The second edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from 13 March to 22 March 1955. Four teams competed, with Argentina defending the title.[1]
Football – Men's tournament at the 1955 Pan American Games | |||||||
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||
Dates | 13–22 March | ||||||
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«1951 1959» |
Argentina won its second consecutive gold medal after totalising 11 points in 6 matches. Estadio Olímpico Universitario was the venue for all the games.[2][3]
Participans
editFinal table
editTeam | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Argentina | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | +16 |
Mexico | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 |
Netherlands Antilles | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 |
Venezuela | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 | −11 |
Matches
editNetherlands Antilles | 1–2 | Argentina |
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de Lannoy 7' | Report | Sanfilippo 11' Yudica 22' |
Venezuela | 0–5 | Argentina |
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Report | Pegnotti 2', 82' Sanfilippo 4' Menéndez 43' Maschio 53' |
Mexico | 1–0 | Netherlands Antilles |
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Rodríguez 52' (pen.) | Report |
Venezuela | 3–2 | Netherlands Antilles |
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Díaz 14', 35' Monterola 47' |
Report | Schoop 4', 20' |
Mexico | 0–3 | Argentina |
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Report | Sanfilippo 46' Claría 51' Menéndez 68' |
Argentina | 4–2 | Netherlands Antilles |
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Sanfilippo 11', 16', 23' Yudica 80' |
Report | Bernardina 33' de Lannoy 46' |
Mexico | 3–3 | Venezuela |
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Mercado 39', 71' Negrete 55' (pen.) |
Report | Monterola 4' Bosco 13' (o.g.) Rodríguez 18' |
Argentina | 6–1 | Venezuela |
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Menéndez 4' Sanfilippo 17', 85' Maschio 43', 60' Pérsico 82' |
Report | Díaz 86' |
Mexico | 2–3 | Netherlands Antilles |
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Noriega 15', 63' | Report | Heyliger 17' Bicentini 55' Kemp 85' |
Venezuela | 1–3 | Netherlands Antilles |
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González 63' | Report | Bicentini 10', 19' Schoop 24' |
Mexico | 3–3 | Argentina |
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Mercado 15' Martínez 42' González 73' |
Report | Maschio 17' Molina 56' Campana 80' |
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1955 Pan American Games winners |
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Argentina Second title |
Medalists
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's football | Argentina
1. Leonardo Bevilacqua |
Mexico
1. José Luis Sánchez |
Netherlands Antilles |
Goalscorers
editThere were 53 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.42 goals per match.
8 goals
4 goals
- Humberto Maschio
- Ramón Sigifredo Mercado
3 goals
- Norberto Menéndez
- Moises Bicentini
- Hubert Schoop
- Pedro Díaz
- Gastón Monterola
2 goals
- Ricardo Pegnotti
- José Yudica
- Francisco Noriega
- Ronald de Lannoy
1 goal
- Ricardo Campana
- Óscar Claria
- Héctor Molina
- Antonio Pérsico
- Alfonso González
- Ramón Martínez
- Felipe Negrete
- Jorge Rodríguez
- Eustáquio Bernardina
- Willys Heyliger
- Raymundo Kemp
- Rafael González
- Antonio Rodríguez
1 own goal
- Juan Bosco Martínez (against Venezuela)
Source: RSSSF
Bibliography
edit- Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369.
References
edit- ^ "Hickok Sports: Pan American Games: Soccer Medalists". Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "1955 Pan American Games football competition". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Sports 123: Football: 1955 Pan American Games". Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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