Football at the 1979 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the VIII 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 July 2 to July 14, 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.

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

Argentina 1 - 0 Costa Rica Argentina 2 - 0 Bermuda Costa Rica 3 - 1 Bermuda

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

Brazil 1 - 0 Cuba Brazil 2 - 0 Guatemala Cuba 2 - 2 Guatemala

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

United States 3 - 1 Puerto Rico United States 6 - 0 Dominican Republic Puerto Rico 1 - 0 Dominican Republic

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

Brazil 3 - 1 Costa Rica Brazil 5 - 0 Puerto Rico Costa Rica 4 - 0 Puerto Rico

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

Cuba 0 - 0 Argentina Cuba 5 - 0 United States Argentina 4 - 0 United States

Fifth Place Match

Puerto Rico

walk-over

United States

Bronze medal match

Argentina

2 - 0

Costa Rica

Gold Medal match

Brazil

3 - 0

Cuba

Awards

1979 Pan American Games Winners
Brazil Third title

References

• RSSSF archive