Football at the 1967 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the 1967 Pan American Games
Football – Men's tournament at the 1967 Pan American Games
	Winnipeg Stadium
Dates	24 July – 3 August
Medalists
	Mexico
	Bermuda
	Trinidad and Tobago
	«1963 1971»

The fifth edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 24 to August 3, 1967. Eight teams divided in two groups of four did compete in a round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title. For the first time the tournament ended with a knock-out stage after the preliminary round.^[1]

First round

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Trinidad and Tobago	5	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4
Mexico	4	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3
Argentina	3	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4
Colombia	0	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11

24 July 1967

Colombia	2–5	Trinidad and Tobago
Tovar 34', 43'	Report	Browne 60', 85' Berassa 63' Small 79', 83'

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

24 July 1967

Mexico	2–2	Argentina
Pereda 17' Regueiro 25'	Report	Ponce 82' Martínez 89'

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

26 July 1967

Mexico	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Lapuente 34'	Report	LaBastide 73' (pen.)

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

26 July 1967

Colombia	0–5	Argentina
	Report	C. García 7' A. García 16', 18' Ponce 44' Vicente 46'

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

28 July 1967

Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	Argentina
Berassa 59'	Report

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

28 July 1967

Mexico	3–0 ^{[note 1]}	Colombia
Cerda 66' Pereda 73', 77'	Report

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

Notes

^ Abandoned at 3–0 in 82' after Colombia had 3 player sent off.

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Canada	5	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2
Bermuda	4	3	1	2	0	10	6	+4
United States	2	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4
Cuba	1	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2

25 July 1967

Bermuda	7–3	United States
Smith Dill Douglas Romaine Gansler (o.g.)	Report	Roboostoff Minors (o.g.)

Alexander Park, Winnipeg

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Arthur Weir (CAN)

25 July 1967

Canada	2–1	Cuba
McPate 25' Hansen 77' (pen.)	Report	Fariñas 71'

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Keith Dunstan (BER)

27 July 1967

Cuba	1–1	Bermuda
Tsiba 40'	Report	Smith 40'

Alexander Park, Winnipeg

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Dan Kulai (CAN)

27 July 1967

Canada	2–1	United States
Baird 40' McPate 70'	Report	Benedek 75' (pen.)

Alexander Park, Winnipeg

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: José Minsal (CUB)

29 July 1967

Canada	2–2	Bermuda
McKay Hansen	Report	Dill

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Henry Landauer (USA)

30 July 1967

Cuba	1–2	United States
Mico 63'	Report	Kinealy 21' Tuchscherer 50'

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Frank Lee (CAN)

Final round

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

Winnipeg

Trinidad and Tobago	1
		Winnipeg
Bermuda	3
		Mexico	4
Winnipeg
		Bermuda	0
Canada	1

Mexico	2
		Third place

		Winnipeg

		Trinidad and Tobago	4

		Canada	1

Semi finals

31 July 1967

Trinidad and Tobago	1–3	Bermuda
Gamaldo 77'	Report	Dills 33' Darrell 67' Best 87'

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

1 August 1967

Canada	1–2	Mexico
Baird 5'	Report	Pereda 36' Dosal 46'

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

Bronze medal match

2 August 1967

Canada	1–4	Trinidad and Tobago
Adams 72'	Report	Browne 43' Berassa 52' Aleong 80' Gellineau 85'

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

Gold Medal match

3 August 1967

Mexico	4–0 (a.e.t.)	Bermuda
Pereda 91', 99', 106' Lapuente 110'	Report

Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)

Team details

Mexico

Bermuda


GK	Javier Vargas
DF	Juan M. Alejándrez
DF	Héctor Pulido
DF	Carlos Albert
DF	Mario Pérez
MF	Luis Regueiro
MF	Juan Dosal
MF	Fernando Bustos	104'
FW	Luis Estrada	71'
FW	Vicente Pereda
FW	Manuel Cerda
Substitutes:
FW	Manuel Lapuente	71'
FW	Juan Alvarado	104'
Manager:
Ignacio Trélles


GK	Dennis Wainwright
DF	Rudolph Minors
DF	Irving Romaine
DF	Rudolph Smith
DF	Gladwin Daniels
MF	Keneth Cann
MF	Lionel Smith
MF	Gary Darrell	a'
FW	Clyde Best
FW	Carlton Dill
FW	Marcus Douglas	b'
Substitutes:
MF	William Cann	a'
DF	Noel Simons	b'
Manager:
Grahams Adams

1967 Pan American Games winners
Mexico First title

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Mexico Javier Vargas Rueda Gilberto Rodríguez Rivera Juan Manuel Alejándrez Carlos Albert Llorente Mario Guadarrama José Humberto Villaseñor Javier Bazán Luis Regueiro Héctor Pulido Alberto Onofre Cervantes Juan Dosal José Jesús Prado Vicente Pereda Luis Estrada Luévano Manuel Lapuente Manuel Cerda Canela Fernando Castañeda Juan Alvarado (HC – Ignacio Trelles)	Bermuda Dennis Wainright Earlston Jennings Rudolph Minors Irving Romaine Noel Simons Rudolph Smith Gladwin Daniels Gary Darrell Kenneth Cann Lionel Smith Edward Ming Cann Gordon Cholmondeley Lerroy Lewis Willian Cann Clyde Best Winston Trott Carlton Dill Marcus Douglas (HC – Graham Adams)	Trinidad and Tobago Lincoln Abraham Phillips Jean Mouttet Tyronne Labastide Aldwin Ferguson Selwyn Murren Hugh Mulzac David Armin Victor Gamaldo Joseph Sedley Bertrand Grell Andrew Aleong Alvin Corneal Gerry Browne Kelvin Berassa Patrick Small Jeff Gellineau Richard Steward (HC – Conrad Braithwhite)

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.

7 goals

Vicente Pereda

5 goals

Carlton Dill

3 goals

Gerry Browne
Kevin Berassa

2 goals

Antonio García
Ramón Ponce
Rudolph Smith
Jim Baird
Harold Hansen
Ralph McPate
Luís Alfonso Tovar
Manuel Lapuente
Patrick Small
Alex Roboostoff

1 goal

Carlos García
José Maria Martínez
Rodolfo Vicente
Clyde Best
Gary Darrell
Marcus Douglas
Irving Romaine
Lionel Smith
Antony Adams
Ike McKay
Francisco Fariñas
René Mico
Ricardo Tsiba
Manuel Cerda Canela
Juan Dosal
Luis Regueiro
Andrew Aleong
Victor Gamaldo
Jeff Gellineau
Tyronne Labastide
Janos Benedek
Jack Kinealy
Ernie Tuchscherer

1 own goal

Rudolph Minors (against United States)
Bob Gansler (against Bermuda)

Source: RSSSF

References

^ Panamerican Games 1967 (Winnipeg) on the RSSSF

[aban-2] Abandoned at 3–0 in 82' after Colombia had 3 player sent off.

[1] Panamerican Games 1967 (Winnipeg) on the RSSSF

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