Football at the 1983 Pan American Games

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 final round.

Original Draw

Originally the tournament was to have been played by 12 teams organised into four groups of three teams but Honduras and Suriname did not take part, 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 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

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

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

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 4 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

Final round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA  Uruguay 4 2 2 0 0 3 1  Guatemala 0 1 0 0 1 1 2  Brazil 0 1 0 0 1 0 1

Uruguay 2 - 1 Guatemala Brazil 0 - 1 Uruguay Guatemala not played Brazil

1983 Pan American Games Winners
Uruguay First title

References

• RSSSF archive

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