Football at the 1983 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the IX Pan American Games
Venue	Brígido Iriarte Stadium
Dates	15–27 August
Medalists
	Uruguay
	Brazil
	Guatemala
	«1979 1987»

The ninth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from August 15 to August 27, 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.

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

Preliminary round

Group A

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
1	Uruguay	4	2	2	0	2	0
2	Venezuela	2	2	1	1	3	3
3	Bermuda	0	2	0	2	2	4

Uruguay	1 - 0	Venezuela
Uruguay	1 - 0	Bermuda
Venezuela	3 - 2	Bermuda

Group B

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
1	Brazil	4	2	2	0	3	0
2	Mexico	2	2	1	1	2	1
3	Argentina	0	2	0	2	0	4

Brazil	1 - 0	Mexico
Brazil	2 - 0	Argentina
Mexico	2 - 0	Argentina

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

United States	0 - 0	Cuba
Guatemala	1 - 1	Chile
Guatemala	1 - 1	Cuba
Chile	2 - 1	United States
Guatemala	3 - 0	United States
Chile	0 - 0	Cuba

Semifinal

Brazil received a bye to the final.

21 August 1983	Uruguay	2–1	Guatemala	Caracas, Venezuela
	Peirano 48' 75'		78' Bobadilla	Stadium: Brígido Iriarte Stadium Referee: Angelo Brassif (USA)
Note: Guatemala obtains the bronze medal.

Gold Medal Match

23 August 1983	Uruguay	1–0	Brazil	Caracas, Venezuela
	Peirano 83'			Stadium: Brígido Iriarte Stadium Referee: Mario Lira (CHI)

1983 Pan American Games Winners
Uruguay First title

References

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