Football at the 1979 Pan American Games

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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.

Contents 1 Preliminary Round 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 1.3 Group C 2 Second Round 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 3 Fifth Place Match 4 Third Place Match 5 Final 6 References

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Group C

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA 1  USA 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

[edit] Second Round

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.  USA 0 2 0 0 2 0 9

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

[edit] Fifth Place Match

Puerto Rico

walk-over

USA

USA left competition

[edit] Third Place Match

Argentina

2 - 0

Costa Rica

[edit] Final

Brazil

3 - 0

Cuba

1979 Pan American Games Winners
Brazil Third title

[edit] References

• RSSSF archive

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