Football at the 1979 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Country Club Estadio Sixto Escobar Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Dates	2–14 July
Medalists
Brazil    Cuba    Argentina
«1975 1983»

The eighth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 2 July to 14 July 1979. Nine teams competed in a first round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a second round, followed by a knock-out stage.^[1]

Games were played at Estadio Country Club, Estadio Sixto Escobar and Estadio Hiram Bithorn.^[2] Brazil won their third gold medal after beating Cuba in the final.^[3]

Preliminary round

Group A

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	Argentina	4	2	2	0	0	3	0
2	Costa Rica	2	2	1	0	1	3	2
3	Bermuda	0	2	0	0	2	1	5

Group B

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	Brazil	4	2	2	0	0	3	0
2	Cuba	1	2	0	1	1	2	3
3	Guatemala	1	2	0	1	1	2	4

Group C

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	United States	4	2	2	0	0	9	1
2	Puerto Rico	2	2	1	0	1	2	3
3	Dominican Republic	0	2	0	0	2	0	7

Second round

Group A

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	Brazil	4	2	2	0	0	8	1
2	Costa Rica	2	2	1	0	1	5	3
3	Puerto Rico	0	2	0	0	2	0	9

Group B

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	Cuba	3	2	1	1	0	5	0
2	Argentina	3	2	1	1	0	4	0
3	United States	0	2	0	0	2	0	9

Fifth-place match

Notes

Bronze medal match

Gold Medal match

Awards

1979 Pan American Games winners
Brazil Third title

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Brazil [2] 1 – Solitinho 2 – Luís Cláudio 3 – Wagner Basílio 4 – Valdoir 5 – Vítor 6 – João Luiz 7 – Mica 8 – Cléo 9 – Silva 10 – Jackson 11 – Silvinho 12 – Luís Henrique 13 – Oswaldo 14 – Édson Boaro 15 – Gilcimar 16 – Rogério 17 – Cristovão 18 – Jérson (HC – Mário Travaglini)	Cuba 1 – José Francisco Reinoso 2 – Francisco López Ríos 3 – Raimundo Frometa 4 – Luis Sánchez 7 – Andrés Roldán 8 – Amado Povea 9 – Dagoberto Lara 10 – Ramón Núñez 11 – Jorge Maya 12 – Luis Dreke 13 – Pedro Fenton 14 – Regino Delgado 15 – Jorge Massó 17 – Carlos Loredo 18 – Guillermo Mestre 19 – Roberto Pereira 20 – Fermín Hugo Madera 21 – Calixto Martínez (HC – Roberto Hernández)	Argentina [4] 1 – Oscar Rogélio Quiroga 2 – José Omar Beccerica 3 – Victorio Ocaño 4 – Lucio Del Mul 5 – Juan Cabrera 6 – Víctor Binello 7 – Héctor Boccanelli 8 – Eusebio Roldán 9 – Víctor Sosa 10 – Salvador Mastrosimone 11 – Antonio Alderete 12 – Guillermo Bosio 13 – Enrique Veloso 14 – Luis Rolfo 15 – Roberto Gasparini 16 – Marcelo Fredes 17 – Luis Amuchástegui 18 – Osvaldo Coloccini (HC – Roberto Saporiti)

Goalscorers

There were 51 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: RSSSF

References