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
Venue	Brígido Iriarte Stadium
Dates	15–27 August
Medalists
Uruguay    Brazil    Guatemala
«1979 1987»

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

5 June

First leg

Bermuda	3–1	Bahamas
	Report

Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish

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12 June

Second leg

Bahamas	0–5	Bermuda
	Report

Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau

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USA v Canada

6 July

First leg

United States	1–1	Canada
Lischner 8'	Report	Vrablic 15'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

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10 July

Second leg

Canada	2–3	United States
Sudeyko 55' Odinga 87'	Report	Fox 12', 51' Hooker 62'

McMaster University Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Rex Osborne (Bermuda)

Participants

•  Argentina
•  Bermuda (qualifiying winner)
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Cuba
•  Guatemala
•  Mexico
•  United States (qualifiying winner)
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

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	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

15 Aug

Venezuela	0–1	Uruguay
	Report	Batista 82'

Olympic Stadium, Caracas

Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina)

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17 Aug

Uruguay	1–0	Bermuda
Azzinari 66'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Caracas

Referee: Osvaldo Brea (Cuba)

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19 Aug

Venezuela	3–2	Bermuda
Zubizarreta 24' Carvajal 40' Castellanos 43'	Report	Jambe 34' Bean 67'

Olympic Stadium, Caracas

Referee: Norberto Noguera (Guatemala)

Group B

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

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15 Aug

Brazil	2–0	Argentina
Marcus Vinícius 20' Heitor 25'	Report

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica)

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17 Aug

Mexico	2–0	Argentina
Meza 52' (pen.) Ruiz 75'	Report

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)

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19 Aug

Brazil	1–0	Mexico
Heitor 2'	Report

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mario Lira (Chile)

Group C

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

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15 Aug

Cuba	0–0	Chile
	Report

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

Attendance: 15,000

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15 Aug

Guatemala	3–0	United States
Claverí 60' Bobadilla 76' Gómez Rendón 82'	Report

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

Attendance: 7,000

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17 Aug

Cuba	0–0	United States
	Report

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

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17 Aug

Guatemala	1–1	Chile
Bobadilla 29'	Report	Castañeda 45'

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

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19 Aug

Chile	2–1	United States
Vera 48' Gálvez 57'	Report	McDaniel 31'

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

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19 Aug

Guatemala	1–1	Cuba
Fernández 78'	Report	Núñez 19'

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

Referee: Ray Osborne (Bermuda)

Semifinal

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

21 August 1983

Uruguay	2–1	Guatemala
Peirano 48', 75'	Report	Bobadilla 78'

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

Referee: Angelo Brassif (United States)

Gold-medal match

23 August 1983

Uruguay	1–0	Brazil
Peirano 83'	Report

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

Referee: Mario Lira (Chile)

Team details

Uruguay Brazil GK José Luis Sosa DF Alvaro Pérez DF Santiago Ostolaza DF José Batista DF Abraham Yeladián MF Juan Rabino MF Vicente R. Rodríguez MF Ricardo Perdomo FW Miguel Peirano FW Víctor Púa FW Luis Heimen  76' Substitutes: Edgardo Martirena  76' Manager: Oscar Tabárez GK Hugo DF Heitor DF Everaldo DF Guto DF Jorginho MF Edson Souza MF Dunga MF Neto  a' FW Helinho  b' FW Marcus Vinícius FW Paulinho Substitutes: DF Adalberto  a' Waldir  b' Manager: Gílson Nunes

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

• José Bobadilla
• Miguel Peirano

2 goals

• Heitor Camarin

1 goal

• Ralph Bean
• David Lambe
• Marcus Vinícius
• Victor Castañeda
• Martín Galvéz
• Luís Vera
• Ramón Nuñez
• Walter Claverí
• Jorge Fernández
• Julio Gómez
• César Meza
• Joel Ruíz
• Dave McDaniel
• Aldo Azzinari
• José Batista
• Rodolfo Carvajal
• Johnny Castellanos
• Iker Zubizarreta

Source: PanamSports

Squads

Uruguay

José Luis Sosa, Mario Picún, Gualberto de los Santos, Álvaro Pérez, José Batista, Juan Rabino, Abraham Yeladián, Santiago Ostolaza, Rudy Rodríguez, Ricardo Perdomo, Daniel Carreño, Luis Heimen, Carlos Larrañaga, Víctor Púa, Edgardo Martirena, Aldo Azzinari, Julio Rivadavia, Miguel Ángel Peirano.^[3]

Brazil

Hugo Duarte, João Brigatti, Heitor, Jorginho, Édson Bonifácio, José Bagitini, Everaldo Rogelio, Adalberto Machado, Édson de Souza, Dunga, Paulo Bellotti, Maurício Villela, Hélio de Conceição, Waldir de Carvalho, Paulinho Carioca, Paulo Pereira, Neto, Marcus do Nascimento.^[3]

Guatemala

Edgar Jerez, David Gardiner, Edgar Salguero, Guillermo Rodríguez, Julio Gómez, Benjamín Monterroso, Rubén Paredes, Jorge Fernández, José Bobadilla, Eddy Alburez, Byron Pérez, Boris Ortiz, Víctor Hugo Monzón, Julio de la Roca, Wálter Claverie, Hermenegildo Castro, Víctor Hugo Méndez, Otto Mynor Méndez.^[3]

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