Football_at_the_1983_Pan_American_Games
Football at the 1983 Pan American Games
International sporting event
The ninth edition of the men's football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from 15 August to 27 August 1983. Ten teams competed in a first round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a semifinal and a final.[1]
Football – Men's tournament at the 1983 Pan American Games | |||||||
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Venue | Brígido Iriarte Stadium | ||||||
Dates | 15–27 August | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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«1979 1987» |
Uruguay, coached by Oscar Tabárez, won their first Pan American title after beating Brazil 1–0 in the final.[2]
North America
United States | 1–1 | Canada |
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Lischner 8' | Report | Vrablic 15' |
Canada | 2–3 | United States |
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Sudeyko 55' Odinga 87' |
Report | Fox 12', 51' Hooker 62' |
Originally, the tournament was to have been played by 12 teams organised into four groups of three teams, but Honduras and Suriname withdrew, forcing a rearrangement of the original draw (shown below).
- Group A: Venezuela, Chile, Suriname
- Group B: Brazil, United States, Bermuda
- Group C: Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras
- Group D: Uruguay, Mexico, Cuba
Group A
Group B
Group C
Rank | Team | Pts. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1 | Guatemala | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
2 | Chile | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
3 | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | United States | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Guatemala | 3–0 | United States |
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Claverí 60' Bobadilla 76' Gómez Rendón 82' |
Report |
Chile | 2–1 | United States |
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Vera 48' Gálvez 57' |
Report | McDaniel 31' |
Group B winner (Brazil) received a bye to the final.
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1983 Pan American Games winners |
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Uruguay First title |
Goalscorers
There were 26 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 1.86 goals per match.
3 goals
- José Bobadilla
- Miguel Peirano
2 goals
1 goal
- Ralph Bean
- David Lambe
- Marcus Vinícius
- Victor Castañeda
- Martín Galvéz
- Luís Vera
- Ramón Nuñez
- Walter Claverí
- Jorge Fernández
- Julio Gómez
- César Meza
- Joel Ruíz
- Dave McDaniel
- Aldo Azzinari
- José Batista
- Rodolfo Carvajal
- Johnny Castellanos
- Iker Zubizarreta
Source: PanamSports
Argentina
Mario Bernio, Jorge Ceballos, Héctor Cejas, Duilio Dagametti, Esteban Del Río, Gustavo Dezotti, Juan Gilberto Funes, Rodolfo Garnica, Eugenio Gentile, Francisco Guillén (GK), Humberto Gutiérrez, Ariel Moreno, Juan José Oficialdegui, Oscar Olivera, Norberto Ortega Sánchez, Carlos Prono (GK), Esteban Solaberrieta, Jorge Theiler. Head coach: Carlos Pachamé
- Panamerican Games 1983 (Caracas) by Barrie Courtney and Erik Garin on the RSSSF
- 35mo. Aniversario Panamericanos 1983, 23 Aug 2018 on AUF