United States |
1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 |
Matches
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's tournament | Argentina [2]
Hugo Abdala |
Colombia Armando Neiva |
Cuba José Francisco Reinoso |
There were 83 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.96 goals per match.
5 goals
Buzz Parsons
Juan Quintero- Carlos Monsalve
4 goals
- Héctor Céspedes
- Jaime Morón
3 goals
Edgardo Di Meola- Osvaldo Potente
- John Schepers
Ken Murren
2 goals
- José Orlando Berta
- Raúl Nogués
- Willian Young
- Sergio Zanatta
- Leopoldo Rivas
- Ángel Maria Torres
Francisco Fariñas- Luis Heres Hernández
- Jorge Massó
- Wilfred Cave
1 goal
- Roberto Cabral
- Luis Oruezábal
- Héctor Scotta
Frederick Lewis- Lenard Brown
- Juan Monje
- Francisco González
- Byron Hernández
- José Verdecia
Manuel Delgado
Emmanuel Sannon
Marcelino Gutiérrez- Manuel Manzo
- Tomás Torres
- David Armin
- Selwyn Murren
John Carenza
Source: RSSSF
| 1971 Pan American Games winners |
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 Argentina Fourth title |
- Panamerican Games 1971 (Colombia) by Erik Garin, Neil Morrison and Piet Veroeveren on the RSSSF
- Historial de participaciones de la Selección Argentina en los Juegos Panamericanos on AFA.org, 26 Jul 2019