Water polo at the 1963 Pan American Games

Water polo at the 1963 Pan American Games
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The Water polo tournament was contested for men only at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil. The top three teams from the event qualified through to the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Competing teams

Five teams contested the event.[1]

Format

Teams play in a round-robin format with the teams taking on each other twice. The team with the most points after eight matches would take the gold medal.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's water polo  Brazil (BRA)[2]
Adhemar Grijó Filho
Aladar Szabo
Flávio Ratto
Ivo Carotini
João Gonçalves Filho
Luiz Valim
Luiz Daniel
Luiz Eduardo Lima
Márvio dos Santos
Paulo Carotini 		 United States (USA)
Charles Bittick
Gordon Hall
Kenneth Bathgate
Kent Taylor
Leslie Willeford
Martin Hull
Ned Melroy
Ronald Severa
Ronald Crawford
Ronald Volmer 		 Argentina (ARG)

Results

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 8 7 1 0 54 17 +37 15
2  United States 8 5 1 2 48 19 +29 11
3  Argentina 8 4 0 4 36 27 +9 8
4  Canada 8 2 0 6 22 53 −31 4
5  Mexico 8 1 0 7 16 60 −44 2
Source: Pan America Book, p.230-233

Matches

24 April 1963 Brazil  7–1  Mexico São Paulo
Score by quarters: 4–0, 1–0, 2–0, 0–1
Filho 3 Goals
25 April 1963 Canada  5–4  Argentina São Paulo
25 April 1963 United States  7–1  Mexico São Paulo
25 April 1963 Brazil  8–1  Canada São Paulo
Filho 3 Goals
26 April 1963 United States  4–3  Argentina São Paulo
26 April 1963 Mexico  6–3  Canada São Paulo
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 2–1, 1–1
27 April 1963 Brazil  8–0  Argentina São Paulo
Filho, Szabo 3 Goals
27 April 1963 United States  9–0  Canada São Paulo
28 April 1963 Argentina  9–2  Mexico São Paulo
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 4–0, 0–1
28 April 1963 Brazil  6–4  United States São Paulo
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–0, 2–0, 1–3
Filho, Szabo 2 Goals
30 April 1963 Brazil  10–2  Mexico São Paulo
Szabo 7 Goals
30 April 1963 Argentina  10–2  Canada São Paulo
1 May 1963 United States  14–1  Mexico São Paulo
1 May 1963 Brazil  7–2  Canada São Paulo
2 May 1963 Argentina  1–0  United States São Paulo
2 May 1963 Canada  5–2  Mexico São Paulo
3 May 1963 Brazil  5–4  Argentina São Paulo
Szabo 3 Goals
3 May 1963 United States  7–4  Canada São Paulo
4 May 1963 Argentina  5–1  Mexico São Paulo
4 May 1963 Brazil  3–3  United States São Paulo
Szabo 2 Goals Willefor, Martin, Ronald

References

  1. ^ "1963 Pan American Games Report" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. p. 230-233. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Brazilian medalists at 1963 Pan". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
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