Football at the 1971 Pan American Games

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Football – Men's tournament at the 1971 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates31 July – 12 August
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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The sixth edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in five cities in Colombia: Cali (main city of the Games) Cartago, Buga, Palmira and Tuluá, from 31 July to 12 August 1971. Twelve teams divided in three groups of four did compete in a round-robin competition, with Mexico defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a final round.[1]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A (Cali)[edit]

Group B (Cartago)[edit]

Group C (Buga and Tuluá)[edit]

Final Round[edit]

Positions[edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Argentina 9 5 4 1 0 7 2 +5
 Colombia 6 5 2 2 1 9 6 +3
 Cuba 6 5 3 0 2 5 3 +2
 Trinidad and Tobago 5 5 2 1 2 10 7 +3
 Canada 3 5 1 1 3 4 7 −3
 United States 1 5 0 1 4 2 12 −10

Matches[edit]

Cuba 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago

Argentina 2–0 Canada
?, Buga

Colombia 3–0 United States


Cuba 2–0 United States

Canada 3–2 Colombia

Colombia 2–2 Trinidad and Tobago

Canada 1–1 United States

Argentina 1–0 Cuba

Canada 0–1 Trinidad and Tobago

Argentina 1–0 United States

Colombia 2–1 Cuba

Canada 0–1 Cuba


Colombia 0–0 Argentina

Medalists[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Argentina [2]

Hugo Abdala
Osvaldo Batocletti
José Berta
Horacio Bongiovanni
Roberto Cabral
Edgardo di Meola
Alberto Jorge
Francisco Lavorato
Miguel Ángel Leyes
Ángel Mendoza
Carlos Montenegro
Raúl Nogués
Luis Oruezábal
Osvaldo Potente
Andrés Rebottaro
Alberto Romero
Héctor Scotta
Alejandro Simion
Roberto Telch
Osvaldo Vallone
Enrique Vidallé
Abel Vieitez

(HC – Rubén Bravo)

 Colombia

Armando Neiva
Hernando García
Francisco Maturana
José Álvaro Calle
Héctor Escobar
José Zárate
Ángel Maria Torres
Jaime Morón
Andrés Pérez
Nelson Torres
Byron Hernández
Orlando Rico
Gerardo Franco Carbonell
Edgar Díaz
Francisco González
Carlos Monsalve
Leopoldo Rivas
Miguel Quintero
Juan Quintero
Héctor Céspedes

(HC – Paraguay César López Fretes)

 Cuba

José Francisco Reinoso
William Barracks
Lorenzo Sotomayor
Luis Holmaza Odelín
Miguel Rivero
Rene Bonora
Antonio Seguras
Gabriel Valenzuela
Carlos Henry Bracha
Andrés Roldán
Luis Heres Hernández
Orestes Pérez Hernández
Francisco Fariñas
Jorge Massó
José Luis Elejalde
José Verdecia
Francisco Piedra
Carlos Arcuy

(HC – North Korea Kim Yong-ha)

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 83 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.96 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

  • Colombia Héctor Céspedes
  • Colombia Jaime Morón

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: RSSSF

Awards[edit]

 1971 Pan American Games winners 

Argentina

Fourth title

References[edit]

  1. ^ Panamerican Games 1971 (Colombia) by Erik Garin, Neil Morrison and Piet Veroeveren on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Historial de participaciones de la Selección Argentina en los Juegos Panamericanos on AFA.org, 26 Jul 2019