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International sporting event
Football – Men's tournament at the 1983 Pan American Games
VenueBrígido Iriarte Stadium
Dates15–27 August
Medalists
Gold medal  Uruguay
Silver medal  Brazil
Bronze medal  Guatemala
«1979 1987»

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.

Uruguay, coached by Oscar Tabárez, won their first Pan American title after beating Brazil 1–0 in the final.

Qualifying

North America

Bermuda v BahamasFirst leg
 Bermuda3–1 Bahamas
Report
Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish
Second leg
 Bahamas0–5 Bermuda
Report
Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau
USA v CanadaFirst leg
 United States1–1 Canada
Lischner 8' Report Vrablic 15'
Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
Second leg
 Canada2–3 United States
Sudeyko 55'
Odinga 87'		 Report Fox 12', 51'
Hooker 62'
McMaster University Stadium, HamiltonReferee: Rex Osborne (Bermuda)

Participants

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
 Venezuela0–1 Uruguay
Report Batista 82'
Olympic Stadium, CaracasReferee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina)
 Uruguay1–0 Bermuda
Azzinari 66' Report
Olympic Stadium, CaracasReferee: Osvaldo Brea (Cuba)
 Venezuela3–2 Bermuda
Zubizarreta 24'
Carvajal 40'
Castellanos 43'		 Report Jambe 34'
Bean 67'
Olympic Stadium, CaracasReferee: 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
 Brazil2–0 Argentina
Marcus Vinícius 20'
Heitor 25'		 Report
Brígido Iriarte Stadium, CaracasAttendance: 20,000Referee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica)
 Mexico2–0 Argentina
Meza 52' (pen.)
Ruiz 75'		 Report
Brígido Iriarte Stadium, CaracasAttendance: 10,000Referee: Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)
 Brazil1–0 Mexico
Heitor 2' Report
Brígido Iriarte Stadium, CaracasAttendance: 10,000Referee: 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
 Cuba0–0 Chile
Report
Brígido Iriarte Stadium, CaracasAttendance: 15,000
 Guatemala3–0 United States
Claverí 60'
Bobadilla 76'
Gómez Rendón 82'		 Report
Brígido Iriarte Stadium, CaracasAttendance: 7,000
 Cuba0–0 United States
Report
Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas
 Guatemala1–1 Chile
Bobadilla 29' Report Castañeda 45'
Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas
 Chile2–1 United States
Vera 48'
Gálvez 57'		 Report McDaniel 31'
Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas
 Guatemala1–1 Cuba
Fernández 78' Report Núñez 19'
Brígido Iriarte Stadium, CaracasReferee: Ray Osborne (Bermuda)

Semifinal

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

 Uruguay2–1 Guatemala
Peirano 48', 75' Report Bobadilla 78'
Brígido Iriarte Stadium, CaracasReferee: Angelo Brassif (United States)

Gold-medal match

 Uruguay1–0 Brazil
Peirano 83' Report
Brígido Iriarte Stadium, CaracasReferee: 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 downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutes:
Edgardo Martirena upward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
Uruguay Oscar Tabárez
GK Hugo
DF Heitor
DF Everaldo
DF Guto
DF Jorginho
MF Edson Souza
MF Dunga
MF Neto downward-facing red arrow a'
FW Helinho downward-facing red arrow b'
FW Marcus Vinícius
FW Paulinho
Substitutes:
DF Adalberto upward-facing green arrow a'
Waldir upward-facing green arrow b'
Manager:
Brazil 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

2 goals

1 goal

Source: PanamSports

Squads

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

References

  1. Panamerican Games 1983 (Caracas) by Barrie Courtney and Erik Garin on the RSSSF
  2. 35mo. Aniversario Panamericanos 1983, 23 Aug 2018 on AUF
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