Football at the 1983 Pan American Games

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Football – Men's tournament at the 1983 Pan American Games
VenueBrígido Iriarte Stadium
Dates15–27 August
Medalists
Gold medal  Uruguay
Silver medal  Brazil
Bronze medal  Guatemala
«1979
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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]

Uruguay, coached by Oscar Tabárez, won their first Pan American title after beating Brazil 1–0 in the final.[2]

Qualifying[edit]

North America[edit]

Bermuda v Bahamas
First leg
Bermuda 3–1 Bahamas
Report
Second leg
Bahamas 0–5 Bermuda
Report
USA v Canada
First leg
United States 1–1 Canada
Lischner 8' Report Vrablic 15'
Second leg
Canada 2–3 United States
Sudeyko 55'
Odinga 87'		 Report Fox 12', 51'
Hooker 62'
Referee: Rex Osborne (Bermuda)

Original draw[edit]

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

First round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Rank Team Pts. Pld W D L GF GA
1  Uruguay 4 2 2 0 0 2 0
2  Venezuela 2 2 1 0 1 3 3
3  Bermuda 0 2 0 0 2 2 4
Venezuela 0–1 Uruguay
Report Batista 82'
Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina)
Uruguay 1–0 Bermuda
Azzinari 66' Report
Referee: Osvaldo Brea (Cuba)
Venezuela 3–2 Bermuda
Zubizarreta 24'
Carvajal 40'
Castellanos 43'		 Report Jambe 34'
Bean 67'
Referee: Norberto Noguera (Guatemala)

Group B[edit]

Rank Team Pts. Pld W D L GF GA
1  Brazil 4 2 2 0 0 3 0
2  Mexico 2 2 1 0 1 2 1
3  Argentina 0 2 0 0 2 0 4
Brazil 2–0 Argentina
Marcus Vinícius 20'
Heitor 25'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica)
Mexico 2–0 Argentina
Meza 52' (pen.)
Ruiz 75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)
Brazil 1–0 Mexico
Heitor 2' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mario Lira (Chile)

Group C[edit]

Rank Team Pts. Pld W D L GF GA
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
Cuba 0–0 Chile
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Guatemala 3–0 United States
Claverí 60'
Bobadilla 76'
Gómez Rendón 82'		 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Cuba 0–0 United States
Report
Guatemala 1–1 Chile
Bobadilla 29' Report Castañeda 45'
Chile 2–1 United States
Vera 48'
Gálvez 57'		 Report McDaniel 31'
Guatemala 1–1 Cuba
Fernández 78' Report Núñez 19'
Referee: Ray Osborne (Bermuda)

Semifinal[edit]

Group B winner (Brazil) received a bye to the final.

Uruguay 2–1 Guatemala
Peirano 48', 75' Report Bobadilla 78'
Referee: Angelo Brassif (United States)

Gold-medal match[edit]

Uruguay 1–0 Brazil
Peirano 83' Report
Referee: Mario Lira (Chile)

Awards[edit]

 1983 Pan American Games winners 

Uruguay
First title

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 26 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 1.86 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: PanamSports

Squads[edit]

Argentina[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Panamerican Games 1983 (Caracas) by Barrie Courtney and Erik Garin on the RSSSF
  2. ^ 35mo. Aniversario Panamericanos 1983, 23 Aug 2018 on AUF
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