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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 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
VenueBrígido Iriarte Stadium
Dates15–27 August
Medalists
Gold medal  Uruguay
Silver medal  Brazil
Bronze medal  Guatemala
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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

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North America

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Bermuda v Bahamas
First leg
  Bermuda3–1  Bahamas
Report
Second leg
  Bahamas0–5  Bermuda
Report
USA v Canada
First leg
  United States1–1  Canada
Lischner   8' Report Vrablic   15'
Second leg
  Canada2–3  United States
Sudeyko   55'
Odinga   87'		 Report Fox   12', 51'
Hooker   62'
Referee: Rex Osborne (Bermuda)

Participants

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Original draw

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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

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Group A

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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
  Venezuela0–1  Uruguay
Report Batista   82'
Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina)
  Uruguay1–0  Bermuda
Azzinari   66' Report
Referee: Osvaldo Brea (Cuba)
  Venezuela3–2  Bermuda
Zubizarreta   24'
Carvajal   40'
Castellanos   43'		 Report Jambe   34'
Bean   67'
Referee: Norberto Noguera (Guatemala)

Group B

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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
  Brazil2–0  Argentina
Marcus Vinícius   20'
Heitor   25'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica)
  Mexico2–0  Argentina
Meza   52' (pen.)
Ruiz   75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)
  Brazil1–0  Mexico
Heitor   2' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mario Lira (Chile)

Group C

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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
  Cuba0–0  Chile
Report
Attendance: 15,000
  Guatemala3–0  United States
Claverí   60'
Bobadilla   76'
Gómez Rendón   82'		 Report
Attendance: 7,000
  Cuba0–0  United States
Report
  Guatemala1–1  Chile
Bobadilla   29' Report Castañeda   45'
  Chile2–1  United States
Vera   48'
Gálvez   57'		 Report McDaniel   31'
  Guatemala1–1  Cuba
Fernández   78' Report Núñez   19'
Referee: Ray Osborne (Bermuda)

Semifinal

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

  Uruguay2–1  Guatemala
Peirano   48', 75' Report Bobadilla   78'
Referee: Angelo Brassif (United States)

Gold-medal match

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  Uruguay1–0  Brazil
Peirano   83' Report
Referee: Mario Lira (Chile)

Awards

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 1983 Pan American Games winners 
 
Uruguay
First title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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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

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Argentina

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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

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  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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