Football at the 1979 Pan American Games

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]

All games played at Estadio Country Club.

Preliminary round

Group A

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
1	Argentina	4	2	2	0	3	0
2	Costa Rica	2	2	1	1	3	2
3	Bermuda	0	2	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	L	GF	GA
1	United States	4	2	2	0	9	1
2	Puerto Rico	2	2	1	1	2	3
3	Dominican Republic	0	2	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	L	GF	GA
1.	Brazil	4	2	2	0	8	1
2.	Costa Rica	2	2	1	1	5	3
3.	Puerto Rico	0	2	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

USA left competition

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

↑ CONCACAF.com – This Week in CONCACAF History: July 1-9 – 1 July 2011

RSSSF archive

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

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North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

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