Football at the 1983 Pan American Games

The ninth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from August 15 to August 27, 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 IX Pan American Games
VenueBrígido Iriarte Stadium
Dates15–27 August
Medalists
  Uruguay
  Brazil
  Guatemala
«1979
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Uruguay, coached by Oscar Tabárez, won their first Pan American title after beating Brazil 1–0 in the final.[2]

Qualifying

North America
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 (BER)

Original Draw

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

Group A
Rank Team Pts. Pld W D L GF GA
1  Uruguay 4220020
2  Venezuela 2210133
3  Bermuda 0200224
Venezuela 0–1 Uruguay
Report Batista  82'
Referee: Abel Gnecco (ARG)
Uruguay 1–0 Bermuda
Azzinari  66' Report
Referee: Osvaldo Brea (CUB)
Venezuela 3–2 Bermuda
Zubizarreta  24'
Carvajal  40'
Castellanos  43'		 Report Jambe  34'
Bean  67'
Referee: Norberto Noguera (Guatemala)]

Group B
Rank Team Pts. Pld W D L GF GA
1  Brazil 4220030
2  Mexico 2210121
3  Argentina 0200204
Brazil 2–0 Argentina
Marcus Vinícius  20'
Heitor  25'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Carlos Alfaro (CRC)
Mexico 2–0 Argentina
Meza  52' (pen.)
Ruiz  75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Luis Da Rosa (URU)
Brazil 1–0 Mexico
Heitor  2' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mario Lira (CHI)

Group C
Rank Team Pts. Pld W D L GF GA
1  Guatemala 4312052
2  Chile 4312032
3  Cuba 3303011
4  United States 1301215
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 (BER)

Semifinal

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

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

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

Awards
 1983 Pan American Games Winners 

Uruguay
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

3 goals

2 goals

  • Héctor Camerín

Source: PanamSports

Squads

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

References
  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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